Layoff tracking thread!

[nullzero]

I will start off this post from this Monday of the announced layoffs. Those who want to add to the list please only add American based layoffs +250 or more with news links.

1/17/09 Circuit City Shutting Down, Leaving 34,000 Out of Work
http://www.washingtonpost.com/...6/AR2009011602241.html

1/17/09 ConocoPhillips to Cut 4% (about 1,300) of Workforce
http://www.thestreet.com/story...e.html?cm_ven=GOOGLEFI

1/17/09 Clear Channel expected to layoff 1500
http://abclocal.go.com/wtvg/st...ws/consumer&id=6610169

1/16/09 WellPoint to eliminate 1,500 jobs in 26 states
http://burbsbiz.lohudblogs.com...es-including-new-york/

1/16/09 Blue Cross to lay off 1,000
http://www.detnews.com/apps/pb...BIZ/901160445/1001/BIZ

1/16/09 AMD to cut 1,100 jobs
http://www.reuters.com/article.../idUSTRE50F62V20090116

1/15/09 Redmond circuitry company to lay off 374
http://seattletimes.nwsource.c...2_webttmlayoffs15.html

1/14/09 Plantronics to cut 18% (874 people) of global work force
http://www.mercurynews.com/centralcoast/ci_11454573

1/14/09 Motorola to cut 4,000 more jobs in 2009 in addition to 3,000 layoffs announced last year
http://biz.yahoo.com/ap/090114/motorola_cuts.html

1/14/09 Seagate to cut 3,000 jobs worldwide by March
http://www.dailycamera.com/new...-jobs-worldwide-march/

1/14/09 Pfizer to layoff 800 researchers
http://www.themoneytimes.com/news/20090114/pfizer_to_layoff_800_researchers-id-1047336.html

1/13/09 Neiman Marcus says to layoff 375 employees
http://www.forbes.com/afxnewsl.../01/13/afx5914935.html

1/13/09 LA school board OKs layoff plan for nearly 2,300 teachers
http://www.mercurynews.com/news/ci_11446679

1/13/09 Cummins to lay off 800 more workers
http://www.marketwatch.com/new...-more/story.aspx?guid={6A27A874-BE7B-45D5-8016-0BDDE2F0D093}

1/12/09 Gannett Official: Latest Newspaper Job Cuts Will Reach About 2,000
http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09012/941305-100.stm

1/12/09 Kennametal laying off 1200
http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09012/941305-100.stm

1/12/09 Pilgrim's Pride laying off 450
http://www.lufkindailynews.com...ilgrims_financial.html

1/12/09 Cessna cuts 2000 jobs
http://www.ksn.com/news/local/37475979.html

1/11/09 Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold Inc. will lay off 1,550 Morenci mine employees
http://www.eacourier.com/artic...a0d8ae280554677551.txt

1/9/09 Daimler Trucks North America, Truck maker announces 2,100 layoffs in NC
http://www.forbes.com/feeds/ap...9/01/09/ap5902002.html

1/9/09 Boeing To Slash 4,500 Jobs In Q2
http://www.rttnews.com/Article....aspx?Id=821024&SMap=1

1/8/09 Phoenix-based ON Semiconductor Corp. will lay off 1,500 workers
http://www.azcentral.com/busin...semiconductor0108.html

1/7/09 Fair Isaac announces 250-worker reduction
http://www.startribune.com/bus...:aULPQL7PQLanchO7DiUsT

1/7/09 Kronos Cuts 250 Workers
http://www.xconomy.com/boston/...onos-cuts-250-workers/

1/7/09 EMC Cuts Put 2,400 Out of Work
http://www.xconomy.com/boston/...hrow-2400-out-of-work/

1/7/09 Illinois companies to cut 7,000+ jobs
http://www.chicagobusiness.com...s.pl?id=32523&seenIt=1

1/7/09 Resort lays off 570
http://www.neshobademocrat.com...leID=18054&TM=35872.36

1/7/09 Cigna to cut 1,000 jobs
http://www.unionleader.com/art...41a8-bb8c-643e40da2963

12/17/08 Ryder to Eliminate 700 Jobs in America
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/...=aI_5Q91WCZrw&refer=us

12/17/08 Aetna to cut 1,000 jobs, or 2.8% of workforce
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/...=a.9jxYy5T9yI&refer=us

