Siemens to slash work force, cut 17,200 jobs globally
Conglomerate Siemens AG, wracked by a wide-ranging corruption scandal, will cut up to 4 percent of its work force worldwide, or about 17,200 jobs, a pair of newspapers reported on Saturday.
By Agencies |
FRANKFURT: Conglomerate Siemens AG, wracked by a wide-ranging corruption scandal, will cut up to 4 percent of its work force worldwide, or about 17,200 jobs, a pair of newspapers reported on Saturday.
The Sueddeutsche Zeitung reported that the Munich-based company was set to shed the jobs _ mostly white-collar and administrative _ without citing any sources. The Wall Street Journal also reported a similar figure, citing a person who was familiar with the matter.
Siemens did not comment on either report, only to say that it did not comment on market rumors.
The German paper said that of the cuts to the company's global work force of approximately 435,000 staffers, some 6,400 could come in Germany, where it employs around 136,000 people.
Both papers said the company cited the rough economic conditions worldwide as one reason for the cuts, but Siemens CEO Peter Loescher warned earlier this year that the company faced a bumpy road.
In March, Siemens issued a profit warning saying that weaker-than-expected performance in its major business projects in the current quarter was going to pull earnings down by approximately euro900 million (US$1.41 billion).
The warning was a surprise for the conglomerate, whose diverse products include trams, turbines and telecommunications equipment, given that it had said in January that sales were expected to double the pace of the global economy.
It had a second-quarter profit of euro412 million (US$648.82 million) in the January-March period, down 67 percent compared with euro1.3 billion a year earlier.
In February, Siemens said it would reorganize its corporate telecom unit as it prepares to get out of the business, eliminating 3,800 jobs while another 3,000 will be transferred to partners or other units _ its biggest cuts in years.
The new figures reported Saturday were on top of the previously disclosed cuts.
Shares of Siemens were down 0.17 percent to close at euro70.89 (US$111.64) in Frankfurt trading Friday.
The Sueddeutsche Zeitung reported that the Munich-based company was set to shed the jobs _ mostly white-collar and administrative _ without citing any sources. The Wall Street Journal also reported a similar figure, citing a person who was familiar with the matter.
Siemens did not comment on either report, only to say that it did not comment on market rumors.
The German paper said that of the cuts to the company's global work force of approximately 435,000 staffers, some 6,400 could come in Germany, where it employs around 136,000 people.
Both papers said the company cited the rough economic conditions worldwide as one reason for the cuts, but Siemens CEO Peter Loescher warned earlier this year that the company faced a bumpy road.
In March, Siemens issued a profit warning saying that weaker-than-expected performance in its major business projects in the current quarter was going to pull earnings down by approximately euro900 million (US$1.41 billion).
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The warning was a surprise for the conglomerate, whose diverse products include trams, turbines and telecommunications equipment, given that it had said in January that sales were expected to double the pace of the global economy.
It had a second-quarter profit of euro412 million (US$648.82 million) in the January-March period, down 67 percent compared with euro1.3 billion a year earlier.
In February, Siemens said it would reorganize its corporate telecom unit as it prepares to get out of the business, eliminating 3,800 jobs while another 3,000 will be transferred to partners or other units _ its biggest cuts in years.
The new figures reported Saturday were on top of the previously disclosed cuts.
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Shares of Siemens were down 0.17 percent to close at euro70.89 (US$111.64) in Frankfurt trading Friday.
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