william cowan fears are growing for thousands of jobs at telecom firm sfr.ons say 5000 jobs are at risk theye company, which says have been losing customers. the company was bought in 2014 by a billionaire that promised to protect staff members. >> one employee in three will be cut from france's second-largest telecom company. union sources say that 5000 jobs are on the line at sfr. the company will not confirm the figure, but says that it is reducing staff numbers. a worrying uncertainty for employees. >> it is sad, because there are many people with great expertise, who thought that their skills would be put to good use in this company, who thought they could flourish here, who are being sacrificed for purely financial reasons. >> patrick has been the head of a company that was bought by sfr three years ago. he said the merger would go ahead with all existing employees on board. >> we will begin to bring together two companies with strong dynamics, and we commit to retaining all employees. >> but on paper, he only promise to keep job safe until july 1, 201