CA outsourcing HR functions; loses three senior VPs

26.01.2007
CA Inc. confirmed Thursday that three senior vice presidents have or will leave the company this month and said up to four additional CA workers will depart their jobs in Long Island because of a US$60 million outsourcing deal for human resources functions.

The outsourcing pact, signed last month with Arinso International in Brussels, covers five years of human resources services for CA globally, according to a statement from Arinso released Dec. 19. The Belgium company will also partner with CDI Corp. in Philadelphia to provide recruitment services for CA in Canada and the U.S.

"This new HR model will enable CA to fully leverage our internal HR resources while enhancing the administrative and transactional service for our internal clients," CA spokeswoman Michelle Healy said in an e-mail response to questions Thursday. "We are constantly looking for opportunities to increase our productivity.... CA will see a significant savings over the lifetime of the contract."

In an interview, Healy said the departure of three top officials had nothing to do with the outsourcing deal and added that both developments should not be construed as a sign of problems at CA. In addition to three or four HR employees who will leave their jobs, others have taken positions with Arinso or have new jobs at CA. Healy did not say how many employees are affected by those changes. She also could not say how many independent recruiters will be affected by the CDI partnership with Arinso.

As for the three departures, she said: "Management turnover is the normal course of business companies undergoing transformations."

The three senior vice presidents are Sam Greenblatt, senior vice president of innovation, who resigned Jan. 19; Gary Starkey, senior vice president of CA's Executive Technology Advisors, who left earlier this month; and Toby Weiss, senior vice president of CA's security management unit, who will leave Friday. None could be reached for comment.