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差不多占总员工的3.5个百分点。
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' n( _$ S+ I% S7 LFinning Canada has laid off 160 salaried staff in Alberta and B.C. as sales of Caterpillar equipment slows in the economic downturn.* o* f3 Y" M& `
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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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Twenty-nine people lost their jobs in Edmonton, where Finning Canada has its head office.2 n8 r% Y4 C9 S6 i9 W6 k3 }8 N
7 f+ i! z# x2 {"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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5 R2 ~: M( @, N. DIt brings Finning Canada's workforce down to about 4,300.* c' h5 u) B$ Q! x7 I2 Y# b
# d6 O+ o0 a) J2 i* M9 G6 `4 aNo hourly workers - who service and rebuild construction and mining equipment - are affected.1 ]2 h5 \# \5 V0 {( q" s
( {0 U L- q5 l0 B# aIn fact, the company is still hiring mechanics and technicians, Hunt said.3 b' Q$ k1 Y0 K% h
( Z1 D/ F6 F4 x0 Z3 f"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.5 v; ?& U" |4 R( R
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"It's our customers who are going to get us through this, and that's the last place we want to cut."6 X8 M' d3 o) U# r! S9 }
4 a! ~( q3 f1 w8 IThe recent delays and cancellations of oilsands projects - a major income source for Finning - was not a factor in the layoffs, Hunt said.; n6 @4 G) g# `3 P0 C
: p8 ?- H% z2 a6 L"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.6 E' F- g- k* Y a# f; g8 i
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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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The employees, most of whom got the bad news Wednesday, will get severance packages and outplacement help, he said.+ {9 u% X- a% Q/ y
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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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) T) v5 R9 e; r' NDemand 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.: o5 K3 c7 M$ R* ^# z$ U! V
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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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f# X& k7 s7 m/ dIts 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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