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差不多占总员工的3.5个百分点。
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+ T) p$ i8 B/ {. t5 C- ?Finning Canada has laid off 160 salaried staff in Alberta and B.C. as sales of Caterpillar equipment slows in the economic downturn.( l2 g3 b( {& X+ o
$ e& P/ {% f+ V1 Q: R3 M# G, DEvery 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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Twenty-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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# ~1 e! R: d$ YNo hourly workers - who service and rebuild construction and mining equipment - are affected.
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In fact, the company is still hiring mechanics and technicians, Hunt said.& V9 \' {- ^5 S3 b
8 L. X4 [2 G& n8 K4 @"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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" O+ ~ u/ l5 I" _) y: b! G- n8 F, Q( \"It's our customers who are going to get us through this, and that's the last place we want to cut."
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7 ]1 J* p2 f8 v, BThe recent delays and cancellations of oilsands projects - a major income source for Finning - was not a factor in the layoffs, Hunt said.& [; }% ], W8 |2 D6 }( @9 j
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"We're still very busy in the oilsands."8 `8 m4 B3 j2 c/ u4 M
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Hunt said Finning has been immune to recent downturns, but is now being affected by slowing sales in some areas.# \: C9 u$ ]- V* K6 R, L1 b$ _7 A
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They will continue to monitor the situation, but "we can't say it's the end" of layoffs, he added.
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5 @& y% a) L2 }) _3 K: ?The employees, most of whom got the bad news Wednesday, will get severance packages and outplacement help, he said.
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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.
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0 j0 j# f. L9 l3 O; D: D, YDemand 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.& D; t+ {/ [$ N5 r( z a
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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.
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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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