October 2008 will be remembered as the time in which the credit crunch came to a head not only for the economy as a whole but for the tech community in particular. Startups have begun preparing themselves for a bleak and uncertain economic future by cutting costs and focusing on efficiency. This has been achieved most obviously through layoffs, which can reduce burn rates quickly and dramatically for web companies that require little physical capital.
We've begun tracking all of the relevant layoffs in the tech sector below. If you know of any that have been overlooked, please submit a tip using the form below.
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- Total Layoffs Since August 27, 2008: 479
- Total Employees: 340,066
| Company | Date | Location | # | % | Source |
| Evite | July 2, 2009 | New York | 9 | 35% | Business Insider |
| Joost | June 30, 2009 | New Yok | 70 | 78% | AdAge |
| Gannett | June 30, 2009 | Washington D.C. | 1,400 | 3% | Bloomberg |
| MySpace International | June 23, 2009 | Los Angeles | 300 | 66% | TechCrunch |
| MySpace/ Fox Interactive | June 16, 2009 | Los Angeles | 480 | 30% | TechCrunch |
| VisualCV | June 11, 2009 | Reston, VA | 17 | 75% | |
| Intuit | June 4, 2009 | Mountain View | 300 | 4% | layofftracker |
| sicortex | May 28, 2009 | Maynard, MA | 79 | 100% | Boston Globe |
| Autodesk | May 25, 2009 | Worldwide | 430 | 6% | Nasdaq |
| Hewlett-Packard | May 19, 2009 | Palo Alto, CA | 6,420 | 2% | NYT |
| Seagate | May 13, 2009 | 1 | 3% | Reuters | |
| MySpace | May 8, 2009 | Los Angeles, CA | 45 | 3% | TechCrunch |
| The Tribune Company | April 30, 2009 | Chicago, IL | 61 | Reuters | |
| Nokia | April 29, 2009 | Finland | 450 | Electronista | |
| Hutchinson Technologies | April 28, 2009 | 850 | Pioneer Press | ||
| Ugobe | April 24, 2009 | Eagle, Idaho | 20 | 100% | Idaho Stateman |
| Yahoo | April 21, 2009 | Sunnyvale, CA | 675 | 5% | TechCrunch |
| NPR | April 21, 2009 | Washington D.C. | 13 | 1% | The New York Times |
| Sony Ericsson | April 17, 2009 | Stockholm, Sweden | 2,000 | Yahoo News | |
| Toshiba | April 17, 2009 | Japan | 3,900 | CNET | |
| Discovery Communications | April 15, 2009 | Silver Spring, MD | 13 | ||
| Xilinx | April 15, 2009 | San Jose | 200 | 6% | |
| kwiry | April 13, 2009 | San Francisco, CA | 3 | TechCrunch | |
| Veoh | April 1, 2009 | San Diego, CA | 25 | 35% | All Things Digital |
| Conde Nast Digital | April 1, 2009 | New York, NY | 30 | New York Magazine | |
| Nattional Semiconductor | April 1, 2009 | Santa Clara | 1,725 | 25% | San Jose Mercury News |
| Forbes Media | March 31, 2009 | New York, NY | 50 | All Things Digital | |
| hi5 | March 31, 2009 | 50 | 50% | TechCrunch | |
| Technorati | March 31, 2009 | San Francisco | 4 | 10% | |
| Sun Microsystems | March 30, 2009 | 1,500 | 20% | All Things Digital | |
| Aligent Technologies | March 27, 2009 | Santa Clara | 2,700 | San Jose Mercury News | |
| Amazon | March 26, 2009 | Red Rock, Nev.; Munster, Ind.; and Chambersburg, Pa. | 210 | 1% | NYT |
| The New York Times | March 26, 2009 | New York, NY | 100 | 5% | NYT |
| March 26, 2009 | Mountain View, CA | 200 | 1% | NYT | |
| IBM | March 26, 2009 | USA | 5,000 | 1% | LA Times |
| Imeem | March 25, 2009 | San Francisco, CA | 6 | 4% | TechCrunch |
| Evri | March 20, 2009 | Seattle, WA | 9 | 25% | Venture Beat |
| Ustream | March 18, 2009 | Mountain View, CA | 4 | 10% | TechCrunch |
| Nokia | March 17, 2009 | Helsinki | 1,700 | Reuters | |
| ChaCha | March 17, 2009 | New York, NY | 25 | 75% | |
| Spot Runner | March 13, 2009 | Los Angeles, CA | 60 | 25% | TechCrunch |
| Dell | March 13, 2009 | North Carolina | 150 | MSNBC | |
| Sony Pictures | March 11, 2009 | Los Angeles | 350 | LA Times | |
| Sonus Networks | March 10, 2009 | 50 | 5% | Barrons | |
| Garmin | March 10, 2009 | Kansas City | 181 | 6% | The Kansas City Star |
| Micron Technologies | February 27, 2009 | Boise | 2,000 | PC World | |
| Expedia, Inc. | February 26, 2009 | Bellevue, WA | 165 | 3% | TechFlash |
| Nortel Networks | February 26, 2009 | Richardson, TX | 3,200 | 11% | The Dallas Morning News |
| Lenovo | February 25, 2009 | China | 450 | 5% | |
| Micron Technology | February 24, 2009 | Boise | 2,000 | MSNBC | |
| Lookery | February 24, 2009 | Seattle | 3 | 3% | VentureBeat |
| Blyk | February 21, 2009 | London, and Helsinki | 40 | 45% | |
| Best Buy | February 20, 2009 | Minnesota | 250 | MSNBC | |
| Sapient | February 14, 2009 | BANGALORE | 300 | 8% | THE TIMES OF INDIA |
| Google (Audio Ads) | February 12, 2009 | Mountain View, CA | 40 | Google Blog | |
| Pioneer | February 12, 2009 | worldwide | 10,000 | 25% | Reuters |
| Nokia | February 12, 2009 | Finland | 625 | Business-Standard | |
| AMCC | February 12, 2009 | 100 | 17% | Yahoo | |
| NetApp | February 9, 2009 | USA | 480 | 6% | U. K. Register |
| Razorfish | February 6, 2009 | Seattle | 70 | 4% | The Seattle Times |
| Cisco | February 5, 2009 | San Jose, CA | 3,000 | 4% | BusinessWeek |
| Wall Street Journal, News Corp. | February 5, 2009 | New York, NY | 14 | 2% | PaidContent.org |
| LA Times, The Tribune Co. | February 5, 2009 | Los Angeles, CA | 300 | LA Times | |
| About.com | February 5, 2009 | New York, NY | 19 | 10% | Rueters |
| Panasonic | February 4, 2009 | Tokyo, Japan | 15,000 | 5% | Bloomberg |
| THQ | February 4, 2009 | Agoura Hills, CA | 600 | 24% | SIlicon Alley Insider |
