Where?............................
I read 6000 in France, first I have heard about 12K.
Cuts in one area might be offset by hiring in another as technology changes, and demand for electricity does have its ups and downs as the economy grows and ebbs.
It is looking like demand will pick up globally next year though, with all of the 45 largest economies growing at the same time. I think that the big lag for electricity generation has been China, where growth has (relatively) slowed, and there is a lot of overcapacity already built.