Newsgroup: it.arti.fotografia
Titolo: Per non farci mancare nulla....

Visto il bisogno espresso dal nano infame e pelato di sopprimere delle
festività.....
Fiat Auto is using another temporary layoff strategy to cut costs in April.
Fiat Auto [FIA.MI] will launch its fourth temporary layoff program this year
to match production with declining sales. Italy's strict labor laws mean
that Fiat cannot reduce its manufacturing network. The Italian government
now needs to address this problem with more than just temporary solutions.
Fiat Auto Group, the troubled Italian vehicle manufacturer, has announced a
temporary layoff program to start in April in order to slow down production
of several models in line with demand. Around 2,500 workers will be sent
home for two weeks from April 12. The group will suspend production of the
Lancia Thesis, the Lancia Lybra estate, the Alfa 166 and the Multipla model
at its Mirafiori plant in Turin.
Fiat is taking full advantage of the Italian government's temporary layoff
scheme, as this is its fourth temporary layoff program this year. This
scheme enables workers to remain officially employed at a company while not
working but receiving a reduced salary, which is paid for out of the state's
'Special Layoff Benefits Fund". Under this scheme, Fiat can lay workers off
temporarily for up to 52 weeks over two years. So far this year, the group
has already sent a total of 6,300 people home over five weeks on reduced
pay.
These temporary layoffs are not good news for the Fiat Group. The layoff
scheme creates an atmosphere of uncertainty among the employees, who fear
for their long-term prospects and it could lead to strikes in the
manufacturing plants. Despite all Fiat's recent restructuring efforts, the
company still suffers from big overcapacity problems. Excessive production
and under-used manufacturing facilities are major factors behind the Italian
group's losses in recent years. However, the group can do very little
because of the restrictive Italian labor laws.
The Italian carmaker has recently experienced a dramatic fall in customer
loyalty, especially in its key home markets. In 2003, sales in the group
fell almost 9% compared to the previous year. It seems that until Fiat Auto
is allowed to make some drastic reductions in its manufacturing network,
there is really very little that it can do to improve profitability.

"These temporary layoffs are not good news for the Fiat Group. The layoff
scheme creates an atmosphere of uncertainty among the employees, who fear
for their long-term prospects and it could lead to strikes in the
manufacturing plants. Despite all Fiat's recent restructuring efforts, the
company still suffers from big overcapacity problems. Excessive production
and under-used manufacturing facilities are major factors behind the Italian
group's losses in recent years. However, the group can do very little
because of the restrictive Italian labor laws."
Qualche cosa dovranno pur fare, no?
O bisogna produrre più della domanda all'infinito?
A.
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Cero che se i simpatici e brizzolati magliari che hanno gestito l'azienda
torinese avessero investito almeno una parte dei soldi avuti a pioggia dai
vari governi nella divisione automobili e non per i loro intrallazzi privati
forse per i lavoratori Fiat ci sarebbe un avvenire migliore.
L'ottavo nano non credo che in queste vicende c'entri molto, come non
c'entrava nella gestione sciagurata dell'Olivetti di qualche anno fa. Il
sedicente abile manager uscito dalla scuola Fiat mise i suoi debiti sul
groppone di tutti gli italiani e ne uscì ancora con l'aria del benefattore
perché riuscì a piazzare gli esuberi alle poste.
Sulle visione berlusconiana delle feste sono decisamente perplesso. Le ore
lavorative sono già tante; bisognerebbe vedere come vengono impiegate. Nel
piccolo ambito di IAf, ad esempio, non si contano le connessioni dagli
uffici... :-)
Anni fa avevo come cliente una grossa gioielleria dell'Eur. Era molto
divertente la mattina vedere i vari impiegati degli uffici statali che dopo
aver timbrato o fatto timbrare il cartellino si assentavano per lunghe ore
dedicandosi agli acquisti ed ai commerci più disparati. Non so se le cose da
allora siano cambiate, ma solo una decina di anni fa era la regola.


Certo che se i simpatici e brizzolati magliari che hanno gestito l'azienda
torinese avessero investito almeno una parte dei soldi avuti a pioggia dai
vari governi nella divisione automobili e non per i loro intrallazzi
privati,
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