Nokia and Vodafone Move Tt Pare Jobs

全球最大的手机制造商诺基亚(Nokia Corp.)周二宣布了一系列最新裁员举措，意在削减成本，适应当前低迷的市场环境。其中包括1,000名工人的自愿离职买断计划，以及在员工中更为广泛地使用短期无薪休假和公休假。总部位于芬兰的诺基亚目前在全球拥有将近13万员工。同样是周二，电信运营商沃达丰(Vodafone PLC)宣布，根据去年11月宣布的一项总额10亿英镑（14.5亿美元）的成本削减计划，公司正在英国裁员500人。沃达丰表示，此次裁员将涉及到各个级别员工，包括在英格兰纽伯里总部裁员大约170人。诺基亚表示，将在3月1日至5月31日（或直至完成裁员任务）对员工实施自愿离职买断计划。自愿买断计划的条款还须符合当地劳动法规。诺基亚本月早些时候表示，由于手机市场走软，公司将关闭芬兰的一个研发机构，暂时裁减员工。在诺基亚和沃达丰宣布裁员之际，它们的竞争对手和网络运营商也作出了类似的裁员举动。摩托罗拉(Motorola Inc.)上个月宣布，将在去年秋天宣布裁员3,000人的基础上进一步裁减4,000个工作岗位，约占其员工总数的6%。瑞典的爱立信(Telefon AB L.M. Ericsson)今年1月份表示，将在总计78,000多名员工中裁员5,000人。其中，拥有2万多名员工的瑞典部门将裁员1,000人。诺基亚上月宣布，计划在2010年底前将关键设备和服务业务的经营费用削减7亿欧元以上，大部分削减工作将在2009年完成。诺基亚周二表示，公司将继续削减所有部门和各项业务的经营费用。Gustav Sandstrom相关阅读诺基亚推出自愿离职方案 2009-02-25诺基亚第四财季净利润锐减 2009-01-23 本文涉及股票或公司document.write (truthmeter('2009年02月25日14:01', 'VOD'));Vodafone Group Plc (ads)总部地点：英国上市地点：纽约证交所股票代码：VODdocument.write (truthmeter('2009年02月25日14:01', 'NOK'));诺基亚公司英文名称：Nokia Corp. (ADS)总部地点：芬兰(Finland)上市地点：纽约证交所股票代码：NOKdocument.write (truthmeter('2009年02月25日14:01', 'NOK1V.HE'));诺基亚公司英文名称：Nokia Corp.总部地点：芬兰(Finland)上市地点：HELS股票代码：NOK1Vdocument.write (truthmeter('2009年02月25日14:01', 'VOD.LN'));沃达丰空中通讯公司英文名称：Vodafone Group PLC总部地点：英国上市地点：伦敦股票代码：VOD


Nokia Corp., the world's largest maker of mobile phones, Tuesday announced a range of new job-cutting measures to reduce costs and adapt to weak market conditions.The measures include voluntary buyout packages for 1,000 workers, as well as wider use of short-term unpaid leaves and sabbaticals. Finland-based Nokia employs almost 130,000 workers world-wide.Also Tuesday, telecommunications operator Vodafone PLC said it was cutting 500 jobs in the U.K. as part of a GBP 1 billion ($1.45 billion) cost-reduction program announced in November.Vodafone said the job cuts would come from all levels of the business, with about 170 of those jobs at its headquarters in Newbury, England.Nokia said its voluntary buyouts will be available for employees March 1 to May 31 or until the target has been reached. The terms of the plans are subject to local labor practices and legislation.Nokia earlier this month said it will close a research-and-development site and temporarily lay off workers in Finland because of the weakening handset market.The moves by Nokia and Vodafone to reduce their work forces comes as network operators and rival equipment manufacturers make similar cuts.Motorola Inc. last month said it would cut 4,000 jobs, or about 6% of its work force, on top of 3,000 cuts announced in the autumn.Sweden's Telefon AB L.M. Ericsson in January said it will cut 5,000 jobs from a total of more than 78,000 workers. Of that number, 1,000 will be in Sweden, where it employs more than 20,000 people.Nokia said last month that it aimed to cut operating expenses in its key devices and services business by more than 700 million euros by the end of 2010, with the majority of the cuts coming in 2009.'Nokia continues to seek savings in operational expenses, looking at all areas and activities across the company,' it said Tuesday.Gustav Sandstrom