| Electronic Arts | February 3, 2009 | Redwood City, CA | 1,100 | 11% | TechTrader Daily |
| Bloomberg | February 3, 2009 | New York, NY | 100 | Reuters | |
| The Walt Disney Co. | January 31, 2009 | New York, NY | 200 | 5% | LA Times |
| eBaum's World | January 31, 2009 | San Francisco, CA | 13 | NewTeeVee | |
| Broadcom | January 30, 2009 | Worldwide | 200 | 3% | scoalTECH |
| NEC | January 30, 2009 | Wordwide | 20,000 | 7% | NYT |
| Zazzle | January 30, 2009 | Redwood City, CA | 40 | 15% | TechCrunch |
| Freescale | January 30, 2009 | Worldwide | 2,400 | 10% | Austin American Statesman |
| Hitachi | January 30, 2009 | Worldwide | 7,000 | BBC | |
| Sierra Wireless | January 29, 2009 | Vancouver, BC | 56 | 10% | Fierce Wireless |
| Teradyne | January 29, 2009 | North Reading, MA | 532 | 14% | Boston.com |
| Toshiba | January 29, 2009 | Tokyo, Japan | 4,500 | EETimes | |
| Nexon Games | January 28, 2009 | Vancouver, BC, Canada | 90 | 100% | Gamasutra |
| AOL | January 28, 2009 | New York, NY | 700 | 10% | TechCrunch |
| Citrix | January 28, 2009 | 10% | Reuters | ||
| SAP | January 28, 2009 | Walldorf, Germany | 3,000 | 6% | SAP |
| Parametric Technology Corp (PTC) | January 28, 2009 | 250 | 5% | Reuters.com | |
| Skyworks | January 28, 2009 | Woburn, MA | 150 | 4% | StreetInsider.com |
| Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati | January 27, 2009 | Palo Alto, CA | 113 | 8% | LAw.com |
| STMicroelectronics | January 27, 2009 | 4,500 | EETimes | ||
| IBM | January 26, 2009 | Armonk, NY | 2,850 | 1% | WSJ |
| Texas Instrument | January 26, 2009 | Dallas | 3,400 | 12% | EETimes |
| Sprint Nextel | January 26, 2009 | Overland Park, Kansas | 8,000 | 14% | Bloomberg |
| Philips | January 26, 2009 | Amsterdam, Netherlands | 6,000 | 5% | AP |
| Fox Interactive Media | January 26, 2009 | Los Angeles, CA | 100 | 5% | TechCrunch |
| Unisys | January 26, 2009 | Global | 1,300 | 4% | Computing.co.uk |
| Sun Microsystems | January 23, 2009 | Worldwide | 1,300 | 3% | The Register |
| ChannelAdvisor | January 23, 2009 | Research Triangle Park, NC | 53 | 19% | The News & Observer |
| Nokia Siemens Israel | January 22, 2009 | Israel | 100 | 25% | TheMarker IT |
| Delver | January 22, 2009 | Israel | 20 | 100% | TheMarker IT |
| Certagon | January 22, 2009 | Israel | 10 | 100% | TheMarket IT |
| Intel | January 22, 2009 | Cavite, Philippines | 1,800 | Business Mirror | |
| Nokia | January 22, 2009 | Finland, Japan, Canada, US | 1,000 | Reuters | |
| Digg | January 22, 2009 | San Francisco, CA | 7 | 10% | Cnet |
| TomTom | January 22, 2009 | Worldwide | 115 | 7% | Dow Jones Newswires |
| Electronic Arts | January 22, 2009 | Vancouver | 600 | 6% | Vancouver Sun |
| Cooley Godward Kronish | January 22, 2009 | San Francisco, CA | 114 | 7% | Law.com |
| Microsoft | January 22, 2009 | Redmond, WA | 5,000 | 5% | TechCrunch |
| F5 Networks | January 21, 2009 | Seattle | 85 | 5% | Tech Flash |
| Ericsson | January 21, 2009 | Stockholm, Sweden | 5,000 | 6% | Cnet |
| Bose | January 21, 2009 | Framingham, MA | 1,000 | 10% | Boston Globe |
| Intel | January 21, 2009 | 6,000 | Network World | ||
| Conexant Systems | January 21, 2009 | Worldwide | 140 | 11% | EE Times |
| Clear Channel Radio | January 20, 2009 | 1,850 | 9% | paidContent | |
| Warner Brothers | January 20, 2009 | Hollywood | 800 | Yahoo Finance | |
| Fairpoint Communications | January 20, 2009 | United States | 56 | 2% | Fierce Telecom |
| SEGA | January 20, 2009 | San Francisco, CA | 30 | IGN | |
| Circuit City | January 17, 2009 | USA | 34,000 | 100% | Circuit City website |
| Federated Media | January 16, 2009 | 7 | Company Blog | ||
| AMD | January 16, 2009 | 1,100 | 9% | Washington Post | |
| Cymer | January 15, 2009 | San Diego | 100 | 10% | Cymer Press Release |
| CDW | January 15, 2009 | Vernon Hills, IL and Madison WI | 190 | 3% | chicago tribune |
| Autodesk | January 15, 2009 | Worldwide | 750 | 10% | Reuters |
| Oversee.net | January 15, 2009 | Los Angeles | 40 | 18% | DomainName Wire |
| O'Reilly Media | January 15, 2009 | Sebastopol | 30 | 14% | Press Democrat |
| NEC | January 15, 2009 | Australia | 200 | Daily Telegraph | |
| Intergraph Corporation | January 14, 2009 | Worldwide | 200 | 5% | Huntsville Times Web site |
| January 14, 2009 | 100 | 1% | Official Google Blog | ||
| Varolii | January 14, 2009 | Seattle | 8% | TechFlash | |
| Oracle | January 14, 2009 | United State | 500 | 1% | MSN Money |
| Plantronics | January 14, 2009 | Santa Cruz | 900 | 18% | San Jose Mercury News |
| Motorola | January 14, 2009 | 4,000 | Wall Street Journal | ||
| PBwiki | January 13, 2009 | San Francisco, CA | 4 | TechCrunch | |
| WatchGuard | January 13, 2009 | Seattle | 55 | 9% | TechFlash |
| TBD Networks | January 13, 2009 | San Jose | 5 | 50% | TechCrunch |
| Sermo | January 13, 2009 | Cambridge, MA | 26 | 25% | TechCrunch |
| Financial Times | January 12, 2009 | London, UK | 80 | Guardian | |
| Seagate | January 12, 2009 | US | 800 | 10% | AP |
| Optisolar | January 9, 2009 | Hayward & Sacramento | 300 | 50% | Green Tech News |
| World Avenue | January 9, 2009 | Sunrise, Florida | 30% | adotas.com | |
| ASMI | January 9, 2009 | Netherlands | 200 | Reuters | |
| Lenovo | January 8, 2009 | Global | 2,500 | 11% | Herald Tribune |
| TDK | January 8, 2009 | Japan | 8,000 | 12% | Associated Press |
| Dell | January 8, 2009 | Ireland | 1,900 | Heise | |
