2009 staffing plans: Paperitalo 2nd Tuesday Surveys

Survey subject:

Staffing plans

2^nd Tuesday Surveys are Copyright 2010 by Paperitalo Publications and used by permission of the Copyright Owner

Confidential level and error band:
(95% confid. Level, +/- 8% error band)

No. of respondents: 125

Pulp & Paper Industry

54% US respondents, 8% China and Western Eurpoe each, all other areas were less

When asked: “on a ‘per ton sold basis’ regarding your salaried staffing for 2009 as compared to 2008”

•         38%..... said “will stay the same”

•         2%....... said “will go up significantly (over 10%)”

•         10%..... said “will go up moderately (less than 5%)”

•         27%..... said “well go down moderately (less than 5%)”

•         19%..... said “will go down significantly (more than 10%)”

When asked the same question about hourly staffing, responses were:

•         50%..... said “will stay the same”

•         3%....... said “will go up significantly (over 10%)”

•         8%....... said “will go up moderately (less than 5%)”

•         30%..... said “well go down moderately (less than 5%)”

•         12%..... said “will go down significantly (more than 10%)”

~51% say work ethics has improved in the last ten years.