According to CEO Roman Knap, the division of mail into a delivery part and a branch network has been planned for a long time.
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“It was preceded by a reconfiguration of the branch network and a change in the delivery system. This was also related to the abolition of almost 3,000 partially vacant jobs last year. No redundancies are planned at the moment, “he said.
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This year, the post office should develop a division strategy with the Ministry of the Interior. The division of property will also be a part of it. Legislative changes are to follow next year. The physical division is to take place in 2023 with a new postal license.
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The division into a part providing the so-called universal service, which is ordered by the state, and a commercial part, Hamáček justifies the company’s competitiveness in the coming years.
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According to Knap, the post office is currently to operate a network of at least 3,200 branches on the basis of a license from the state, or to ensure the delivery of letter items and some parcels throughout the Czech Republic. For this, it can demand the state to pay costs of up to 1.5 billion crowns. He last received this payment in 2017.
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At the beginning of March, the Czech Post laid off over a thousand employees. Back in November, the management of the state-owned company anticipated that up to 300 more workers could leave as part of savings and restructuring. The number of employees is around 27 thousand.
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Last year, the post office made a loss of 1.38 billion crowns. The loss is a billion higher than a year earlier. The company announced it on Friday.
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The post office estimated the direct costs of the fight against covid in the form of the purchase of protective and disinfectant products at 122 million crowns. Remuneration to employees for hard work during the covid crisis then amounted to 364 million crowns.
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