According to US media reports, a number of giant companies have recently announced large-scale layoffs.
In addition to Disney, the official announcement of the layoff plan is Royal Dutch Shell, which plans to lay off 7,000 to 9,000 jobs before the end of 2022.
The American chemical brand Dow also announced that it would cut labor costs by 6%, but did not disclose the specific number of layoffs.
Investment bank Goldman Sachs also announced that it will lay off employees, according to media reports, the scale is about 400 people.
In addition, Marathon Petroleum, the second largest oil refinery in the United States, also announced a few days ago that it will start extensive layoffs within the company. Marathon Petroleum has closed its refineries in California and New Mexico since August and has laid off 800 employees.
Many large European and American companies announced layoffs.
On September 30, Royal Dutch Shell announced that due to the decline in global oil demand and oil prices due to the new crown epidemic, it plans to lay off 7,000 to 9,000 employees by the end of 2022.
Shell said that about 1,500 employees have agreed to voluntarily leave this year. As of the end of 2019, Shell has 83,000 employees, and the number of layoffs this time is about 10% of the total number of employees. It is considering cutting costs by reducing travel expenses and implementing online work.
By 2022, cost-cutting measures are expected to save the company US$2 billion to US$2.5 billion each year. After adjusting its business, it will focus more on the renewable energy and power markets.
Shell CEO Van Burden pointed out: "The company must be more streamlined and more competitive in order to better meet customer needs."
It is understood that in May 2020, Shell implemented the initiative of "voluntary resignation + compensation" for employees. In addition, the company will significantly reduce the scale of external recruitment; re-examine the contracts of expatriates to save expenses.
According to the second-quarter financial report disclosed by Shell, during the financial report period, the company's net loss reached 18.131 billion US dollars, compared with a loss of 24 million US dollars in the first quarter, the loss has expanded more than 750 times; in the second quarter of last year, Shell's net profit was 2.998 billion US dollars.
In the first half of this year, its net loss reached 18.155 billion US dollars, compared with a profit of 8.99 billion US dollars in the same period last year, a year-on-year decline of 302%.
In addition, on the same day, the materials science company Dow announced that it would reduce operating costs by 6% globally, but did not disclose the number of layoffs;
Marathon Petroleum, the second largest oil refinery company in the United States, also announced a few days ago that it will launch extensive layoffs within the company; Allstate will lay off about 3,800 employees;
Goldman Sachs will resume layoffs. A spokesperson for the group said on Wednesday that the company plans to resume layoffs suspended due to the epidemic and conduct a "moderate layoff."
According to people familiar with the matter, Goldman Sachs is considering cutting about 400 positions, equivalent to about 1% of its total workforce; JPMorgan Chase will fire more than 100 people in the annual layoffs.
On October 1, according to foreign media reports, Fater Belbachir, the new global head of stock trading at Citibank, has laid off at least three senior US traders as the company is preparing to make more extensive changes to the business.
People familiar with the matter said that the layoffs are expected to extend to lower-level employees and spread to Europe, the Middle East and Africa.
Citigroup spokeswoman Danielle Romero-Apsilos said that this is part of the bank's layoffs. She said that the company is in the midst of "limited layoffs," totaling less than 1% of the company's 204,000 employees.
Prior to this, in March 2020, Citibank pledged to suspend its global layoff plan due to the epidemic.
Since 2020, due to the spread of the epidemic, investment banks such as Citibank, HSBC, Wells Fargo, Morgan Stanley and other investment banks have promised to suspend layoff plans. However, the economic downturn and low interest rate environment have affected the income of these big banks, and many foreign banks have put layoffs on the agenda.
In June 2020, HSBC restarted to lay off 35,000 employees to cut costs by US$4.5 billion and freeze almost all external recruitment. In May of this year, Deutsche Bank became the first large foreign bank to resume layoffs and suspension due to the epidemic.
Disney will lay off 28,000 employees.
