Overview
- About 650 management roles at Bell Canada and roughly 40 positions at Bell Media are being eliminated.
- The company says no unionized employees are affected and Bell Media reductions are predominantly in corporate departments rather than on-air roles.
- The cuts represent under 2% of Bell’s total workforce and about 1% of Bell Media staff.
- BCE frames the move as part of a plan to reduce leverage and pursue sustainable growth, with a cost-savings target of $1.5 billion by 2028 outlined at its recent investor day.
- This step continues an 18‑month restructuring that included 1,300 cuts in June 2023, 4,800 in February 2024, and portfolio shifts such as selling its MLSE stake to Rogers and a proposed $5 billion Ziply acquisition.