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Shock for Rybnik: Makro closes warehouse – 400 jobs at risk!
Makro Polska plans to close four wholesale locations and lay off 400 employees due to economic challenges.
Shock for Rybnik: Makro closes warehouse – 400 jobs at risk!
In a bitter turn for the employees of Makro Polska, the company announced today that a total of four wholesale locations in Rybnik, Słupsk, Toruń and Zabrze will be closed by the end of September 2025. This will result in 400 employees losing their jobs. These layoffs represent over 10% of the total workforce and are part of a comprehensive restructuring, as reported by naszraciborz.pl.
The company management justifies the decision to close the four warehouses with increasing cost pressure and a significant increase in operating costs as a result of inflation. These economic challenges have been waiting for the company for a long time, as over 100 jobs were also cut last year, as finanse.wp.pl also notes.
Planned conversations and social protection
An important meeting between management and unions is scheduled for July 8th. Details about the layoffs and social security should be discussed. Daniel Cichocki, head of the Solidarity trade union at Makro, has already expressed his hope to reduce the number of layoffs. He suggests that a voluntary exit program could reduce the impact of the layoffs. Cichocki also highlights the urgency of a comprehensive social protection package for the affected employees, according to naszraciborz.pl.
Alfred Bujara, Chairman of the Krajowego Secretariat Banków, Handlu i Ubezpieczeń NSZZ “Solidarność”, sees the situation at Makro as part of a larger problem in the trading industry and warns of the negative impact on domestic trade. He emphasizes that a continuation of the current market order, in which large retail chains gain the upper hand, could potentially lead to a wave of price increases.
Insights into the industry
The problems of Makro Polska are also reflected in other large companies. The German economy faces similar challenges, with companies such as Volkswagen and Schaeffler facing massive workforce cuts to ease financial pressure. Here, too, there is talk of comprehensive restructuring measures that could endanger numerous jobs, as anwalt.de shows.
Overall, it is clear that mass layoffs not only threaten the jobs of 400 employees at Makro Polska, but also represent part of a far-reaching problem in the retail industry. It remains to be seen what further steps will be taken in the coming weeks to mitigate the social consequences for the laid-off employees.