Thursday, November 17, 2016

Siemens cuts 95 man-years in Norway – E24

- Siemens Subsea now expects the market will have a flat development over the next two years and we are therefore overbemannet, writes the company in a message Thursday.

Nedbemanningen happens through both layoffs and permitteringer, type Siemens Subsea in a message. The company will in addition get rid of 60 man-years in the united Kingdom. The company held meetings on the matter Wednesday.

the Cuts fit in the series of cutbacks in the workforce the last few years, which has led to over 40,000 jobs are lost in the offshorenærinen, according to an inventory of the DNB-broker Truls Oma Erichsrud.

the Reason for the cuts in Siemens is the low oil prices and a fall in the market. Oil prices have fallen 55 per cent in the last two years, and only 30 projects to be developed globally in 2016, compared to a market of 550 projects in 2014, type Siemens in the message.

the Company’s new orders so far this year is 50 per cent lower than budgeted, and revenues are one-third under budget.

– This is a situation we should have been besides. It has been a tough market long, and many people have seen that permitteringer and layoffs could come. It is always a difficult situation for those who now are affected, ” says Ari Dahl at Siemens Subsea.

Kongsberg affected

It is Kongsberg that the cut will strike hardest, writes Siemens, adding that 50 of the 55 employees at Kongsberg probably have to go. But Siemens will keep the local client management of FMC Kongsberg.

In Trondheim, 15 people permitteres, and the associated energy through below, will 25 people permitteres. A two people in Oslo, Bergen and Stavanger will also be affected.

Total will nedbemanningen apply 159 man-years in Norway and the united Kingdom in the course of the year, writes the company.

the Goal is that 30 per cent of the nedbemanningen will occur through permitteringer, it will say that more than 30 people can be laid off, while the rest will be dismissed. The main body of an will happen within the management and leadership, the rest in the field of technical personnel.

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