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18/01/2023at 13:27

Leo Pharma spokesperson on layoffs of 300 employees: "It came as a shock"

It’ll take time before remaining employees at Denmark’s oldest pharmaceutical firm can embrace a new strategy that cost 300 colleagues their jobs last week, notes a Leo representative.
"Letting go of so many colleagues who have been here for a long time is never pleasant but, although it sounds harsh, this is still a company that needs to be able to make money,” says LEO spokesperson Lilja Laxbro. | Photo: Leo Pharma / Pr
by ulrich quistgaard, translated by daniel pedersen

The smoke has yet to clear from last week when Leo Pharma fired 300 employees, and the remaining workforce has been left shell-shocked from the layoff round, says a spokesperson from the company, Lilja Laxbro, who helped negotiate terms for the outgoing personnel.

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