Nordea Lays Off 1500 Employees - Liepāja Fishermen Offer Jobs with Freshly Caught Fish

Finnish bank "Nordea" has announced plans to reduce expenses by 600 million euros and lay off 1500 employees by 2030. This means each laid-off employee costs the bank 400 thousand euros, which by Liepāja standards is roughly enough to buy half of Grobiņa.

Bank representatives explain that the money will be invested in technology and artificial intelligence tools. Interesting - will these AI tools also be able to tell clients that there's no money in their account with the same heartfelt sincerity as a human? Our local banking expert Gunārs Zivtiņš from the port comments: "When we fishermen don't have a good catch, we don't fire half the crew. We share the freshly caught fish and say - we'll try again tomorrow."

While bank employees in Riga worry about keeping their jobs, in Liepāja we already know - if you can't find work at a bank, you can always help at the port selling fish. Plus, our fish are guaranteed fresher than any bank offer.

Meanwhile, Nordea's 29 thousand employees wait to see who's next. But as our fishermen say: "Everything can change at sea - the main thing is that the boat doesn't sink and the freshly caught fish make it to shore." Maybe Nordea should learn from Liepāja port's experience - we've known for centuries how to make money with what comes from the sea.