SNCF “red vests” at Saint-Lazare station, January 13, 2020. -

ClÈment Follain / 20 Minutes

SNCF cut 7,000 jobs in three years, from 2017 to 2019, the total workforce rising from nearly 159,700 agents at the end of 2017 to around 152,700 at the end of 2019, according to a social report from the public rail group.

During these three years, SNCF recorded some 21,500 departures in total (retirement, dismissals, resignations, contractual terminations…) and recruited nearly 14,800 people on permanent contracts, according to the group's balance sheet.

In 2019, the first year of implementation of the rail reform, adopted in 2018 despite a long strike, nearly 6,600 people left the company, a figure down 2.5% compared to some 6,750 departures recorded in the last year.

Hiring of young people on the decline

Among these exits from the group, retirements fell by 14.8% (around 3,400), compared to those of 2018, while resignations soared by 26% (nearly 1,300), with conventional separations leaping by 66 % (about 470).

2019 was the year of the end of hiring for railway worker status, in accordance with the provisions of the railway reform.

SNCF recruited some 4,100 people last year on permanent contracts, a drop of 6.5% compared to 2018. Recruitments of young people under 25 (around 6,200) are down sharply (-18%).

"Railways are no longer attractive", for SUD-Rail

In the introduction to its social report, the group notes that "technological developments, the economic situation and the ecological emergency are profoundly transforming (its) activities and (its) trades", while the railway reform "has reinforced the requirements performance ”by putting SNCF“ in a situation of increased competition ”.

"In this context", the group must "be an even more attractive and committed employer", which "notably involves developing the skills of employees", adds the company.

But for SUD-Rail, the rail group "no longer seduces".

"Each year", its social report "contradicts the communication of management extolling the attractiveness of the company and its alleged social commitment", criticizes the third union of the SNCF in a press release.

With 7,000 positions lost in three years, SNCF has carried out "the main plan to cut jobs in France", continues SUD-Rail.

In addition, "the fragmentation of the SNCF into multiple autonomous activities and the transition to public limited companies" (January 1, 2020) increase the number of supervisory staff when positions are removed "in the field", protests the union.

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