Fosters becomes first major architect to furlough staff

By Dave Rogers2020-04-07T13:59:00

Practice introducing 20% cuts for majority of 1,400 employees

Foster + Partners has become the first major architect to admit it is furloughing staff and introducing pay cuts throughout the company.

The country’s second biggest architect, which according to its 2019 accounts had just over 1,300 staff, said it had begun to furlough staff as well as ask staff to take a 20% cut in salaries.

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