After Dacia, Elba Timisoara and Kraft Foods, two more multinational companies, Nokia and Michelin announced massive temporary layoff, in the context of financial crisis.
100 Nokia employees to take temporary layoff
Jucu-based Nokia plant sent yesterday over 100 employees in temporary layoff, in an attempt to shrink activity, four days after representatives of Nokia Romania ensured president Traian Basescu that the phone manufacturer is not affected by the crisis.
On Tuesday, workers of the morning shift, namely 104 employees were announced they will go into a temporary layoff, reads Clujeanul daily. They were hired by two Nokia subcontractors and were working on the mobile phone assembly. According to Nokia Jucu spokesperson, Monica Alb, they were not considered employees of Nokia.
“Given the seasonal characteristic of activities in mobile devices manufacturing, Nokia has contracts with the officers at the hiring hall which provide temporary workforce for all Nokia factories. The number of temporary workforce fluctuates according to season – this is the normal track of business,” said Monica Alb, Communications Manager at Nokia Romania.
Currently, Nokia is in talks with the agencies that provide seasonal staff from outside, on the company’s needs regarding the seasonal resources in the near future.
Nokia Romania board announced yesterday it will idle production at Jucu for the Christmas season, between December 22 and January 5.
“The factory’s board decided to shut down production during December 22, 2008 and January 5, 2009 in order to allow employees to spend more time with their families and to rest, and to be ready to face the challenges in 2009”, reads the press release signed Monica Alb.
Late last week, managing director of Nokia Romnaia, John Guerry, said there were no problems with the business of the Finish
