{"id":568,"date":"2025-07-31T10:15:03","date_gmt":"2025-07-31T10:15:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.angesfinanciers.org\/?p=568"},"modified":"2025-08-01T15:08:25","modified_gmt":"2025-08-01T15:08:25","slug":"neom-reportedly-planning-widespread-staff-redundancies-and-relocations-as-part-of-strategic-review-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.angesfinanciers.org\/index.php\/2025\/07\/31\/neom-reportedly-planning-widespread-staff-redundancies-and-relocations-as-part-of-strategic-review-3\/","title":{"rendered":"Neom reportedly planning widespread staff redundancies and relocations as part of strategic review"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"margin-bottom: 15px\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"852\" height=\"852\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" class=\"attachment-homepage_article_featured size-homepage_article_featured lazyload\" alt=\"Neom human rights\" data-pin-nopin=\"true\" data-src=\"http:\/\/www.angesfinanciers.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/neon-170-kilometre-long-skyscraper-city-saudi-arabia-the-line_dezeen_2364_sq_10-1704x852-1.jpg\"><\/div>\n<p>The developers of Saudi mega project <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dezeen.com\/tag\/neom\/\">Neom<\/a> are reportedly planning over 1,000 staff redundancies and the relocation of over 1,000 staff as part of a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dezeen.com\/2025\/07\/16\/the-line-feasibility-review-neom-saudi-arabia\/\">wide-ranging strategic review<\/a>.<span id=\"more-2231869\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Following the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dezeen.com\/2024\/11\/13\/neom-ceo-departs-worker-fatalities-human-rights-abuses\/\">departure of CEO Nadhmi al-Nasr<\/a> at the end of last year, Neom is &#8220;considering significantly cutting its workforce&#8221;, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.semafor.com\/article\/07\/18\/2025\/saudi-considers-neom-job-cuts-relocations-amid-cost-pressures\">a report in news website Semafor<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Widespread redundancies and relocations<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Along with more than 1,000 redundancies, the mega development is reportedly planning to relocate over 1,000 staff from the Neom site in northwest <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dezeen.com\/tag\/saudi-arabia\/\">Saudi Arabia<\/a> to Riyadh.<\/p>\n<p>Semafor reported that this would be a reversal of a &#8220;key policy&#8221; introduced by Al-Nasr, who wanted all key staff to work from the site of the development.<\/p>\n<p>According to the report, no final decision has been made on the redundancies and relocations.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"related-in-article-wrapper\" id=\"recommended-item-single-story\">\n<article class=\"related-in-article\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dezeen.com\/2024\/11\/13\/neom-ceo-departs-worker-fatalities-human-rights-abuses\/\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<!-- Can this image be in the exclude lightbox list? --><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"191\" height=\"191\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" class=\"excludeLightbox wp-post-image lazyload\" alt=\"The Line mega-city at Neom\" data-pin-nopin=\"true\" data-src=\"http:\/\/www.angesfinanciers.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/neon-170-kilometre-long-skyscraper-city-saudi-arabia-the-line_interview_dezeen_2364_sq-191x191-1.jpg\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"related-in-article-text\">\n<h1>Read:<\/h1>\n<h2>Neom CEO departs amid reports of worker fatalities and human rights abuses<\/h2>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/article>\n<\/aside>\n<p>The restructuring would form <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/articles\/2025-07-14\/saudi-arabia-reviews-gigantic-city-at-neom-called-the-line\">part of a wider review, reported earlier this month<\/a>,\u00a0being undertaken by external consultants instructed by Saudi Arabia&#8217;s Public Investment Fund (PIF), which is funding the project.<\/p>\n<p>Sahar Al-Anbar, who works in communications at Neom, responded to the report in Semafor with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/feed\/update\/urn:li:activity:7351913487272443904?commentUrn=urn%3Ali%3Acomment%3A%28activity%3A7351913487272443904%2C7352262579307630592%29&amp;dashCommentUrn=urn%3Ali%3Afsd_comment%3A%287352262579307630592%2Curn%3Ali%3Aactivity%3A7351913487272443904%29\">a comment on LinkedIn<\/a> defending the aims of the review.<\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8220;These actions are actually reassuring&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It&#8217;s natural for a project of this scale to go through periods of review and adjustment,&#8221; she said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;These actions are actually reassuring and reflect responsible management. By reassessing resource allocation, Neom takes a proactive approach to stay in line with its ambitious long-term objectives,&#8221; she continued.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Also, handling challenges in large-scale projects requires flexibility and a readiness to adapt. The ability to make strategic adjustments is a critical aspect of successful project delivery.&#8221;<\/p>\n<aside class=\"related-in-article-wrapper\" id=\"recommended-item-single-story\">\n<article class=\"related-in-article\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dezeen.com\/2023\/09\/19\/saudi-arabias-giga-projects\/\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<!-- Can this image be in the exclude lightbox list? --><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"191\" height=\"191\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" class=\"excludeLightbox wp-post-image lazyload\" alt=\"King Salman Park\" data-pin-nopin=\"true\" data-src=\"http:\/\/www.angesfinanciers.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/saudi-arabia-giga-projects_dezeen_2364_sq_0-191x191-1.jpg\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"related-in-article-text\">\n<h1>Read:<\/h1>\n<h2>Everything you need to know about Saudi Arabia&#8217;s 14 &#8220;giga projects&#8221;<\/h2>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/article>\n<\/aside>\n<p>Neom is the largest and most high-profile of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dezeen.com\/2023\/09\/19\/saudi-arabias-giga-projects\/\">14 gigaprojects being developed in Saudi Arabia<\/a>\u00a0as part of the Saudi Vision 2030 plan to shift the country&#8217;s economy away from a reliance on oil.<\/p>\n<p>It has been criticised widely on human rights and sustainability grounds, and last year, we asked <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dezeen.com\/2024\/06\/25\/neom-human-rights-concerns\/\">if it was time for architecture studios to walk away from the project in the face of mounting pressure from campaigners<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The post <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dezeen.com\/2025\/07\/31\/redundancies-neom-strategic-review\/\">Neom reportedly planning widespread staff redundancies and relocations as part of strategic review<\/a> appeared first on <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dezeen.com\">Dezeen<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The developers of Saudi mega project Neom are reportedly planning over 1,000 staff redundancies and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":549,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.angesfinanciers.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/568"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.angesfinanciers.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.angesfinanciers.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.angesfinanciers.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.angesfinanciers.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=568"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"http:\/\/www.angesfinanciers.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/568\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":576,"href":"http:\/\/www.angesfinanciers.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/568\/revisions\/576"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.angesfinanciers.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/549"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.angesfinanciers.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=568"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.angesfinanciers.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=568"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.angesfinanciers.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=568"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}