-- (加拿大國家銀行 Adam Shine 的評論) 根據《環球郵報》週一報道,加拿大電信營運商羅傑斯通訊公司 (Rogers Communications,股票代號:RCI-B.TO) 正向其 25,000 名員工中的一半提供自願離職方案。 該報稱,這是近年來電信業在成長放緩背景下規模最大的裁員。 以下是路透社報導中的一些細節,該報導已發佈在 BNN Bloomberg 網站上: - 報道稱,羅傑斯週一表示,將向多個業務部門的員工提供離職方案,但並未說明是否有裁員目標。 - 羅傑斯發言人 Zac Carreiro 告訴《環球郵報》:“我們正在採取措施調整成本結構,以反映當前商業環境的實際情況。作為其中的一部分,一些團隊選擇提供自願離職和退休計劃,讓部分員工可以選擇是繼續留在公司還是開啟新的篇章。” 報告稱,公司部分團隊,包括電視主持人、Rogers Sports and Media旗下Sportsnet的員工以及工會成員,均不符合離職補償計畫的資格。 Rogers尚未回覆路透社的置評請求。 本月初,Rogers預測2026年的資本支出將比2025年水準下降約30%,因為該公司在嚴峻的價格環境下控制了支出。 加拿大國家銀行分析師Adam Shine指出,《環球郵報》報道稱,Rogers「正在向其50%的員工提供自願離職補償方案,但不包括楓葉體育娛樂公司(Maple Leaf Sports & Entertainment)。」楓葉體育娛樂公司約佔Rogers總員工數(約25,000人)的3,000人。 Shine表示,根據標題直接推斷,這可能涉及多達11,000名員工,但他補充說:“不太可能。” Shine指出,Shaw Communications早在2018年就向其約14,000名員工中的6,500人提供了買斷方案。該公司預計約有10%的員工會接受該方案,但實際接受的人數接近3,300人。這約佔符合資格員工的51%,佔這家有線電視公司員工總數的23.5%以上。 Shine也指出,Rogers過去也曾推行過類似的自願買斷計劃,但這些計劃的規模和接受率總是遠低於文章中暗示和推斷的水平。 Shine表示:“該公司目前的計劃是有限制的,最終獲得自願買斷的員工人數將取決於公司自身的政策。Shaw的計劃未必遵循同樣的模式。” 「在等待加拿大無線通訊產業在2026年第一季後恢復持續穩健發展之際,羅傑斯公司面臨著重新調整槓桿的挑戰。該公司計劃在2026年下半年收購MLSE剩餘的25%股份,之後將通過體育/媒體資產的貨幣化逐步降低槓桿率。在第一季財報發布前,其年度有機去槓桿化前景並不樂觀,而且似乎沒有多少前景。迴旋餘地來應對預計在2027年上半年進行的體育/媒體資產貨幣化。 Shine寫道。 我們注意到,羅傑斯公司在收購肖氏電信時承諾,將在五年內在加拿大西部創造3000個就業崗位,並在收購十週年之際至少維持這3000個新增崗位。在其第二份與西部承諾相關的年度合規報告中(該承諾包括在卡加利設立加拿大西部總部),該公司指出,其進展順利,並已新增1828名員工。 加拿大國家銀行對羅傑斯公司的評級為“跑贏大盤”,目標價為62.00加元。 (市場動態新聞來自與全球市場專業人士的對話和/或其他媒體管道。我們認為這些資訊來自可靠來源,但可能包含傳聞和猜測。我們不保證其準確性。)
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