| Attachmate | January 8, 2009 | Seattle | 120 | 10% | TechFlash |
| Coremetrics | January 7, 2009 | San Mateo, CA | 29 | 10% | TechCrunch |
| One Laptop Per Child (OLPC) | January 7, 2009 | 30 | 50% | OLPC Blog | |
| Gartner Group | January 7, 2009 | Global | 117 | 3% | SEC Filing |
| EMC | January 7, 2009 | World Wide | 2,400 | 6% | Corporate CEO Release |
| ONSemiconductor | January 7, 2009 | Worldwide | 1,500 | 10% | Reuters |
| Asyst Technologies | January 7, 2009 | Northern California | 15% | Asyst Staff -- letter from the CEO | |
| HelioVolt Corp | January 7, 2009 | Austin, TX | 15 | AMERICAN-STATESMAN | |
| Borland Software Corp | January 7, 2009 | Austin, TX | 130 | 5% | AMERICAN-STATESMAN |
| Engine Yard | January 6, 2009 | San Fran | 15% | Engine Yard Blog | |
| LiveJournal | January 6, 2009 | Moscow, Russia | 12 | 15% | TechCrunch |
| BlueArc | January 6, 2009 | San Jose, California | 21 | 10% | TechCrunch |
| Logitech | January 6, 2009 | Global | 500 | 15% | Herald Tribune |
| Kronos | January 6, 2009 | 260 | 8% | Boston Herald | |
| Micrel | January 5, 2009 | San Jose | 55 | 6% | EDN |
| 8020 Media (JPG Magazine) | January 2, 2009 | San Francisco, CA | 18 | 100% | NYT |
| Mzinga | January 1, 2009 | Boston, MA | 15 | 7% | Mass High Tech |
| Unisys | December 22, 2008 | Global | 1,300 | 4% | Reuters |
| Texas Instruments | December 21, 2008 | Baguio City, Philippines | 400 | Business Mirror | |
| Electronic Arts | December 19, 2008 | 400 | 4% | Marketwatch | |
| ASML | December 18, 2008 | Netherlands | 1,000 | 10% | ZDNet.be |
| Ordina | December 18, 2008 | Netherlands | 350 | 6% | Financieel Dagblad |
| Western Digital | December 17, 2008 | worldwide | 2,500 | 5% | AP |
| Momentive | December 16, 2008 | Albany | 250 | Busines Review | |
| Midway Games | December 16, 2008 | US | 180 | 25% | Wall St journal |
| Gaia online | December 15, 2008 | San Jose, Ca | 36 | 13% | TechCrunch |
| Atmel | December 15, 2008 | all US | 11% | WSJ | |
| Schema | December 14, 2008 | Israel | 15 | 15% | calcalist |
| Fairchild Semiconductor | December 12, 2008 | US | 1,100 | 12% | MarketWatch |
| Alcatel-Lucent | December 12, 2008 | Worldwide | 1,000 | 1% | New York Times |
| GT Solar | December 12, 2008 | New Hampshire | 25 | CNN | |
| Sonus Networks Inc. | December 12, 2008 | 50 | 5% | Boston Business Journal | |
| C-Vision | December 12, 2008 | 38 | Journal Pioneer | ||
| Leverage | December 12, 2008 | Irvine, Calif | 15 | 100% | TechCrunch |
| Sun Microsystems | December 11, 2008 | UK | 130 | The Register | |
| Divx | December 11, 2008 | San Diego | 21 | 10% | TechCrunch |
| Tele Atlas | December 11, 2008 | Worldwide | 125 | 6% | ConneXie |
| Last.FM | December 11, 2008 | London, UK | 20 | 20% | TechCrunch |
| TechTarget | December 11, 2008 | Needham, MA | 76 | 12% | PaidContent |
| CBS Interactive | December 11, 2008 | New York, San Francisco, London | 275 | 10% | TechCrunch |
| ePrize | December 11, 2008 | Pleasant Ridge, MI | 20 | 5% | Oakland Business Review |
| Silicon Graphics | December 10, 2008 | 160 | 10% | InsideHPC | |
| Infor | December 10, 2008 | Worldwide | 400 | 5% | The Enterprise System Spectator |
| The Cobalt Group | December 10, 2008 | Seattle | 45 | 4% | TechFlash |
| Hutchinson Technology | December 10, 2008 | 1,125 | 25% | Startribune.com | |
| NPR | December 10, 2008 | Washington DC | 64 | 7% | Washington Post |
| Sandisk | December 10, 2008 | Worldwide | 300 | 10% | SmartMoney |
| ShoZu | December 10, 2008 | San Fransisco & London & Manchester & Madrid | 11 | TechCrunch | |
| SiRF Technology | December 9, 2008 | San Jose | 175 | 25% | Mercury News |
| Novellus Systems | December 9, 2008 | San Jose | 350 | 10% | AP |
| Exponential | December 9, 2008 | 8% | GigaOM | ||
| Sony | December 9, 2008 | (plus 8,000 temps) | 8,000 | 4% | AP |
| Netapp | December 9, 2008 | Israel | 51 | 100% | Calcalist |
| BMC | December 8, 2008 | 350 | 6% | businessweek | |
| 3M | December 8, 2008 | 1,800 | 3% | tradingmarkets.com | |
| Level 3 Communications | December 8, 2008 | US | 450 | 8% | AP |
| Carlyle Group | December 5, 2008 | Worldwide | 100 | 10% | TechCrunch |
| Clearspring | December 5, 2008 | Mclean, VA | 20% | TechCrunch | |
| Real Networks | December 4, 2008 | Seattle | 130 | 7% | CNET |
| AT&T Part 2 | December 4, 2008 | US (12,000 actual jobs) | 2,001 | 4% | Associated Press |
| AT&T Part 1 | December 4, 2008 | US (12,000 actual jobs) | 9,999 | 4% | Associated Press |
| Razorfish | December 4, 2008 | West Coast | 36 | 2% | TechFlash |
| IBM Japan | December 4, 2008 | JAPAN | 2,500 | 15% | CNN |
| Viacom | December 4, 2008 | 850 | 7% | CNN Money | |
| NBC | December 4, 2008 | US | 500 | 3% | TVNewser |
| Careerbuilder.com | December 4, 2008 | Chicago | 300 | 15% | cheezhead.com |
| Celebrate Express | December 3, 2008 | Seattle | TechFlash | ||
| Marchex | December 3, 2008 | Seattle | 35 | 10% | TechFlash |
| Adobe Systems | December 3, 2008 | San Jose, California | 600 | 8% | Rueters |
| BrightCove | December 3, 2008 | Cambridge, MA | 25 | 15% | TechCrunch |
| FiveRuns | December 3, 2008 | Austin, TX | 9 | 45% | FiveRuns Blog |
| Sage Software | December 3, 2008 | US | 150 | 5% | Sage Software |
| Tower Semiconductor Ltd | December 3, 2008 | 200 | EEtimes | ||
| Analog Devices | December 3, 2008 | Austin, TX | 20 | EEtimes | |
