Since the start of the pandemic 4,423 workers have lost their jobs at the retailerThe John Lewis Partnership is to cut another 1,000 jobs after the retailer said that it would strip out a layer of managers across its department stores and Waitrose supermarkets. The latest round of redundancies means that since the start of the pandemic 4,423 workers have lost their jobs at the retailer which was set up by John Spedan Lewis in 1928 with the ultimate purpose of providing “worthwhile and satisfying employment in a successful business”. SponsoredSharon White, 53, who took over as chairman of the partnership last February, has said that radical and tough decisions have had to be taken to ensure the company’s survival for the next 100 years because shopping habits had changed irreversibly. She has sought to minimise losses by shutting

Source: The Times July 14, 2021 16:02 UTC