12/17/08 Bristol-Myers will layoff yet another 10% (about 3,700)
http://www.fiercepharma.com/st...-another-10/2008-12-17

12/17/08 Western Digital to cut 2,500 jobs
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/...=a30Y3Yin.D_M&refer=us

12/15/08 Baldor Electric expects to have 900 fewer positions through attrition, retirement by next year
http://money.cnn.com/news/news...93a981ff8299611908.htm

12/15/08 Atmel lays off 245 employees
http://www.tradingmarkets.com/.../Stock%20News/2085004/

12/15/08 More than 300 Citation layoffs to take effect in February
http://www.lufkindailynews.com...ion_layoffs.html?imw=Y

12/15/08 Freeport-McMoRan cutting 600 mine jobs in U.S.
http://www.cnbc.com/id/27786131/site/14081545/for/cnbc/

12/13/08 West Mifflin plant closes, 350 jobs lost
http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/08348/935037-28.stm


12/12/08 Fidelity Investments, the world's biggest mutual fund company, has said it is cutting nearly 3,000 jobs through early 2009.
http://www.cnbc.com/id/28191189

12/12/08 Las Vegas Sands cutting 200 casino workers on the Strip (50 layoffs from 3 weeks ago) Total: 250
http://www.courant.com/busines...offs15,0,4506312.story

12/12/08 400 San Francisco City Workers Getting Pink Slips
http://cbs5.com/politics/san.f...o.budget.2.886069.html

12/11/08 Bank of America to layoff upto 35,000 over three years
http://www.bizjournals.com/jac...008/12/08/daily33.html

12/11/08 Vehicle component maker Friction Holdings LLC intends to cease operations at its plant in Crawfordsville, Indiana, on February 28, 2009, putting 461 out of work. Friction Holdings will also close its plant in Greenwood, MS and layoff 171 there. Total: 632 http://mfrtech.com/articles/1641.html

12/11/08 Silicon Graphics to layoff 225 positions or about 15% of total workforce
http://www.rttnews.com/Content...tegory=Breaking%20News

12/11/08 Sara Lee to Cut 700 Jobs
http://www.wbez.org/Content.aspx?audioID=30821

12/11/08 Stanley To Layoff 2,000
http://www.globest.com/news/13...stamford/175746-1.html

12/11/08 Furniture Brands cutting 1,400 jobs
http://www2.journalnow.com/con...nds-cutting-1400-jobs/

12/10/08 Chase Bank plans to cut 270 jobs in Milwaukee home equity group
http://www.jsonline.com/business/35873659.html

12/10/08 Yahoo! begins massive layoffs (Up to 1,500 employees)
http://abclocal.go.com/kfsn/st...ws/business&id=6549807

12/10/08 Fasco closing Eldon plant cutting 390 jobs
http://newstribune.com/article...al/021local03fasco.txt

12/10/08 Office Depot cutting 2,200 jobs
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28159431/

12/10/08 Hutchinson plans to cut 1,125 jobs
http://www.argusleader.com/art...12100315/1003/BUSINESS

12/10/08 Wabash National to layoff 800 in Lafayette
http://www.ibj.com/html/detail_page.asp?content=26498

12/9/08 Another 15,000 job cuts today, 50,000 in December (compiled list from media)
http://money.cnn.com/2008/12/0...postversion=2008120914

12/9/08 Praxair laying off 1600 workers
http://www.forbes.com/feeds/ap...8/12/09/ap5801026.html

12/9/08 Level 3 laying off 450
http://www.voip-news.com/blog/.../level-3-cutting-jobs/

12/9/08 Careerbuilder.com Laying off +300
http://www.eastvalleytribune.com/story/132050

12/9/08 BRP laying off 550
http://www.jsonline.com/business/35804889.html

12/9/08 Roper Corp. laying off 258
http://www.newschannel9.com/ne...oyees_corporation.html

12/9/08 Advantage Rent a Car laying off 440
http://phoenix.bizjournals.com...008/12/08/daily10.html

12/9/08 Con-way Corp. laying off 1,450
http://www.dividend.com/blog/?p=4122


close to 200k tracked so far, more to come soon...

 

[nullzero]

spot saver

 

[dmcowen674]

My uncle is one of these 5,000 layoffs and the plant closing.

P&Ners swear it's not happening, totally mine and my uncle's imagination.