| Control4 | December 2, 2008 | Salt Lake City | 23 | 10% | |
| Xyratex | December 1, 2008 | worldwide | 185 | 10% | seeking alpha |
| LeapFrog | December 1, 2008 | 70 | 10% | San Francisco Business Times | |
| Trutap | December 1, 2008 | Cambridge, UK | 25 | 80% | TechCrunchUK |
| Jobfox | December 1, 2008 | Washington, DC | 7 | Cheezhead | |
| NDS | November 30, 2008 | Israel | 100 | 10% | Globes |
| AxisMobile | November 30, 2008 | Israel | 20 | 10% | Ynet |
| NOKIA | November 27, 2008 | Japan | 50 | Forbes | |
| Imagine Communications | November 27, 2008 | Israel | 20 | 25% | TheMarker |
| dbMotion | November 27, 2008 | Israel | 15 | 10% | TheMarker |
| Fring | November 27, 2008 | Israel | 10 | 20% | TechCrunch |
| Lycos | November 26, 2008 | Europe | 500 | Tagesschau (in german) | |
| Siano | November 26, 2008 | Israel | 10 | 14% | TheMarker |
| Safend | November 26, 2008 | Israel | 8 | 12% | TheMarker |
| Technorati | November 25, 2008 | San Francisco | 6 | Technorati Blog | |
| Flash Networks | November 25, 2008 | Israel | 20 | 13% | TheMarker |
| Axerra Networks | November 25, 2008 | Israel | 20 | 35% | TheMarker |
| Dune Networks | November 25, 2008 | Israel | 10 | 10% | TheMarker |
| Quantum | November 24, 2008 | San Jose | 180 | 8% | Yahoo! |
| WhitePages.com | November 24, 2008 | Seattle | 7 | 5% | TechFlash |
| NameMedia | November 22, 2008 | 30 | 21% | TechCrunch | |
| Buzznet | November 21, 2008 | Hollywood, CA | 10 | TechCrunch | |
| Wasserman Media Group | November 21, 2008 | Los Angeles, CA | 28 | 41% | Washington Post |
| Associated Press | November 20, 2008 | Worldwide | 400 | 10% | Reuters |
| Aruba Networks | November 20, 2008 | Worldwide | 10% | Aruba Networks Earning Release | |
| Modu | November 20, 2008 | Israel | 88 | 33% | TheMarker |
| Telrad | November 20, 2008 | Israel | 40 | 16% | TheMarker |
| Strands | November 19, 2008 | Spain & US | 14 | 10% | TechCrunch |
| Akamai | November 19, 2008 | Cambridge, Massachusetts | 110 | 7% | Market Watch |
| PC Magazine | November 19, 2008 | New York, NY | 7 | PaidContent | |
| SunGard | November 19, 2008 | Framingham, Boston | 14 | 10% | TechCrunch |
| Qik | November 18, 2008 | Redwood City, CA | 5 | 10% | TechCrunch |
| CarDomain | November 18, 2008 | Seattle | 16 | 50% | TechFlash |
| KLA-Tencor | November 18, 2008 | Milpitas, CA | 900 | 15% | AP |
| Expand Networks | November 18, 2008 | Israel | 10 | 10% | Calcalist |
| Hatteras Networks | November 17, 2008 | Research Triangle Park, North Carolina | 20 | 25% | Wall Street Journal |
| Orbotech | November 17, 2008 | Israel | 160 | 10% | Calcalist |
| Virgin Mobile USA | November 17, 2008 | CA & NJ | 45 | 10% | Yahoo finance |
| Best TV | November 17, 2008 | Israel | 8 | 50% | Calcalist |
| Intercast | November 17, 2008 | Israel | 23 | 66% | Calcalist |
| Wisair | November 16, 2008 | Israel | 30 | 30% | TheMarker |
| Nuvoton Technology | November 16, 2008 | Israel | 10 | 10% | TheMarker |
| Wintegra | November 16, 2008 | Israel | 10 | 6% | TheMarker |
| ChaCha Search | November 15, 2008 | Carmel | 8 | 7% | Indianapolis Business Journal |
| Sun Microsystems | November 14, 2008 | World | 5,000 | 15% | New York Times |
| ForbesAutos.com/ForbesTraveler.com | November 14, 2008 | New York, NY | 99% | SAI | |
| PayScale | November 14, 2008 | Seattle | 10% | TechFlash | |
| Epicor (Nasdaq: EPIC) | November 14, 2008 | Irvine, California (HQ) | 10% | Managing Automation News | |
| IGT | November 14, 2008 | Reno, NV | 460 | 8% | Reuters |
| Jewelry Television | November 14, 2008 | Knoxville, Tn | 30 | KnoxNews | |
| Comsys | November 13, 2008 | Israel | 13 | 15% | TheMarker |
| Broadlight | November 13, 2008 | Israel | 9 | 10% | TheMarker |
| Rearden Commerce | November 13, 2008 | Foster City | 40 | 10% | TechCrunch |
| BT | November 13, 2008 | London | 9,999 | 6% | Bloomberg |
| Jobster | November 13, 2008 | Seattle | 15 | 38% | TechFlash |
| Shopzilla.com | November 13, 2008 | 30 | 10% | TechCrunch | |
| Cognex | November 13, 2008 | Massachusetts | 60 | 7% | Boston Herald |
| Canwest | November 13, 2008 | Canada | 560 | 5% | The Inquisitr |
| Proxy Software Systems | November 12, 2008 | Israel | 40 | 99% | TheMarker |
| Orckit | November 12, 2008 | Israel | 90 | 36% | Calcalist |
| BluePhoenix | November 12, 2008 | Israel | 25 | 3% | Calcalist |
| CompuGen | November 12, 2008 | Israel | 20 | 30% | Globes |
| Applied Material | November 12, 2008 | Company wide | 1,800 | 12% | Wall Street Journal |
| National Semiconductor | November 12, 2008 | 330 | 5% | EEtimes | |
| PeerApp | November 12, 2008 | Israel | 6 | 14% | TheMarker |
| Thumbplay | November 12, 2008 | New York, NY | 15 | 20% | Silicon Alley |
| Six Apart | November 11, 2008 | San Francisco | 16 | 8% | Paidcontent |
| AdReady | November 11, 2008 | Seattle | 25% | TechFlash | |
| Nokia Siemens Networks | November 11, 2008 | Finland | 750 | PRESS RELEASE | |
| Metacafe | November 11, 2008 | USA & Israel | 11 | 15% | Globes |
| Interlogic (Play65.com) | November 11, 2008 | Israel | 7 | 22% | Globes |
| Current TV | November 11, 2008 | Los Angeles | 40 | 10% | B-Net |
| CBS Interactive / Juke | November 11, 2008 | San Francisco | 5 | 99% | Silicon Alley Insider |
| CondeNet | November 11, 2008 | ||||
| Tucows | November 11, 2008 | Toronto, ON | 15% | DomainName Wire | |
| Wired.com | November 11, 2008 | San Francisco, CA | 12 | 25% | TechCrunch |
