Dunedin tech company Education Perfect has extended its consultation period with staff on the proposal to restructure its content team.
It was revealed last week the company had gone into consultation with staff to outsource its lesson content on a gig economy basis from across the globe, rather than it being created in-house, which would result in redundancies.
A final decision on the proposal was due to be made on Wednesday this week but a spokeswoman confirmed the period had been extended after the company received "quite a bit" of input from the team.
It was hoped consultation would be completed "in the coming weeks" and the company could not comment until then, she said.
In the proposal to staff a quarter of the 40-strong content team would be made redundant and the remaining 30 would have to reapply for proofreading type roles.
A staff member at Education Perfect told the Otago Daily Times last week they felt betrayed.
The proposal came a day after chief executive Alex Burke reiterated comments made in public that it was business as usual after global investment firm Kohlberg Kravis Roberts (KKR) announced it was taking a majority stake. The deal valued the company at $455million.
About 150 of the company’s 200 staff work from its Dunedin office.
Staff who work outside the content team were not included in the restructuring.
Education Perfect provides education tools to pupils all over the world and is now used by 85% of all New Zealand secondary schools. Its largest market is in Australia.
