These days, having a job is like a miracle ! Layoffs have been plaguing us left and right and its getting scarier everyday as more and more big wig companies announce massive job cuts. Whats the deal? Well people aren't buying things anymore!! Everyone is scared because if they buy something today, they might regret it tomorrow when they realize they've been layed off. Its a scary world out there and I am joining the rest of America and budgeting big time. The list below only shows the layoffs that have hit us since January 1, 2009. The companies you may see will shock you because you will think to yourself, "wait, they are laying off? Oh my gosh how many people??". All in all it sucks and I hope that we get out of this slump soon because I don't know how long the Obama Change excitement will last. Obama, let's fix this!!
| Company | Date | Location | # | % | Source |
| Digg | January 22, 2009 | San Francisco, CA | 7 | 10% | Cnet |
| Microsoft | January 22, 2009 | Redmond, WA | 5,000 | 5% | TechCrunch |
| 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 |
| Clear Channel Radio | January 20, 2009 |
| 1,850 | 9% | paidContent |
| Warner Brothers | January 20, 2009 | Hollywood | 800 |
| Yahoo Finance |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| Google | 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 |
| WatchGuard | January 13, 2009 | Seattle | 55 | 9% | TechFlash |
| TBD Networks | January 13, 2009 | San Jose | 5 | 50% | TechCrunch |
| Financial Times | January 12, 2009 | London, UK | 80 |
| Guardian |
| Seagate | January 12, 2009 | US | 800 | 10% | AP |
| 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 Hig |
These days, having a job is like a miracle ! Layoffs have been plaguing us left and right and its getting scarier everyday as more and more big wig companies announce massive job cuts. Whats the deal? Well people aren't buying things anymore!! Everyone is scared because if they buy something today, they might regret it tomorrow when they realize they've been layed off. Its a scary world out there and I am joining the rest of America and budgeting big time. The list below only shows the layoffs that have hit us since January 1, 2009. The companies you may see will shock you because you will think to yourself, "wait, they are laying off? Oh my gosh how many people??". All in all it sucks and I hope that we get out of this slump soon because I don't know how long the Obama Change excitement will last. Obama, let's fix this!!
Comments
(Who's this, you're probably wondering? It's Fred with whom you worked at Intuit long ago.)
I'd like to take the opportunity to belatedly congratulate you on becoming a mom, and also for what will be. (I'm looking forward to my own first marriage next year; last October made four years we've been together.)
Take care, and best wishes.