According to CNBC reports, due to the impact of the new crown epidemic, in view of the long-term suspension of Disney's theme park in California, the number of visitors to the reopened park has also been restricted due to the epidemic. The parks, experiences and consumer goods departments laid off 28,000 employees.
In a memo sent to employees on September 29, Disney Parks Director Josh D'Amaro detailed several "difficult decisions" the company had to make after the new crown virus pandemic, including several A layoff plan for 10,000 employees.
Public information shows that the Disney theme park and resort business has more than 100,000 employees in the United States, and the layoffs involve 28,000 employees, and the layoff ratio reaches 25%. Disneyland said, "Although it makes people sad, because the new crown pneumonia epidemic continues to cause severe damage to the business", Disney has no choice but to lay off employees.
67% of the layoffs are hourly workers, and some executives and full-time employees are also on the list of layoffs. In addition, due to California Governor Newsom's refusal to reopen Disneyland California, approximately 31,000 people have been given unpaid leave. Although Disney Florida Park has reopened, the number of people entering the park is not as expected.
In fact, the parks, experience and consumer goods divisions are a vital part of Disney's business. Last year, it accounted for 37% of the company's total revenue of $69.6 billion.
However, since the outbreak of the epidemic, Disney has suffered huge financial losses. In the second quarter of this year, due to the closure of parks, hotels and cruise lines, the company lost $1 billion in operating income. In the third quarter, the company reported a huge loss of $3.5 billion.
According to the latest financial report, as of June 27, 2020, Disney’s revenue for the third quarter of fiscal 2020 was US$11.779 billion, a year-on-year decrease of 42%; the net loss was US$4.718 billion (nearly 33 billion yuan), which was nearly 20%. The first quarterly loss in this year, and a net profit of US$1.430 billion in the same period last year. Among them, the theme park, experience and consumer product business revenue was US$983 million, a year-on-year decrease of 85%, and an operating loss of US$1.96 billion, while operating profit in the same period last year was US$1.719 billion.
In previous reports, Standard & Poor's downgraded Disney's credit rating from "A" to "A-". Standard & Poor's stated that even after home isolation restrictions are lifted, Disney's parks are unlikely to resume normal passenger flow.
Tens of thousands of jobs in the U.S. aviation industry are threatened. The
U.S. federal government provided US$25 billion in aid to aviation companies in March this year. The additional clause prohibits major airlines from layoffs before October 1, but this ban came in September, local time in the United States. When it expires on the evening of the 30th, tens of thousands of jobs will face the risk of being cut. If no more assistance measures are introduced in time, it is estimated that more than 30,000 jobs in the aviation industry will be at risk.
On September 30th, because the relief plan was about to expire, United Airlines stated that it would immediately start laying off 13,000 employees. If Congress approves salary assistance, the company will withdraw its layoff plan.
Earlier, United Airlines announced that it would be allowed to close three-quarters of its international flight attendant bases in Hong Kong, Tokyo and Frankfurt, without providing the affected crew members with the opportunity to transfer to their London base. The Flight Attendants Association learned on Friday that an arbitrator rejected their proposal to provide a transfer base for crew members who do not have legal rights to work in the United States.
At present, many airlines have issued layoff warnings. Among them, American Airlines plans to lay off 19,000 employees, which may begin as early as October 1, local time. Many airlines, including American Airlines, United Airlines, and Southwest Airlines, are seeking additional US$25 billion in support from Congress to avoid more industry harm.
American Airlines CEO Doug Parker said: "This is not to raise funds for the aviation industry, but to ensure that we can ensure that the infrastructure is in place by getting compensation. Otherwise, we can't let employees Stay on the job.”
US Treasury Secretary Mnuchin previously ruled out the possibility of providing separate assistance to the aviation industry, but launched it together as part of the overall stimulus plan, and Fed officials are also calling for more fiscal stimulus measures to be introduced quickly. .
Under the impact of the epidemic, the employment issue has become a global issue, and most of the recent announcements of layoffs are multinational companies.
