I-Continental Airlines Inc. ithe izoqeda eminye imisebenzi engama-600 yama-ejenti wokubhuka, cishe amaphesenti angama-23 engqikithi yayo, njengoba abahambi abaningi bezibhukha izindiza zabo.
Lokhu kuncishiswa kungokwesibili esikhathini esingaphansi konyaka phakathi kwezisebenzi zayo ezisiza abagibeli ukuhlela uhambo ngocingo. Inkampani yezindiza ngoMeyi yathi izonciphisa imisebenzi enjalo engama-500 futhi ivale isikhungo sezingcingo saseTampa, eFlorida. Ukuncishiswa kwakamuva kuqala ukusebenza ngo-Ephreli 11, kusho i-Continental embikweni wenkampani yonke namuhla.
I-Continental, inkampani yezindiza yesine ngobukhulu e-US, namuhla isole ukwehla kwevolumu yezingcingo ngamaphesenti angu-15, njengoba ubuchwepheshe buthuthuka futhi amakhasimende aya ngokuya esebenzisa i-inthanethi ukuze athenge. Inkampani yenethiwekhi yase-Houston nayo ayivuseleli inkontileka yokuthatha izingcingo zamakhasimende ze-Walt Disney Co., ezithinta cishe abasebenzi abayi-100.
"Amakhasimende ancamela ukubhuka nokuphatha izindiza zawo ku-Continental.com, futhi lokho kwehlise isibalo sezingcingo ezingena ezikhungweni zethu zezingcingo," kusho uJulie King, okhulumela inkampani yenethiwekhi, engxoxweni.
Izwekazi likhokhisa u-$20 ukuze libhukhe ngocingo.
Izikhundla zizonqanyulwa ezikhungweni zezingcingo zenkampani yenethiwekhi e-Salt Lake City nase-Houston, kanye nama-ejenti angaba ngu-1,000 asebenza ekhaya. Babalelwa ku-250 kulabo abazophelelwa yimisebenzi vele basekhefini, kusho uKing. I-Continental izoba nabasebenzi ababalelwa ku-2,000 ngemuva kokwehliswa.
Inkampani yezindiza ayizange iyivuselele inkontileka ye-Disney ngoba izindleko zamaholo nezinzuzo zalezo zisebenzi zeqa imali engenayo evela esivumelwaneni, uMartin Hand, iphini likamongameli we-Continental wezokubhukha nezohwebo nge-e-mail, kusho umbiko we-imeyili.
"Kufanele siqaphele iqiniso lemakethe yanamuhla futhi sehlise usayizi wabasebenzi bethu bokubhuka ngokufanele," kusho u-Hand.
Inkampani yezindiza izohlinzeka ngohlelo lokuphuma kusenesikhathi kuma-ejenti asebenze iminyaka eyi-10 ye-Continental kusukela ngo-Ephreli 11, kanye nokuyeka umsebenzi kanye nosizo lokuzingela umsebenzi kulabo abalahlekelwa yizikhundla zabo.
