Layoffs In Gudang Garam? Airlangga Says Still Monitoring

"We are monitoring it because the salt warehouse uses modernization, we will see later," he told the media crew, Monday, September 8.

He added that until now Gudang Garam has not submitted a report regarding the news of the layoffs.

"The salt ceiling has not yet reported," he added.

Previously, there were rumors that mass layoffs at PT Gudang Garam were becoming a hot topic of conversation on social media.

This information emerged through a video that was widely circulated on the internet through the @adion account._87 shows a number of employees in red and blue uniforms with the logo PT Gudang Garam seemed to cry and hug each other after receiving news of layoffs, and were also seen shaking hands as a form of separation.

Until now, it is not known exactly when the incident occurred. VOI has tried to contact the management of PT Gudang Garam Tbk (GGRM) to ask for confirmation, but has not received an official response until this news is broadcast.

On the other hand, based on the disclosure of the latest information submitted to the Indonesia Stock Exchange (IDX), GGRM is scheduled to hold a public expose on September 11, 2025.

It is known, PT Gudang Garam's financial performance showed a significant decline where in the first semester of 2025, the company posted a profit attributable to owners of the parent entity of IDR 117.1 billion. This figure has fallen sharply by 87.3 percent compared to the same period the previous year, which was IDR 925.5 billion.

Meanwhile, the decline in profit was due to a decrease in company revenue by 11.4 percent, from IDR 50.01 trillion in June 2024 to IDR 44.3 trillion in June 2025.

In addition, the cost of revenue also decreased to IDR 40.5 trillion. Thus, the company's gross profit also shrank from IDR 5.06 trillion to IDR 3.7 trillion.

Then, the company's operating profit fell drastically to Rp513.7 billion when compared to the first semester of the previous year of Rp1.613 trillion. This was also influenced by the decrease in other income to Rp148.7 billion, meanwhile, operating expenses fell 5 percent to Rp3.4 trillion, and other expenses actually increased to Rp2.3 billion.

Next, GGRM also recorded an exchange rate loss of IDR 1.7 billion, inversely proportional to the previous period which recorded an exchange rate profit of IDR 39.3 billion.