The world’s largest classification society believe they have to downsize in 1000 positions globally.
The Norwegian-German company is the world’s largest classification society in maritime and offshore industry and has a turnover of almost 20 billion.
After the merger with the German classification company Germainscher Lloyd in 2013 increased Veritas workforce from 10,000 to nearly 15,000 globally.
NOTICES CUT: Head of DVN GL communications in the oil and gas department, Cathrine Torp, says it is unclear how many Norwegian jobs affected.
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Now more go.
the low activity in the oil and gas sector is the cause of the announced downsizing.
– we see this trend continuing in 2016, and that means we have to adapt our organization to the current market, says communications director of DVN GL’s Oil and gas department Cathrine Torp.
Torp confirms that the company has warned that 1,000 employees probably have to go.
In May a year ago, the company announced cuts of 500 positions, but ended up cutting closer 1000- due to hiring freezes, attrition and nedbemmaning. 150 of those who left the company were employed in Norway.
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Uncertain how many people are affected
In this year’s may estimate predicts company that twice as many positions have been workforce reductions by the end of 2016, but points out that this figure may also change.
Torp can not give exact figures for how many people are affected in Norway, where the company currently has 2,678 employees.
– First, we must look at the local conditions in the countries in which we operate and how this affects their respective workplaces, before we know how many people are affected in Norway, she said.
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– Things to staff
steward DNV GL Nina Ivarsen told VG that the Norwegian sector will be affected primarily because so much of the country’s oil industry is offshore.
– We find that employees are very loyal to the company and our vision, but it is clear that this on a personal level makes vondtfor employees, she said.
Ivarsen say they are working to ensure that employees are able to find employment outside DNV GL, while the company tries to find other markets where they can use the skills of the employees.
Tough year
the Norwegian Veritas foundation are holding a stake of 63.5 percent after the merger, and operates globally in over 100 various countries.
According to the annual report (external link), the company has over 15,000 employees, the majority are employed in Norway, Germany, USA, UK and China.
When layoffs last year said Executive Vice President and CEO of DNV GL, Remi Eriksen, he envisioned that next year was going to be tough.
– We see that it is still reasonably busy year, but 2016 will be tough, said Remi Eriksen to Dagens Næringsliv.
in 2014, said Eriksen positively on behalf of the company’s prospects, and to E24 said executive director that he believed the downturn in the shipping and oil industry would begin to stagnate in the coming years.
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It has not succeed VG to get in touch with Eriksen.
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