Bharti Airtel staff count shrinks by 1,805; 100,000 telecom jobs at risk

Overall, more than 100,000 telecom jobs, including indirect employment, could be at risk

Bharti Airtel has pruned its workforce in the last one year and the company is leaner by 1,805 employees in India. The total employees of the country's top operator stood at 17,657 at the end of September, 2017 as against 19,462 on September 30 last year.

As a result of the pruning, the number of customers per employee increased to 16,960 in the reported period as compared to 14,189 in the same period last year. Revenue per employee per month decreased 4.1 per cent to Rs 31.5 lakh as on September 30, against Rs 32.9 lakh last year. 

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