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Ask HN: Who is firing by September 2018?

38 points by leoharsha2 8y ago

GFischer 8y ago
Check https://www.thelayoff.com https://www.thelayoff.com
- sarajevo 8y ago
  Verizon is in a process of eliminating 10K managers. >https://www.cnbc.com/2018/09/25/verizon-offers-separation-plans-to-thousands-of-management-employees.html https://www.cnbc.com/2018/09/25/verizon-offers-separation-pl... Art Institutes are disintegrating >https://www.republicreport.org/2018/dream-center-closing-numerous-ex-edmc-campuses/ https://www.republicreport.org/2018/dream-center-closing-num... Under Armour has massive cuts - 400+ >https://www.reuters.com/article/us-under-armour-layoffs/under-armour-cuts-400-more-jobs-in-turnaround-push-idUSKCN1M01QV https://www.reuters.com/article/us-under-armour-layoffs/unde... Wells Fargo announced 26K cuts (10% of total workforce) >https://www.cnbc.com/2018/09/20/wells-fargo-plans-to-lower-headcount-by-up-to-10percent-in-next-3-years.html https://www.cnbc.com/2018/09/20/wells-fargo-plans-to-lower-h... Sears is about to close >https://www.cnbc.com/2018/07/11/sears-laid-off-200-more-people-at-its-headquarters.html https://www.cnbc.com/2018/07/11/sears-laid-off-200-more-peop... The list is much longer, you can just use news search and you'll see a ton of stuff...
  - imhoguy 8y ago
    The source doesn't confirm your number: > Verizon is in a process of eliminating 10K managers. Source: > "It is a voluntary plan and offers employees three weeks' pay for every year of service," Verizon spokesman Jim Gerace said, without providing details on the number of employees who would be offered the plan.
NTDF9 8y ago
Why did OP ask this question? Is there a noticeable uptick in layoffs?
- imhoguy 8y ago
  I have thought this topic is going to be opposite of "Who is hiring". Could be valuable to some companies to set up a net.
rejschaap 8y ago
Telltale games "September 21, 2018: According to reports, Telltale Games holds a meeting where it informs more than 200 developers that they were losing their jobs right then and there." https://www.gamespot.com/articles/telltale-games-what-happened-heres-a-timeline-of-i/1100-6462046/ https://www.gamespot.com/articles/telltale-games-what-happen...

38 points by leoharsha2 8y ago

GFischer 8y ago

Check https://www.thelayoff.com https://www.thelayoff.com

sarajevo 8y ago
Verizon is in a process of eliminating 10K managers. >https://www.cnbc.com/2018/09/25/verizon-offers-separation-plans-to-thousands-of-management-employees.html https://www.cnbc.com/2018/09/25/verizon-offers-separation-pl... Art Institutes are disintegrating >https://www.republicreport.org/2018/dream-center-closing-numerous-ex-edmc-campuses/ https://www.republicreport.org/2018/dream-center-closing-num... Under Armour has massive cuts - 400+ >https://www.reuters.com/article/us-under-armour-layoffs/under-armour-cuts-400-more-jobs-in-turnaround-push-idUSKCN1M01QV https://www.reuters.com/article/us-under-armour-layoffs/unde... Wells Fargo announced 26K cuts (10% of total workforce) >https://www.cnbc.com/2018/09/20/wells-fargo-plans-to-lower-headcount-by-up-to-10percent-in-next-3-years.html https://www.cnbc.com/2018/09/20/wells-fargo-plans-to-lower-h... Sears is about to close >https://www.cnbc.com/2018/07/11/sears-laid-off-200-more-people-at-its-headquarters.html https://www.cnbc.com/2018/07/11/sears-laid-off-200-more-peop... The list is much longer, you can just use news search and you'll see a ton of stuff...
- imhoguy 8y ago
  The source doesn't confirm your number: > Verizon is in a process of eliminating 10K managers. Source: > "It is a voluntary plan and offers employees three weeks' pay for every year of service," Verizon spokesman Jim Gerace said, without providing details on the number of employees who would be offered the plan.

NTDF9 8y ago

Why did OP ask this question? Is there a noticeable uptick in layoffs?

imhoguy 8y ago
I have thought this topic is going to be opposite of "Who is hiring". Could be valuable to some companies to set up a net.

rejschaap 8y ago

Telltale games "September 21, 2018: According to reports, Telltale Games holds a meeting where it informs more than 200 developers that they were losing their jobs right then and there." https://www.gamespot.com/articles/telltale-games-what-happened-heres-a-timeline-of-i/1100-6462046/ https://www.gamespot.com/articles/telltale-games-what-happen...