 The cost-cutting process begun in 2018 had cut 1,200 jobs with another 50 set to leave by 30 June 2020.The sale of Kier Living was in progress, as was the process of closing Kier's Tempsford Hall head office, set to complete in June 2020.On 24 March 2020, as the financial impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic became clear, Kier's board of directors took a three-month 20% pay cut to mitigate the financial impact of the crisis, and warned employees' salaries might also be cut.