Americanas: Ame digital dismisses employees – 05/11/2023 – Market

Americanas fintech, Ame, has been announcing layoffs daily since Monday (8), according to employee reports. They claim that the cut affects 97 people. Only this Thursday (11), there would have been 20 shutdowns.

The company confirms the staff reduction, but does not inform the number of professionals affected.

According to Americanas, layoffs also occur at Bit Capital and Nexoos Tech affiliates. Ame has around 900 employees, according to LinkedIn data.

Fintech is one of the companies controlled by Americanas SA, along with Lojas Americanas and B2W — which owns Americanas.com, Shoptime and Submarino.

“The moves were in different areas and aim to simplify structures and increase efficiency from the company’s restructuring and transformation plan, with a focus on its financial health, to respond with agility to the current macroeconomic environment”, says the company, in a note. .

The company claims to “maintain commitments to transparency in the relationship with unions and all labor obligations, as provided for by law”.

On the social network dedicated to the world of work LinkedIn, the report found posts about Ame’s dismissals made by organizational psychologists, administrative professionals, customer experience, quality monitoring and training. Dismissals affect leadership and management positions.

Americanas has been in the process of judicial recovery since January. In mid-April, the retailer and part of the creditor banks agreed to suspend for about 30 days the legal battle they had been waging.

Americanas’ businesses are undergoing restructuring after the company’s market value melted with the announcement of a debt of around R$ 20 billion in January. Shares in Americanas SA dropped from around R$10 to around R$1 in recent months.

In a material fact released on January 19, the CEO of Americanas SA, João Guerra, stated that the company’s shareholder group had informed the board of directors that it intended to maintain liquidity at levels that would allow for the proper functioning of all stores , the digital channel and Ame.

“The company will maintain its efforts in the search for a solution with its creditors, to maintain its commitment as a generator of thousands of direct and indirect jobs, broad social impact, source of production and stimulus to economic activity, in addition to being a relevant payer of tributes.”