| Virgin Media | November 11, 2008 | UK | 2,200 | 15% | The Inquisitr |
| Orbitz Worldwide, Inc. | November 10, 2008 | Chicago, Illinois | 160 | 10% | Barron's |
| Imation | November 10, 2008 | 200 | The Register | ||
| Nortel | November 10, 2008 | 1,300 | Yahoo | ||
| Actelis Networks | November 10, 2008 | Israel | 12 | 10% | TheMarker |
| Camtek | November 10, 2008 | Israel | 60 | 13% | TheMarker |
| GigaSpaces | November 10, 2008 | Israel | 20 | 20% | TheMarker |
| PopTok | November 9, 2008 | Israel | 8 | 20% | TheMarker |
| Sky MobileMedia | November 9, 2008 | Israel | 16 | Ynet | |
| oodle | November 8, 2008 | San Mateo, CA | 10 | 20% | TechCrunch |
| mywaves.com | November 7, 2008 | Sunnyvale, CA | 5 | 20% | TechCrunch |
| Circuit City | November 7, 2008 | Richmond, VA | 800 | Richmond Times Dispatch | |
| BitTorrent | November 7, 2008 | San Francisco | 18 | 50% | New York Times |
| SanDisk | November 7, 2008 | 450 | 15% | Digital Media Wire | |
| Zappos | November 6, 2008 | 128 | 8% | Zappos | |
| Solid Cactus | November 6, 2008 | Shavertown, PA | 40 | 25% | TimesLeader |
| ST-NXP Wireless | November 6, 2008 | 500 | EE Times Article | ||
| Intersil | November 5, 2008 | San Jose, CA | 140 | 9% | EEtimes |
| SPSS | November 5, 2008 | 10% | Research Live | ||
| MPC | November 5, 2008 | Nampa ID and North Sioux City SD | 210 | 64% | Idaho Business Review |
| Veoh | November 5, 2008 | San Diego, CA | 20 | 18% | TechCrunch |
| Cadence | November 5, 2008 | San Jose | 625 | 12% | TheStreet.com |
| AMD | November 5, 2008 | Global | 500 | 3% | Yahoo |
| Celltro | November 5, 2008 | Israel | 20 | 30% | Ynet |
| Neocraft | November 5, 2008 | Israel | 15 | 99% | Calcalist |
| Pontis | November 4, 2008 | Israel | 14 | 17% | Calcalist |
| Nokia | November 4, 2008 | Finland | 600 | TechCrunch | |
| Anadigics | November 4, 2008 | 100 | 15% | EEtimes | |
| Motorola | November 4, 2008 | Bangalore, India | 3,000 | 5% | The Wall Street Journal |
| November 4, 2008 | Mountain View, Ca | 36 | 10% | TechCrunch | |
| Digital Fuel | November 4, 2008 | Israel | 8 | 8% | Calcalist |
| Tektronix | November 4, 2008 | Eugene, Oregon | 150 | Associated Press | |
| WildTangent | November 3, 2008 | Redmond, WA | 20 | 20% | SAI |
| Sentrigo | November 3, 2008 | Israel | 7 | VC Cafe | |
| Dash Navigation | November 3, 2008 | Sunnyvale, CA | 55 | 65% | TechCrunch |
| Allegran | November 3, 2008 | London | 17 | 70% | Online Personals Watch |
| Spot Runner | November 3, 2008 | Los Angeles, CA | 115 | 30% | TechCrunch |
| Cox Communications | November 3, 2008 | Nationwide | 500 | 2% | The Atlanta Journal-Constitution |
| SuperDerivatives | November 3, 2008 | Israel | 50 | 16% | Calcalist |
| Kodak | November 3, 2008 | Israel | 150 | TheMarker | |
| LandAmerica | November 3, 2008 | Richmond, VA | 120 | 1% | Richmond Times Dispatch |
| Lawson | November 3, 2008 | Worldwide | 200 | 5% | Lawson |
| Modu | November 2, 2008 | Israel | 54 | 7% | Ynet |
| WiNetworks | November 2, 2008 | Israel | 20 | 17% | Ynet |
| DVTel | November 2, 2008 | Israel | 12 | 8% | TheMarker |
| Faves.com | November 2, 2008 | Seattle | 2 | 99% | TechFlash |
| Surf Communications | November 2, 2008 | Israel | 20 | 33% | TheMarker |
| Vidoop | November 1, 2008 | Portland, OR | 9 | 24% | Vidoop Blog |
| Conde Nast (Portfolio) | October 31, 2008 | New York, NY | 32 | 20% | WSJ |
| Symantec | October 31, 2008 | Nationwide | 880 | 5% | Insider |
| YouSendit | October 31, 2008 | Campbell, CA | 14 | 20% | VentureBeat |
| WiQuest Communications, Inc. | October 31, 2008 | Allen, Texas | 120 | 99% | EE Times |
| Aliph (Jawbone) | October 31, 2008 | San Francisco, CA | 25 | 30% | Cnet |
| Magnachip Semiconductor | October 31, 2008 | worldwide | 200 | 8% | EETimes |
| Freescale | October 30, 2008 | Worldwide | 2,400 | 10% | Austin Business Journal |
| Sugar Publishing | October 30, 2008 | San Francisco, CA | 9 | 11% | TechCrunch |
| 60Frames | October 30, 2008 | Los Angeles, CA | 6 | 40% | NewTeeVee |
| Electronic Arts | October 30, 2008 | 600 | 6% | Kotaku | |
| Sonic Solutions | October 30, 2008 | Novato, California | 100 | silicontap.com | |
| Microsoft/Razorfish | October 30, 2008 | New York | 40 | 2% | TechFlash |
| Emusic | October 30, 2008 | 10 | 10% | Media Memo | |
| IncrediMail | October 30, 2008 | Israel | 13 | 10% | Globes |
| Pillar Data Systems | October 30, 2008 | San Jose, CA | 150 | 30% | The Register |
| Compuware Corporation | October 30, 2008 | Detroit | 300 | 5% | The Detroit News |
| Press-sense | October 30, 2008 | Israel | 20 | 16% | TheMarker |
| MobileMax | October 30, 2008 | Israel | 5 | 20% | TheMarker |
| Serena Software | October 30, 2008 | Worldwide | 90 | 10% | TechCrunch |
| ColorChip | October 30, 2008 | Israel | 16 | 33% | Ynet |
| Avelle | October 29, 2008 | Seattle | 10 | 20% | TechFlash |
| Qwest | October 29, 2008 | 1,200 | 3% | Bloomberg | |
| Callidus Software | October 29, 2008 | San Jose and Austin | 25 | 5% | Earnings Transcript |
| NewACT | October 29, 2008 | Israel | 15 | 33% | TheMarker |
| Newmerix | October 29, 2008 | Colorado | 48 | 99% | Techrockies.com |
| Intrepid Learning | October 29, 2008 | Seattle | 10 | 5% | TechFlash |
| SupportSpace | October 29, 2008 | Israel | 12 | 50% | TheMarker |
| BlogRush | October 29, 2008 | 99% | The Inquisitr | ||
| Panorama | October 29, 2008 | Israel | 5 | Calcalist | |
