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German Chemical giant to cut 12,000 jobs in restructuring move

The planned job cuts will affect about one in every ten of the group's 118,200 posts. [Photo: Courtesy]

German chemical and pharmaceutical giant Bayer said Thursday it would slash 12,000 jobs in a major restructuring following the mammoth takeover of Monsanto, enabling it to save 2.6 billion euros ($3 billion) a year from 2022.

The planned job cuts will affect about one in every ten of the group's 118,200 posts, "a significant number of them in Germany", said the group in a statement.

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