英國石油全面凍結今年員工薪資

BP will freeze salaries across the company this year in the latest move to cut costs by an oil major to address the impact of the plunge in the oil price in recent months.

英國石油(BP)將全面凍結該公司員工今年的薪資。這是一家石油巨擘爲應對最近數月的油價暴跌而採取的最新的削減成本舉措。

The wage cap was announced by Bob Dudley, chief executive, in a message to staff on BP’s intranet on Monday.

英國石油首席執行官戴德立(Bob Dudley)週一在該公司內部網上向員工宣佈了這一限薪舉措。

He said the “tougher external environment” had forced the company to take “a number of measures” including “a general freeze to base pay for 2015 with only a few exceptions for specific circumstances around the world”, adding: “We will review salaries again in a normal way in 2016.”

他表示，“更爲艱難的外部環境”迫使該公司採取“多項措施”，包括“全面凍結2015年基本工資，全球只有爲數不多的幾個出於特殊情況的例外”。他補充稱：“我們將在2016年再次按照通常的方式評估薪資。”

In recent months, oil majors have started to slash billions of dollars from capital spending in a bid to protect dividend payouts as cash flows are squeezed.

最近幾個月，各大石油公司開始削減數十億美元的資本支出，以在現金流緊縮之際保護股息支出。

The collapse in the oil price has hit the industry hard with Brent crude at just over $48 per barrel trading more than 50 per cent below its 2014 average of $99.

油價暴跌已重創石油行業。布倫特(Brent)原油價格目前僅爲每桶略超過48美元，較2014年99美元的均價下跌逾一半。

Wages account for a large part of operating expenses, with BP paying its 83,900 employees just under $14bn in wages and pension contributions in 2013, according to Reuters, which first reported the pay freeze.

薪資佔運營費用的很大一部分。據路透(Reuters)報道，英國石油擁有8.39萬名員工，2013年共支出略低於140億美元的薪資和養老金供款。路透首次報道了英國石油凍結薪資的消息。

A BP spokesman declined to comment directly on the internal message but confirmed that the decision had been taken to cap wages. “Together with the work we are doing to simplify and increase efficiency throughout BP, we see this as a prudent response to the currently challenging market environment in which BP operates,” the company said in a statement.

英國石油一發言人拒絕直接就該公司的內部通信置評，但他證實公司已做出凍結薪資決定。英國石油在一份聲明中稱：“再加上我們簡化並提高效率的舉措，我們認爲此舉是對目前公司所處的具有挑戰性的市場環境的審慎迴應。”