It is worth noting that many reports we have seen pointed out that, unlike the early stage of the epidemic, the layoffs in the middle and late stages may hurt more white-collar workers with higher incomes, and their disposable income expenditures often promote economic growth. Important motivation.
It may mean the emergence of more deep-seated problems brought by the epidemic to the economy. As the epidemic continues, the job market is still facing greater uncertainty.
According to Xinhua News Agency, the final data released by the US Department of Commerce on September 30 showed that the US gross domestic product (GDP) in the second quarter of this year fell by 31.4% year-on-year, which was 0.3 percentage points smaller than the revised data. It is still a record. The biggest quarterly decline since. Data show that in the second quarter of this year, personal consumption expenditure, which accounts for about 70% of the US economy, fell by 33.2%, which is 0.9 percentage points higher than the revised figure. Among them, service spending fell 41.8% due to the impact of the new crown epidemic.
In addition, non-residential investment in fixed assets, which reflects the investment status of companies, fell by 27.2%, and private inventory investment dragged down the quarter’s economic growth by 3.5 percentage points.
Daohan Tianqiong CiGril Robot API
Daohan Tianqiong CiGril Cognitive Intelligent Robot API users need to follow the steps to obtain basic information:
1. Register an account on the platform
2. Log in to the platform, enter the background management page, create an application, then view the application, view the application Related Information.
3. On the application information page, find the appid, appkey secret key and other information, and then write the interface code to access the robot application.
Start access
request address: http://www.weilaitec.com/cigirlrobot.cgr
Request method: post
request parameters:
parameter type default value description
userid String no platform registered account
appid String no platform created application id
key String no platform application The generated secret key
msg String "" Message content
ip String "" The client ip requires uniqueness. If no ip, it can be replaced by QQ account, WeChat account, mobile phone MAC address, etc.
Example of interface connection: http://www.weilaitec.com/cigirlrobot.cgr?key=UTNJK34THXK010T566ZI39VES50BLRBE8R66H5R3FOAO84J3BV&msg=Hello&ip=119.25.36.48&userid=jackli&appid=52454214552
Note: The parameter name must be lowercase, the five parameters must not be omitted, the parameter name must be written correctly, and the value of each parameter cannot be an empty string. Otherwise, the request cannot be successful. The three parameters of userid, appid, and key must be registered on the platform after the application is created, and then you can see the application details. Userid is the platform registered account.
Sample code JAVA:
import java.io.ByteArrayOutputStream;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.io.InputStream;
import java.net.HttpURLConnection;
import java.net.URL;
public class apitest {
/*
Get请求，获得返回数据
@param urlStr
@return
/
private static String opUrl(String urlStr)
{
URL url = null;
HttpURLConnection conn = null;
InputStream is = null;
ByteArrayOutputStream baos = null;
try
{
url = new URL(urlStr);
conn = (HttpURLConnection) url.openConnection();
conn.setReadTimeout(5 10000);
conn.setConnectTimeout(5 * 10000);
conn.setRequestMethod("POST");
if (conn.getResponseCode() == 200)
{
is = conn.getInputStream();
baos = new ByteArrayOutputStream();
int len = -1;
byte[] buf = new byte[128];
while ((len = is.read(buf)) != -1)
{
baos.write(buf, 0, len);
}
baos.flush();
String result = baos.toString();
return result;
} else
{
throw new Exception("服务器连接错误！");
}
} catch (Exception e)
{
e.printStackTrace();
} finally
{
try
{
if (is != null)
is.close();
} catch (IOException e)
{
e.printStackTrace();
}
try
{
if (baos != null)
baos.close();
} catch (IOException e)
{
e.printStackTrace();
}
conn.disconnect();
}
return "";
}
public static void main(String args [] ){
//The msg parameter is the content of the past conversation.
System.out.println (opUrl ( " http://www.weilaitec.com/cigirlrobot.cgr?key=UTNJK34THXK010T566ZI39VES50BLRBE8R66H5R3FOAO84J3BV&msg= IP = 119.25.36.48 & Hello the userid & jackli & AppID = 52,454,214,552 = "));
}
}