12-8-2008 Dow Chemical to slash 5,000 jobs, shut 20 plants

Dow Chemical Co. said Monday it will slash 5,000 full-time jobs ? about 11 percent of its total work force ? close 20 plants and sell several businesses to rein in costs amid the economic recession.

The company, one of the largest chemical makers in the world, expects the plan to save about $700 million per year by 2010. Dow also will temporarily idle 180 plants and prune 6,000 contractors from its payroll.

Dow's actions follow those of rival DuPont, who last week said it would cut 2,500 jobs and warned it won't turn a profit in the fourth quarter due to a slowdown in the automotive and construction markets.

Like Dow, Wilmington, Del.-based DuPont is releasing 4,000 contractors, halting discretionary spending, slowing or stopping noncritical projects, and temporarily idling more than 100 manufacturing units. The yearlong restructuring plan will affect about 4,200 employees, or roughly 7 percent of DuPont's work force.

 

[nullzero]

I got the 5k layoff in the multi-thread article. Yeah its a big one and its happening.

 

[Capt Caveman]

Originally posted by: dmcowen674
My uncle is one of these 5,000 layoffs and the plant closing.

P&Ners swear it's not happening, totally mine and my uncle's imagination.

Dumbass, nobody has denied that people are being laid off. You're the dumbass that has stated the DOW Chemical has closed up shop in the US and relocated their entire business to Thailand. And you're also a dumbass for not believing that companies are still hiring.

 

[dmcowen674]

Originally posted by: Capt Caveman

Originally posted by: dmcowen674
My uncle is one of these 5,000 layoffs and the plant closing.

P&Ners swear it's not happening, totally mine and my uncle's imagination.

Dumbass, nobody has denied that people are being laid off. You're the dumbass that has stated the DOW Chemical has closed up shop in the US and relocated their entire business to Thailand. And you're also a dumbass for not believing that companies are still hiring.

Speaking of the P&Nr Queen of the Deniles.

His plant is going to Thailand just as many more are as well, Queenie

 

[Capt Caveman]

Originally posted by: dmcowen674

Originally posted by: Capt Caveman

Originally posted by: dmcowen674
My uncle is one of these 5,000 layoffs and the plant closing.

P&Ners swear it's not happening, totally mine and my uncle's imagination.

Dumbass, nobody has denied that people are being laid off. You're the dumbass that has stated the DOW Chemical has closed up shop in the US and relocated their entire business to Thailand. And you're also a dumbass for not believing that companies are still hiring.

Speaking of the P&Nr Queen of the Deniles.

His plant is going to Thailand just as many more are as well, Queenie

Did you actually read what I wrote dumbass? Here, I'll quote your dumbass again:

Originally posted by: alchemize

Originally posted by: dmcowen674

Originally posted by: alchemize

Originally posted by: dmcowen674

Originally posted by: KK

Originally posted by: dmcowen674

Originally posted by: her209

Originally posted by: dmcowen674
They didn't really win, but they do get the money that they are owed.

Glad they did.

Wouldn't the creditors be the first in line to get money back when a company has to liquidate its assets?

A lot of these companies are not filing bankruptcy.

What they are doing is folding up here and moving to places like Thailand.

How come no one pays any attention in here?

Name one company that completely folded up and moved to thailand. I'll not be expecting an answer.

DOW Chemical

McOwned again.

Pittsburg workers spared in Dow Chemical job cuts

Many have not been "spared". They have closed plants all over the country and thousands of Americans have lost their jobs.

Why do you hate America and fellow Americans?

You should leave since you hate them and it so much.

That your best comeback after being McOwned again?

I'm gainfully employed full time by a great company, probably paying more in taxes than you even earn. You're a loser ex-con who can't even hold onto a job, a wife, an investment, a business deal...looking for handouts on internet forums. I'm the backbone of America, you're the stench in the armpit. I'm a future asset of America, you're the future (and present) liability. You call yourself the most educated person on the internet, when you don't even have a college degree and I'd wager you're borderline retarded on an IQ test. So I'm not going anywhere, but I could provide 100's of reasons why you should GTFO. Shall we continue?

 

[nullzero]

New updates on the layoff tracking.... Bank of America massive layoffs coming.

 

[mugs]

Or you could, you know, wait until the end of the month and get the total?

 

[nullzero]

Originally posted by: mugs
Or you could, you know, wait until the end of the month and get the total?

