Nissan said it does not expect further job cuts in the United States following its announcement of 20,000 cuts worldwide, according to a US-based spokesman. “We don't anticipate that you'll see further extensive job actions as part of that 20,000, because we've already made those job actions in the US,” said Alan Buddendeck, vice president of corporate communications for Nissan North America. On Monday, Nissan Motor Co. in Tokyo said it expected a $2.9 billion loss for the fiscal year ending in March, and said it planned to cut 20,000 jobs worldwide, or 8.5 percent of its 235,000-strong global work force, by March 2010. Some 12,000 of the job cuts will be in Japan, including group companies, and the rest will be overseas, the company said. Buddendeck said recent job cuts at Nissan's US operations have already been factored into the global target and no other major announcements are planned. Last July, Nissan said it would offer buyouts to about 6,000 employees at its plants in Smyrna and Decherd, Tennessee, with the aim of cutting 1,200 jobs. The Smyrna plant manufactures pickups, sport utility vehicles and the Altima sedan, while the Decherd facility makes engines for all the Nissan and Infiniti vehicles produced in the US.