| Mate | October 29, 2008 | Israel | 10 | 20% | Calcalist |
| Digital Railroad | October 29, 2008 | Brooklyn, NY | 30 | 99% | Seattle PI |
| Time Inc. | October 28, 2008 | Nationwide | 600 | 6% | New York Times |
| Gannett | October 28, 2008 | Mclean, VA | 3,000 | 10% | Reuters |
| Avalanche Studios | October 28, 2008 | Sweden | 77 | 48% | GamesIndustry.biz |
| W2 (Racepoint Group and Digital Influence Group) | October 28, 2008 | San Francisco, Boston, Washington, D.C., London | 30 | 20% | Mass High Tech |
| Delver | October 28, 2008 | Israel | 5 | 20% | TheMarker |
| Mind CTI | October 28, 2008 | Israel | 7 | TheMarker | |
| Smashface | October 27, 2008 | Los Angeles, CA | 3 | 33% | Company blog |
| Olista | October 27, 2008 | Israel | 15 | 30% | TheMarker |
| matchmine | October 27, 2008 | Needham MA | 42 | 99% | TechCrunch |
| Revision3 | October 27, 2008 | San Francisco, CA | 10 | 30% | TechCrunch |
| Amdocs | October 27, 2008 | St Louis, MO | 500 | 3% | The Globes |
| Discretix | October 27, 2008 | Israel | 10 | 10% | TheMarker |
| Extricom | October 27, 2008 | Israel | 20 | 20% | TheMarker |
| yoomba | October 27, 2008 | Israel | 10 | 50% | TheMarker |
| Exanet | October 27, 2008 | Israel | 30 | 20% | TheMarker |
| Starhome | October 27, 2008 | Israel | 10 | 4% | TheMarker |
| Puding Media | October 27, 2008 | Israel | 5 | 16% | TheMarker |
| Nova | October 27, 2008 | Israel | 30 | 11% | TheMarker |
| Gizmoz | October 26, 2008 | Israel | 10 | 30% | TheMarker |
| BroadSoft | October 24, 2008 | Gaithersburg, MD | 12 | GigaOM | |
| PowerReviews | October 24, 2008 | San Francisco | 30% | TechCrunch | |
| Helium, Inc. | October 24, 2008 | Andover, MA | 18 | 30% | TechCrunch |
| Daptiv | October 23, 2008 | Seattle | 21 | 14% | TechFlash |
| Avid Technology | October 23, 2008 | Worldwide | 500 | 20% | Yahoo Finance |
| WildTangent | October 23, 2008 | Redmond | 20 | 20% | TechFlash |
| Haute Secure | October 23, 2008 | Seattle | 3 | 50% | TechCrunch |
| XeroxCorp | October 23, 2008 | world-wide | 3,000 | 5% | WSJ |
| WeatherBug | October 23, 2008 | Germantown, MD | 43 | 20% | TechCrunch |
| Cake Financial | October 23, 2008 | San Francisco, CA | 6 | 30% | internal blog |
| RightMove | October 23, 2008 | London, England | 60 | 20% | Associated Press |
| Logia Mobile | October 23, 2008 | Israel | 15 | 12% | TheMarker |
| Savvis | October 23, 2008 | St. Louis, MO | 65 | 2% | TechCrunch |
| Bamboo Media casting | October 23, 2008 | Israel | 10 | 50% | Calcalist |
| Align Technology | October 23, 2008 | Santa Clara | 111 | 10% | Forbes |
| ManiaTV | October 22, 2008 | Los Angeles | 20 | 25% | NewTeeVee |
| Mercent | October 22, 2008 | Seattle | 6 | 12% | Seattle Times |
| Mahalo | October 22, 2008 | Santa Monica, CA | 6 | 10% | TechCrunch |
| Dell | October 22, 2008 | Round Rock, Texas | 8,900 | 10% | Reuters |
| imeem | October 22, 2008 | San Francisco, CA | 20 | 25% | TechCrunch |
| TicketMaster | October 22, 2008 | New York, NY | 300 | 5% | Billboard.biz |
| Timebridge | October 22, 2008 | San Francisco, CA | 9 | TechCrunch | |
| Axcelis Technologies | October 22, 2008 | Beverly MA | 200 | 14% | Gloucester Times |
| Voltaire | October 22, 2008 | Israel | 17 | 10% | TheMarker |
| Manhattan Associates | October 21, 2008 | Across US | 150 | 6% | Reuters |
| Yahoo | October 21, 2008 | Sunnyvale, CA | 1,500 | 10% | TechCrunch |
| Ruckus Wireless | October 21, 2008 | Sunnyvale | 9 | 6% | Mercury News |
| ThisNext | October 21, 2008 | Santa Monica, CA | 6 | 20% | Personal Blog |
| Veoh | October 20, 2008 | St. Petersburg, Russia | 15 | 12% | NewTeeVee |
| Widgetbox | October 20, 2008 | San Francisco, CA | 20% | TechCrunch | |
| Xactly | October 20, 2008 | San Jose, CA | TechCrunch | ||
| Eons | October 20, 2008 | Boston, MA | 8 | 24% | Boston Globe |
| Wikia | October 20, 2008 | San Mateo, California | 3 | 10% | TechCrunch |
| Meraki | October 20, 2008 | San Francisco, CA | 10 | 20% | TechCrunch |
| Break.com | October 20, 2008 | Los Angeles | 11 | 12% | CNet |
| Softchoice | October 20, 2008 | Across North America | 62 | 6% | The Star |
| Brickfish.com | October 20, 2008 | San Diego, CA | 8 | 25% | TechCrunch |
| Autotrader.com | October 20, 2008 | Atlanta, GA | 89 | 3% | Autotrader |
| Texas Instruments | October 20, 2008 | Dallas, TX | 650 | 2% | Forbes |
| Pandora | October 17, 2008 | Oakland, CA | 20 | TechCrunch | |
| Zillow | October 17, 2008 | Seattle, WA | 35 | TechCrunch | |
| SearchMe | October 17, 2008 | Mountain View, CA | 11 | 20% | VentureBeat |
| Heavy | October 17, 2008 | New York, NY | 12 | Silicon Alley Insider | |
| Jaxtr | October 17, 2008 | Menlo Park, CA | 13 | TechCrunch | |
| Appcelerator | October 17, 2008 | Atlanta, GA | 6 | CNET | |
| Sirius XM | October 17, 2008 | Washington, DC | 50 | CNET | |
| Micronic Laser Systems AB | October 17, 2008 | San Jose | 26 | EE Times | |
| Apangea Learning Inc. | October 17, 2008 | Pittsburgh, PA | 17 | 25% | Pittsburgh Business Times |
| Adbrite | October 16, 2008 | San Francisco, CA | 40 | TechCrunch | |
| hi5 | October 16, 2008 | San Francisco, CA | 15 | 13% | TechCrunch |
| Zivity | October 16, 2008 | San Francisco, CA | 7 | TechCrunch | |
| Visto Corp | October 16, 2008 | 25 | 10% | The Register | |
| MPC | October 16, 2008 | Nampa ID and North Sioux City SD | 80 | 11% | Boise Channel 2 News |
| Actel | October 16, 2008 | Mountain View | 60 | 10% | Mercury News |
