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差不多占总员工的3.5个百分点。
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Finning Canada has laid off 160 salaried staff in Alberta and B.C. as sales of Caterpillar equipment slows in the economic downturn.3 I' T( \8 w" Q' e
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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.3 I/ w* `+ {+ M# h7 `: J! }( j
3 u$ f/ o, C5 M# g+ T3 [Twenty-nine people lost their jobs in Edmonton, where Finning Canada has its head office.( \. D; R* H) y Q
# u2 M- k2 g; I8 v* T. }* J"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." q) k$ t4 i- k5 I
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It brings Finning Canada's workforce down to about 4,300.
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: c# ?& ]0 D* T: M" i4 TNo hourly workers - who service and rebuild construction and mining equipment - are affected.! m j- t9 W9 _3 @4 C% [
- b( T3 d# c8 k! w& V0 |7 bIn fact, the company is still hiring mechanics and technicians, Hunt said.
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% o- o3 r# ~+ U% w, m"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.3 @: w5 t2 o5 W) X
" [% Y) s! ~' a7 B" I: X"It's our customers who are going to get us through this, and that's the last place we want to cut."; N: h4 Z8 o" s
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The recent delays and cancellations of oilsands projects - a major income source for Finning - was not a factor in the layoffs, Hunt said.- T% K- V, b6 }3 R$ r b
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"We're still very busy in the oilsands."! e3 b% J( x+ t) {$ S
" B' y2 E. O$ FHunt said Finning has been immune to recent downturns, but is now being affected by slowing sales in some areas.8 {; [6 ~1 ~& b' V1 K
9 H C2 p; j5 v. k$ K& F) R5 TThey will continue to monitor the situation, but "we can't say it's the end" of layoffs, he added.8 e6 _ m; y& [" h3 N; h% Z
* w; u2 x6 a7 t9 a# T* y. T. @) Y" wThe employees, most of whom got the bad news Wednesday, will get severance packages and outplacement help, he said.
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/ @ c: R* Q# }1 O( S% wMike 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.
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3 u9 _$ p4 n/ h+ z# u. t( ~ [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.
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; n/ ]4 s! O' @' v5 {$ n% }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./ J" a) `# [7 C
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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. |
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