Hallo yen,
wenn das Kopliment von dir kommt adelt es.Ich nehme es stellvertretend für die Mannschaft hier entgegen,danke.
@BobbyBrown,ich dachte schon Du hast die Schnauze von uns voll,schön zu wissen das Du noch dabei bist.
So,jetzt darf die Cheffin von der *Ichredeallesgesund.dotcom-Abteilung* das erste mal was zu den Entlassungen bei china sagen!
Susan Chan sagte heute :The cuts, which came out of a total work force of approximately 2,000, were necessary to "streamline and consolidate" Chinadotcom`s operations, said Susan Chan, a Chinadotcom spokeswoman.
The layoffs hit a company that has billed itself as more seaworthy than many other companies sailing the stormy seas of the Asian Internet industry. With approximately US$560 million in cash reserves, its average monthly losses of about US$4 million are not in danger of sinking the company in the near future, Chan said. The company expects to turn a profit by the end of 2001.
Amid steep losses and layoffs at other Internet companies in Hong Kong and China, including portal operator Tom.com Ltd. and community and entertainment site RenRen.com Holdings Inc., Chinadotcom last month created an investment unit, Chinadotcom Ventures, to buy interests in Asian Internet companies, many of which have been pummeled in stock-market declines originally triggered by April`s U.S. Nasdaq correction.
Yet, like other Internet companies, Chinadotcom faces a tough competitive environment and high expectations from shareholders, she said.
"We`re under great pressure to become profitable very quickly," Chan said. "If we were not to do what we have done, it would be irresponsible and would place us at great risk in a short period of time," she said.
Despite the retrenchment, Chinadotcom plans to expand its work force overall by 20 percent by year`s end. Chan would not comment on which facilities or departments will add staff, but said China continues to be a major focus for the company. The employees who were laid off could not be transferred to other cities or departments, she said.
The Asian Internet hype of late last year and early this year made the current cutbacks at Chinadotcom and other companies inevitable, according to Joe Sweeney, an analyst at Gartner Group Inc. Asia-Pacific, in Hong Kong.
"The problem with Chinadotcom is not that it`s getting rid of people, it`s that the expectations were too high to start with," Sweeney said. Though its diverse businesses put Chinadotcom in a better position than some Internet companies to make money, the company is not focused enough, he added.
The layoffs are a move in the right direction, he said.
"The companies that are recognizing the problem now and taking some action are going to be in better shape," Sweeney said
cu 6er-Pack