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差不多占总员工的3.5个百分点。
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8 F, z; h- p" b7 h+ a5 RFinning Canada has laid off 160 salaried staff in Alberta and B.C. as sales of Caterpillar equipment slows in the economic downturn./ t# o( Q! U F* B/ ]
5 c) ?) w3 n3 @( s% uEvery office and every staff level, from support staff to management, in both provinces were affected, human resources vice-president Miles Hunt said Thursday.7 |9 I' T6 K7 R3 m, z
V4 ^2 B! x2 d- p* Z$ `1 n3 ATwenty-nine people lost their jobs in Edmonton, where Finning Canada has its head office.1 Y4 B! d2 M6 g- y1 u* Y% q
$ X" O& j3 Y; Z"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.4 \1 b% E7 e, V3 W) I2 t
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It brings Finning Canada's workforce down to about 4,300.7 {, ~+ y! X$ S7 p9 H
6 r" C9 C9 K) U* O0 ~No hourly workers - who service and rebuild construction and mining equipment - are affected.
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w; f7 L$ M$ U4 KIn fact, the company is still hiring mechanics and technicians, Hunt said.( c/ y/ @$ G) m4 N' s+ L
/ u D1 k6 p: e! y, @# y4 Z6 i"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.
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# f) y9 K6 h. H6 U% q3 \1 W3 @"It's our customers who are going to get us through this, and that's the last place we want to cut."9 i4 Q. ~( `' X' W$ j
; o; D9 Z3 `( ^* X. DThe 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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) ^; ]0 o; u# O, A) H( d4 u"We're still very busy in the oilsands."
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Hunt said Finning has been immune to recent downturns, but is now being affected by slowing sales in some areas.% G3 n V# [0 D: n! g
0 l) e5 i7 I" K5 a+ o; m$ _# N5 Q% dThey will continue to monitor the situation, but "we can't say it's the end" of layoffs, he added.
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9 q" T, P3 t. u1 yThe employees, most of whom got the bad news Wednesday, will get severance packages and outplacement help, he said.4 V" ^. f/ h2 z+ _
9 c! t7 _% M, v* W7 q( \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.0 y7 Y- Q0 P) a+ N, J. F
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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." l) D1 w" p1 N! h7 {; f6 H
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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.- R- a- X/ A) m* l
' k! s) \ P7 x9 n4 U6 ?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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