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The collapse of aviation in the crown crisis and the cost of splitting up now are also having an impact on Ruag International employees. Up to 150 jobs will be cut by the end of 2021, the company announced Monday.
(sda / agl) The focus is on the global support functions of the company, including IT or human resources. It currently offers a total of 450 full-time positions. About a third of these should now be phased out by the end of 2021. As an on-demand spokesperson said, all corporate service locations will be affected: Emmen, Bern, Thun and Zurich.
The statement continued to fight for “just and socially acceptable solutions” for all employees. In Switzerland, a specific social plan is planned. Furthermore, the decrease will be offset to the extent possible by natural fluctuations or retirement.
According to the company, it is difficult to estimate how the business will continue. At this time, it is assumed that it will be a few years before the aviation-related segments return to capacity utilization at pre-crisis levels.
Net loss in the first half of the year
The aerospace and defense group suffered a net loss of 48 million francs in the first half of the year. In particular, the two business areas of aircraft structure construction and aircraft maintenance, which are active in aviation, clearly felt the effects of the corona pandemic.
Ruag International has been operating as an independent company since the beginning of the year and will be further developed and gradually privatized over the next few years. With the division of the balance sheet, which the Federal Council took note of on April 22, the unbundling was completed in mid-2020.
They are not the first job cuts the arms company announces this year. In February, the cancellation of 90 positions in the construction of aircraft structures in Emmen was announced. The Syna and Unia unions are disappointed with the further reduction. This is “a direct consequence of the Federal Council’s decision to divide and privatize Ruag”, as they write in a message of the same name. The social partners demand that the Federal Council and employers take their responsibility seriously and “avoid job cuts.”
