加拿大Finning裁员160人

zhaoyushan

经济衰退导致卡特彼勒设备的销售量下降，因此，加拿大Finning公司裁掉了阿尔伯达省和哥伦比亚省的160名员工。人力资源部部的副经理Mile Hunt今天说，从保障人员到管理人员的各阶层人员都未能幸免。其中，在位于埃德蒙顿的总部，就有29人失去了工作。
3 o+ v: x1 t6 M- t# R! b   Hunt表示，作为Finning主要收入来源的油砂工程频频被推迟和取消，但这并不是裁员的原因。他还说Finning没有受到经济危机的影响，只是在一些地区销售量出现下滑。他补充说，他们会继续注意形势的变化，但“我们不敢说裁员已经结束了”。
1 z" I& }) R/ E' j% ^   由于在加拿大西部和英国业务量下滑，Finning国际集团温哥华总公司的CEO Mike Waites最近降低了2008年的销售预期。对新设备的需求很可能会减少，因而抑制了购买力，但恰恰促使了零部件和客服需求的增加，而这才是Finning公司最赚钱的买卖。
   据统计，Finning三季度的净收入为64，800，000美元，而去年同期仅为63，600，000美元；收入是14.6亿美元，去年是13.3亿。新设备和发动机的销售上升了12%，客服收入上涨了15%。订货额也有所增加，创下了20亿美元的新纪录，“这为2009年乃至2010年提供了良好收入前景，”Waites这样说道。

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原帖由 zhaoyushan 于 2008-11-28 06:04 发表
   由于在加拿大西部和英国业务量下滑，Finning国际集团温哥华总公司的CEO Mike Waites最近降低了2008年的销售预期。对新设备的需求很可能会减少，因而抑制了购买力，但恰恰促使了零部件和客服需求的增加，而这才是Finning公司最赚钱的买卖。

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前后矛盾

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mzkq

JimZ1

点烦

我觉得他们未雨绸缪，为更坏的可能作准备。现在这样，企业还是有能力付给辞退员工一定的补偿，被辞退员工趁现在还不是太差，仍有机会重新找工作。

点烦

差不多占总员工的3.5个百分点。

+ C/ v- ]( b. }Finning Canada has laid off 160 salaried staff in Alberta and B.C. as sales of Caterpillar equipment slows in the economic downturn.
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Every office and every staff level, from support staff to management, in both provinces were affected, human resources vice-president Miles Hunt said Thursday.
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, w" O8 ?, M6 n& x* K4 T+ N7 S! ZTwenty-nine people lost their jobs in Edmonton, where Finning Canada has its head office.
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"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.
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It brings Finning Canada's workforce down to about 4,300.
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% s/ h+ n/ p8 [; TNo hourly workers - who service and rebuild construction and mining equipment - are affected.

In fact, the company is still hiring mechanics and technicians, Hunt said.

( @1 P. b" i9 L; e& [" T"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.

# o2 M& i, L, [: T6 ^6 W; ]8 r"It's our customers who are going to get us through this, and that's the last place we want to cut."

The recent delays and cancellations of oilsands projects - a major income source for Finning - was not a factor in the layoffs, Hunt said.
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"We're still very busy in the oilsands."
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, D4 C% p+ o, s# k! n8 QHunt said Finning has been immune to recent downturns, but is now being affected by slowing sales in some areas.
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+ V, X* Y; Z  g* p7 N5 _1 YThey will continue to monitor the situation, but "we can't say it's the end" of layoffs, he added.
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2 h9 K2 q: f. S( z# k& s# q( XThe employees, most of whom got the bad news Wednesday, will get severance packages and outplacement help, he said.

9 D; X7 B% Y- c/ l' W! \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.

2 m- L6 m# \( k  _6 J, V$ fDemand 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.

" ]3 U: N9 i( E8 T2 }  v5 D7 a& {Finning 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.

Its 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.