Government numbers are skewed and posting this list here really gives us a good insight of where the layoffs are located and what kind of jobs they are. Just from looking at this simple list we can see that the bulk of the layoffs are located in the Midwest. We can also see a trend of the tech sector laying off many high paying jobs in California.

 

[WhipperSnapper]

Don't forget the invisible layoffs that we don't see -- that is to say -- the often conveniently ignored and forgotten (conservatively estimated) 150,000 new jobs that the nation needs every month to keep pace with explosive population growth. Since those needed new jobs don't come into existence, you might call it a constructive or invisible layoff.

 

[Zebo]

You like bad news huh?.

Go here: http://www.economyincrisis.org/

Has your layoffs and much more like companies bought out, US indebtedness both consumer and governmental, US debt holder and discussion, Foreign ownership stats of major industry and companies.

 

[LegendKiller]

Wyndham Worldwide is cutting 4,000 due to a 40% reduction in planned timeshare sales. This is directly related to the frozen capital markets and the company's inability to finance the receivables.

 

[PokerGuy]

Man, bad news from all directions, but I feel like this stuff gets magnified like an echo chamber because we're all seeing the same news from all over. People who can still afford to spend get spooked, reign in spending, and things get even worse. It's a cycle...

 

[StageLeft]

Originally posted by: dmcowen674
My uncle is one of these 5,000 layoffs and the plant closing.

P&Ners swear it's not happening, totally mine and my uncle's imagination.

Classic trolling, absolutely classic.

 

[DAPUNISHER]

Not all the lay-offs are exactly current, but since February here locally, Sea-Ray Boats has laid off approx. 800 workers or over 80 percent of the employees. The latest being 60 last month.

 

[BigDH01]

Principal Financial is laying off 550 (if I remember correctly) worldwide including 300 here in Des Moines. Des Moines is basically built on the insurance industry so I'm not sure how we'll fare.

 

[dmcowen674]

Originally posted by: BigDH01
Principal Financial is laying off 550 (if I remember correctly) worldwide including 300 here in Des Moines.

Des Moines is basically built on the insurance industry so I'm not sure how we'll fare.

You're kidding. I thought Iowa was like the Mecca of America, nothing can go wrong there.

 

[dmcowen674]

Originally posted by: LegendKiller
Wyndham Worldwide is cutting 4,000 due to a 40% reduction in planned timeshare sales.

This is directly related to the frozen capital markets and the company's inability to finance the receivables.

This got another family member and up until I moved to New Jersey when found a job debi was working for Wyndham, granted it was $8 hr minimum wage it was still work.

 

[nullzero]

I found this interesting "Tech layoffs surge past 100k" http://www.washingtonpost.com/...2/AR2008121203259.html . Also going to update the list some more with layoff news.

 

[LegendKiller]

Originally posted by: dmcowen674

Originally posted by: LegendKiller
Wyndham Worldwide is cutting 4,000 due to a 40% reduction in planned timeshare sales.

This is directly related to the frozen capital markets and the company's inability to finance the receivables.

This got another family member and up until I moved to New Jersey when found a job debi was working for Wyndham, granted it was $8 hr minimum wage it was still work.

Bullshit. I highly doubt you have anybody. They haven't even come out with the list of people cut yet, I know it because I have many friends there, I worked there for 3 years and know the CFO, Treasurer, and worked right next to the CEO/CFO of timeshare.

 

[kranky]

Local GM stamping plant closing, 350 jobs lost. Link.

 

[nullzero]

Some layoff news updates added.

 

[nullzero]

Western Digital to lay off 2,500 jobs
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/...=a30Y3Yin.D_M&refer=us

 

[StageLeft]

Originally posted by: LegendKiller

Originally posted by: dmcowen674

Originally posted by: LegendKiller
Wyndham Worldwide is cutting 4,000 due to a 40% reduction in planned timeshare sales.

This is directly related to the frozen capital markets and the company's inability to finance the receivables.

This got another family member and up until I moved to New Jersey when found a job debi was working for Wyndham, granted it was $8 hr minimum wage it was still work.

Bullshit. I highly doubt you have anybody. They haven't even come out with the list of people cut yet, I know it because I have many friends there, I worked there for 3 years and know the CFO, Treasurer, and worked right next to the CEO/CFO of timeshare.

pwned