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The Layoff List

22 points by SQL2219 11y ago

I was browsing the layoff news this morning. In summary, it looks like the following sectors are getting hit: tech, energy, schools (local & universities), retail. Here is a half-ass aggregation of some of the stories, if the name follows with -x% it means I couldn't easily find the actual number: Autodesk -925 BlackBerry -200 Practice Fusion -25% Chicago Public Schools -227 VMware -15% GoPro -7% Mixpanel -20 Microsoft -18,000 Cisco Systems -14,000 Juniper Networks -1,300 Oracle -26,000 IBM -95,000 HP -86,000 Hewlett Packard Enterprise -72,000 EMC Corp -15% Chevron-x% BP-x% Volvo-x% Alcoa-x% Sprint -800 Shell -10,000 Twitter-x% Nasty Gal -10% Yale University Tech Dept. -24 Wells Fargo -581 Genworth Financial -200 Eastern Illinois University -200 Illinois State University -x% Delta Airlines -100 Credit Suisse -4,000 Yahoo -15% Random Oil Companies -x% Random Coal Mines -x% Newport News Shipbuilding -700+ Sandridge Energy -172 Brach's Supermarket -127 Regions Bank -260 Polaris -100 Carrier Corp -62 Caterpillar -120 Sam's Club -120 good summary article on tech layoffs: http://www.benzinga.com/analyst-ratings/analyst-color/16/01/6149651/chowdhry-major-tech-layoffs-are-coming-feds-dudley-is-cl

YeGoblynQueenne 11y ago
It would be nice to see a list of sources you used.
- greenyoda 11y ago
  It would also be nice to compare these numbers with historical data: are they higher, lower or the same as layoff numbers in previous years (across the economy and by business sector)? Companies lay off people all the time, and some companies can be having financial difficulties even when the economy is doing well. Layoffs at Yahoo probably occurred for completely different reasons (e.g., not being able to compete against Google and Facebook for ad dollars) than the ones at Chevron (probably due to the declining price of oil). The fact that some number of companies laid off some number of people this year doesn't imply anything interesting unless it's placed in context.
meric 11y ago
Looks like a good half a million people.

The Layoff List

22 points by SQL2219 11y ago

YeGoblynQueenne 11y ago

It would be nice to see a list of sources you used.

greenyoda 11y ago
It would also be nice to compare these numbers with historical data: are they higher, lower or the same as layoff numbers in previous years (across the economy and by business sector)? Companies lay off people all the time, and some companies can be having financial difficulties even when the economy is doing well. Layoffs at Yahoo probably occurred for completely different reasons (e.g., not being able to compete against Google and Facebook for ad dollars) than the ones at Chevron (probably due to the declining price of oil). The fact that some number of companies laid off some number of people this year doesn't imply anything interesting unless it's placed in context.

meric 11y ago

Looks like a good half a million people.