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差不多占总员工的3.5个百分点。
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) o, j+ J( K9 f6 |$ mFinning 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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# h' n9 O6 ]2 X* @7 [Every office and every staff level, from support staff to management, in both provinces were affected, human resources vice-president Miles Hunt said Thursday.% I: Y7 N5 t+ i* V3 ?( I- j' n' e
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Twenty-nine people lost their jobs in Edmonton, where Finning Canada has its head office./ f/ d: L( z8 V. M, L7 l
* }. C. G+ \* U. x8 R"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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No 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.
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( m3 f' ~0 h# `! L/ W"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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2 q# l6 h9 q+ t* f$ Y( M3 |- q"It's our customers who are going to get us through this, and that's the last place we want to cut."0 m1 Y0 I$ }2 {) }3 L; X
0 o c5 {: B# M% fThe recent delays and cancellations of oilsands projects - a major income source for Finning - was not a factor in the layoffs, Hunt said.6 v7 z6 J. S# L
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"We're still very busy in the oilsands."# B5 j' q1 t u1 h
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Hunt said Finning has been immune to recent downturns, but is now being affected by slowing sales in some areas.
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! i0 z- A0 k8 x5 N9 m, V+ w* gThey will continue to monitor the situation, but "we can't say it's the end" of layoffs, he added.
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9 G5 M. ], i, A/ }7 IThe employees, most of whom got the bad news Wednesday, will get severance packages and outplacement help, he said.; \$ q2 q- S( r% v1 @$ S% B
! ]7 d) n7 B) l) B0 ZMike 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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2 k8 @8 X* `* s& N; tDemand 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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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 $1.33 billion a year before.! F$ Y" ^. E' F$ v& w& b7 P
% v$ @$ L" F) ]0 [- A5 k; GIts 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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