| Popular Media | October 16, 2008 | San Francisco | 10 | TechCrunch | |
| CounterPath Corportation | October 16, 2008 | Worldwide | 45 | 32% | CounterPath Corporation |
| Tesla Motors | October 15, 2008 | San Carlos, CA | 69 | 18% | Tesla Motors |
| Strongmail | October 15, 2008 | Redwood City, CA | 30 | 25% | DirectMag |
| SkyRider | October 15, 2008 | Mountain View, Ca | 99% | Venture Beat | |
| Comverse | October 15, 2008 | Israel | 150 | TheMarker | |
| Qimonda North America | October 15, 2008 | Richmond VA | 1,200 | 40% | www.nbc12.com |
| Jive Software | October 14, 2008 | Portland, OR | 40 | TechCrunch | |
| ClayValet | October 14, 2008 | Seattle | 3 | 99% | TechFlash |
| Qimonda | October 14, 2008 | Worldwide | 3,000 | 22% | Financial Times |
| Lenovo | October 14, 2008 | Morrisville, North Carolina | 50 | 3% | China Tech News |
| Redfin | October 13, 2008 | Seattle, WA | 20 | 20% | Redfin |
| Cisco Systems | October 13, 2008 | Richardson, TX | 129 | Dallas Business Journal | |
| SuggestionBox | October 13, 2008 | San Diego | 7 | 87% | TechCrunch |
| Seesmic | October 10, 2008 | San Francisco, CA | 7 | TechCrunch | |
| Mansueto Ventures - Fast Company | October 10, 2008 | New York City | 20 | Washington Post | |
| EQO Communications | October 9, 2008 | Vancouver BC | 23 | 66% | Rob Lewis |
| Lulu | October 9, 2008 | Raleigh, NC | 24 | 24% | News & Observer |
| Infopia | October 6, 2008 | Salt Lake City, UT | 12 | 10% | Auction Bytes |
| Mercado | October 5, 2008 | Israel | 88 | 99% | TheMarker |
| Entellium | October 4, 2008 | Seattle, WA | 100 | 99% | Seattle Times |
| eBay | October 3, 2008 | San Jose, CA | 1,500 | 10% | TechCrunch |
| Gawker Media | October 3, 2008 | New York, NY | 19 | 14% | New York Times |
| daptiv | October 3, 2008 | Seattle, WA | 21 | 14% | Eric Engleman |
| Micron Technology | October 1, 2008 | Idaho | 1,500 | 10% | Idaho Statesman |
| Eyespot | September 30, 2008 | Encinitas, CA | 20 | 99% | TechCrunch |
| Adzilla | September 30, 2008 | Brisbane CA | 90 | 99% | MediaPost Publications |
| Sony Ericsson | September 29, 2008 | RTP, NC | 450 | Triangle Buisness Journal | |
| Autobytel | September 26, 2008 | IRVINE, Calif | 75 | 33% | Kelsey Blog |
| NeoMagic Corporation | September 24, 2008 | Santa Clara | 90 | 90% | Bizjournals |
| Nvidia | September 18, 2008 | Santa Clara, CA | 360 | 6% | NetworkWorld |
| NXP semiconductors | September 12, 2008 | Netherlands | 4,500 | 15% | EETIMES |
| ChannelAdvisor | September 12, 2008 | Morrisville, NC | 70 | 20% | Triangle Business Journal |
| Cleartrip.com | September 11, 2008 | Mumbai, India | 42 | 14% | VCCircle |
| AudioCodes | September 10, 2008 | Plano, TX | 40 | 6% | Trading Markets .com |
| Bungee Labs | August 27, 2008 | Orem, UT | 16 | 45% | Bungee Labs |
| Hewlett Packard | August 27, 2008 | Boise | 300 | Idaho Statesman |
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ST-NXP wireless venture to “rationalize”, cuts 500 jobs
I like what Barry Diller said…
“The idea of a company that’s earning money, not losing money, that’s not, let’s say ‘industrially endangered,’ to have just cutbacks so they can earn another $12 million or $20 million or $40 million in a year where no one’s counting is really a horrible act when you think about it on every level. First of all, it’s certainly not necessary. It’s doing it at the worst time. It’s throwing people out to a larger, what is inevitably a larger unemployment heap for frankly no good reason.â€
Perhaps, at last, we are giving a thought to being human. We are also thinking of education, learning, better living and so on. I rememeber a slogan at Sun:”People sell to people.” Business done with the exclusion of commitment to people is not sustainable and the events of these days are proving that.
I think the economy is deflating for good after two bubbles - the internet bubble and now the real estate/financial bubble. The truth of the matter is many businesses were relying on credit for years just to keep going. The economy in general has undergone a lot of structural changes the last 10 years. I suspect that, until we get a new paradigm shifting technology that creates millions of jobs, the employment outlook will be weak in the months and years ahead. As the economy continues to contract, I expect those profitable companies will continue to cut in order to finance the lifestyles of a few at the top.
French eBay employees took it with a smile .
They made a video clip of it.
See the video below
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4ful-g_DWCE
It seems that http://www.layoffsthisyear.comis trying to keep up with this escalating number
TI has started layoff in India as well, though they don’t call it layoff.
Employees are laid off quitely with ZERO severance.
Do you want to work for such un-ethical company??
ST-nxp wireless has been transitioned to full ST Microelectronics, around 1,200 will be out by end of March 31,2009 via management decided separation program
For the company, it is just easy to get to “metric management” by instantly cutting headcount. It is a short-term measure, and no solution at all. It is like shuffling tables on the deck of Titanic.
LanAmerica layoff 120 employees. http://www.inrich.com/cva/ric/.....-0094.html
Goldman sacs laid off 3200
Imation to layoff 200.
BT to cut 10,000 instead of 1,000.
