Bell has cut nearly 700 jobs across multiple business units in recent weeks, according to the Toronto Star, making it one of the company’s largest rounds of layoffs in recent years.
BCE spokesperson Luc Levasseur confirmed approximately 690 workers, roughly one percent of BCE’s total workforce, were let go as part of ongoing restructuring.
“Organizational changes began late last year to better align the team structure with our strategy, and the current workforce reductions continue that work,” Levasseur said. “These changes are part of our ongoing business operations and reflect several initiatives, including the migration of customers to a more resilient, easier-to-maintain fibre network and ongoing operating efficiencies.”
Bell said that around 230 of the affected roles were unionized positions.
The layoffs come separately from a smaller wave of firings tied to faked office attendance records, which Bell says affected a “small number” of employees. The two workforce actions happening in close succession has raised eyebrows among former employees and their lawyers, who allege Bell selectively enforced its return-to-office policies and used misconduct investigations as cover to cut headcount. Bell strongly denies those claims.
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