 鲜花( 0)  鸡蛋( 0)
|
差不多占总员工的3.5个百分点。
0 d+ q9 g( v' k: B& X) r( k7 [9 _4 @: _/ u' Z5 _' E0 p2 E$ w9 ]
Finning Canada has laid off 160 salaried staff in Alberta and B.C. as sales of Caterpillar equipment slows in the economic downturn., O$ _6 l$ h, H: R5 N
2 H) h4 P% V! X$ D& e$ g6 |Every office and every staff level, from support staff to management, in both provinces were affected, human resources vice-president Miles Hunt said Thursday.% P& p6 Z e8 t% Z+ ~5 ~
& i( C% S: `& ?) @9 U) v# ~. J$ @Twenty-nine people lost their jobs in Edmonton, where Finning Canada has its head office.) ~8 {7 t; n# {/ B4 c* J3 `
: r' z2 F( F1 `. G$ D"It's the toughest decision we have to make in our business life, and it's been a hard few days for us," Hunt said. O3 P: C* ]" V8 H
8 h6 i$ ?6 I: PIt brings Finning Canada's workforce down to about 4,300.
1 N) V& G1 ^6 t# {: f7 a# Z/ H1 d
5 c+ o8 O2 R5 INo hourly workers - who service and rebuild construction and mining equipment - are affected.
4 Q/ i F4 }. z
- t( m- j5 h: D: V; t0 UIn fact, the company is still hiring mechanics and technicians, Hunt said.
% f4 }5 G$ w: f6 {6 L2 V7 I9 o1 o+ u+ y; l
"That's the paradoxical thing. Even though things are changing, Fort McMurray (Alta.) is still growing, and we need more people up there," he said. j6 k- e1 T5 {- }
& n1 U5 H! y5 Y# E5 y4 [& `
"It's our customers who are going to get us through this, and that's the last place we want to cut."! N6 T+ Z' w; ~) `
7 K/ Z% O, b/ [2 d$ y" ^; E- n( s& {
The recent delays and cancellations of oilsands projects - a major income source for Finning - was not a factor in the layoffs, Hunt said.
: f8 x1 D! o0 _ P' a& d( G# ~
8 y: V: F& l& u$ t' d3 o7 t( E"We're still very busy in the oilsands."8 _. ~4 C+ d7 ~ d6 p( T% P
- o+ C. @1 h" `- GHunt said Finning has been immune to recent downturns, but is now being affected by slowing sales in some areas.8 o, M2 i. n, f& |
3 a" |/ G3 n: t- s1 B
They will continue to monitor the situation, but "we can't say it's the end" of layoffs, he added.9 W& q$ H8 l% u1 f
: x, l7 f! w/ _0 C* v% v( V
The employees, most of whom got the bad news Wednesday, will get severance packages and outplacement help, he said.
3 h: Z; ^% V6 G3 f) W* V) q: y: ~6 _0 y: v
Mike Waites, CEO of Vancouver-based parent company Finning International Inc., recently lowered the 2008 earnings guidance due to a slowdown in some of its businesses in Western Canada and the United Kingdom.4 g5 n: T! T8 ~; y9 w' p
1 S8 C6 M3 t' L8 w: P( ~Demand for new equipment will likely soften and some purchases may be deferred, but that will result in an increase in its parts and service business - Finning's most profitable business - he said.8 T. t6 h, g* z5 Y
! f, S5 o3 t4 m" zFinning reported third-quarter net income of $64.8 million compared to $63.6 million for the same quarter last year. Revenues were a record $1.46 billion, compared to $1.33 billion a year before.# ^# m& \9 ]7 P3 F: s2 e
& d# D' u' F0 K, UIts order backlog has also grown to a new record of $2 billion, dominated by mining equipment, "and provides good revenue visibility for 2009 and into 2010," Waites said. |
|