See also CNET’s list of layoffs’ (http://news.cnet.com/tech-layoffs) started in Oct. but this one has more info.
The hiring link here points to cruchboard which seems to be a paid service not like what CNET has, which is free and community driven.
Thanks.
The silver lining in this is that emerging startups have a chance to find great talent that is flooding the market, certainly not enough to make up the difference but there will be some golden opportunities out there.
http://jobs.37signals.com/jobs/4598
Dell’s 8,800 started last year, and end this year. Not sure why they are included in this list.
The layoff targets for 2009 will blow your mind.
The Silicon Valley has never seen these rapid, and sever job losses.
Tallan inc ,layoff 7 techies today
“The Silicon Valley has never seen these rapid, and sever job losses.”
Oh really? What about in 2000-2001? The US tech sector is on track to shed 180,000 jobs in 2008, the most since 2003’s 228,325. But nearly 700,000 were lost in 2001. We’re nowhere near that level this time around. Yet.
The lay-offs in India also seems going higher with companies like wipro, satyam, laying-off people…..also the aviation industry has seen a lot of down-sizing….the contribution of government seems quite supportive but companies dont seem to be delegating this benefit down the line……. i read these comments on http://www.viewsnest.com it really is fumigating
Bunn,
NewTV.com was talking about 2009, not this year.
Orpheus
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Too many layoffs in India as well. Check layoff tracker on jobeehive.com: http://www.jobeehive.com/company/layoffs
All american companies have stopped hiring in India.
hi Malav How are u?
Any clue about this ?
http://www.webguild.org/2008/1.....fected.php
Any clue about this ?
http://www.webguild.org/2008/1.....fected.php
Layoff News, Blog, ect. Layoffs info for US, India, China, Russia, Europe. Daily.
http://layoffblog.com
“Total Layoffs Since August 27, 2008: 231”
Huh? How do all those thousands add up to 231?
read carefully. 231 is the total no. of layoffs not the total no. of employees.
Ah… “layoffs”. As in one “layoff” can result in 1,000 people “being” laid off.
I still think of layoffs in terms of people.
Indeed it is hard times for the tech industry. Discretionary spend (CapEx) is completely cut, and everyone bunkers down to ‘keep the lights on’ (aka Operational Expenditures aka OpEx).
Surely a great time to have contracts with the government.
I’m also wondering about the Google rumor that @AM linked to. I’m skeptical. Here is PC World’s take: http://www.pcworld.com/article.....laims.html
Layoffs tracked at
http://layofftracker.blogspot.com/
Too much of Israel…
Sun Microsystems is listed twice, on two different days from different sources with the same number. Does this mean it’s 10k people or just a dup?
Check out the latest layoff headlines at http://layoffs.chimpsimple.net
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Today the short man eliminated 10% of the workforce at control4. Based on low sales and the “economy” - stated in company meeting that most new products are put on the “back burner” until market increases.
Adobe cutting 600 jobs:
http://www.marketwatch.com/new.....t=hplatest
12/4/2008
AT&T: 12000
Dupont: 2500 + 4000 contractors
Credit Suisse : 5300
Viacom: 850
Normura: 1000
Beldon: 1800 (20%)
Experian: 300
Honda: 760 (Japan)
CNBC: 80
Just did a ‘cut jobs’ search on news.yahoo.com… there are so many.
Here is a source for the above:
http://money.cnn.com/2008/12/0.....2008120409
I’m not sure how the new government is going to handle it. Even hearing that after current crisis, the credit card bubble is about to burst.
Navis (a Zebra Technologies) to layoff IT folks. H1B visa holders are also affected.
Source:
http://layoffblog.com/2008/12/.....s-company/
Thanks for this page, sad to see so many people going.
BTW! Would it be possible to add sorting facility in above table? Technically yes, but can you please do it, so we can sort by header-columns?
Thanks
-abdul
netflix lays off 50:
http://blog.netflix.com/2008/1.....rvice.html
Level 3 have laid off 450 people.
http://www.telecomramblings.co.....-450-jobs/
Digitas Inc just laid off 70 in NY office
This just launched: Layoff Talent
http://layofftalent.com/
If you’ve been laid off from the tech industry you can add a simple profile so employers looking for talent can find you.
Bank of America to cut up to 35,000 jobs
Netapp December 9, 2008 Israel 51 100%
Umm… better clarify that you’re obviously not meaning “NetApp”… ya know, the one with over 8,000 employees.
If this is “NETAPP ISRAEL R&D” (a subsidiary of NetApp) then it’s more like 0.006% rather than 100%.
HSBC lays off 193 employees in India
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.....828683.cms
Fairchild Semi cuts 1,100 jobs, lowers sales view
http://money.cnn.com//news/new.....2529f0.htm
It’s so sad. I really hope that the layoffs slow down. It seems like every day I am hearing that another company is laying people off.
testing
The situation is tough, no doubt. However, I think that some helthy and profitable companies are jumping on the opportunity of firing some people and making 2 employees do the work of 4…
Is this ok? well… it is, if you have employees who are not committed to your company and should be let go anyway.
I think my comment wasn’t posted, so writing again:
The situation is tough, no doubt. However, I think that some helthy and profitable companies are jumping on the opportunity of firing some people and making 2 employees do the work of 4…
Is this ok? well… it is, if you have employees who are not committed to your company and should be let go anyway.
Well, all those techies should at least be happy that they have running water, proper shelter, and that they don’t get blown up by suicide bombers or American missiles when they go to the market or have a wedding.
another way of tracking layoffs on a map in real time… goto http://www.trackthisnow.com and type in layoffs
I searched in the map
only countries where there are no layoffs - russia, mongolia and kazakhstan..
IBM is constantly cutting employees. They do it quietly. See the job cuts comments at http://www.allianceibm.org
I’ve been working a good few years, technology is a tough way to earn your living… however most companies carry up to 20% of staff who are lazy or contribute little.. fact… look around you, stop and think who only talks the talk… as log as it’s these guys who are geting busted out eh!
You might be next. There’s no demand so it doesn’t matter how your job performance has been. The fats already been trimmed now they’re cutting into the muscle.
Wouldn’t that be great if they only laid off the people that didn’t pull their weight? Now, look aroudn you after a layoff. How many of the good people that you count on are gone and how many slackasses remain? I work for Sun, so I’ve been through about 15 layoffs int he last ten years. Never seen the truly deserving (the few there are) laid off. And you can’t say 20% of the company is lazy since some of the people I’ve seen laid off are the ones putting in 80 hour work weeks and holidays and Sun has laid off more employees than they currently actually employ.
Wow! This is one of the coolest and most depressing tool i’ve found online. I was laid off back in early November and have since started a blog about the lifestyle of the laid off. It’s more of a community of laid off expression.
If you’ve been laid off, perhaps you’d like to contribute!
http://unemploymentality.com
Really nice tool…