Company |
Date |
How Many |
Further Reading |
YouSendIt |
10/31/2008 |
20 percent |
VentureBeat: YouSendIt trims 20 percent of staff |
Aliph |
10/31/2008 |
25 people |
Layoffs hit Bluetooth headset maker Aliph |
Motorola |
10/30/2008 |
3,000 |
Motorola's struggle for survival |
Electronic Arts |
10/30/2008 |
600 |
Kotaku: Electronic Arts Lays Off Six Hundred |
Freescale |
10/30/2008 |
2,400 (10 percent) |
Freescale dragged to loss; will lay off 10% |
Symantec |
10/29/2008 |
4.5 percent cost savings |
Symantec layoffs coming |
Avalanche Studios |
10/28/2008 |
77 of 160 |
Avalanche Studios lays off nearly half of staff |
Revision3 |
10/27/2008 |
9 people, 5 shows |
Video start-up Revision3 joins the layoff club |
Helium |
10/27/2008 |
30 percent of 110 |
F***dStartups: Helium.com huge layoff |
BroadSoft |
10/24/2008 |
about 12 |
GigaOM: BroadSoft cuts jobs as sales slow |
Comcast Spotlight |
10/24/2008 |
300+ of 3,500 |
Broadcasting & Cable: Comcast Spotlight cuts positions |
ADC Telecoms |
10/23/2008 |
300-350 |
AP: ADC expects fiscal 2008 loss, plans job cuts |
Xerox |
10/23/2008 |
3,000 |
Xerox to cut 3,000 jobs |
Avid Technology |
10/23/2008 |
500 |
Form 8-K: Results of Operations and Financial Condition... |
Break.com |
10/23/2008 |
11 of 80 |
Break.com lays off 11 |
Eons |
10/23/2008 |
8 of about 33 |
The Boston Globe: Eons eliminates eight jobs |
Dell |
10/22/2008 |
8,900 |
The Register: Dell: 'We will out-pace the rest of the industry' |
SanDisk |
10/22/2008 |
TBA |
SanDisk layoffs in the works |
ManiaTV |
10/22/2008 |
20 of 70 |
NewTeeVee: ManiaTV lays off 20, to reduce orig |
iMeem |
10/22/2008 |
25 percent of 80 |
Imeem jumping on the layoff bandwagon |
Mahalo |
10/22/2008 |
10 percent |
Calacanis.com: Tough times, hard decisions |
HP |
10/22/2008 |
24,600 over three years |
HP to slash 24,600 jobs following EDS buy |
Ticketmaster |
10/21/2008 |
35 percent |
F***edStartups: TicketMaster.com laying off 35% |
Comcast |
10/21/2008 |
300 |
AP: Comcast to cut up to 300 jobs in eastern di |
Manhattan Associates |
10/21/2008 |
6.5 percent |
Reuters: Manhattan Associates hit by slump |
Softchoice |
10/20/2008 |
6.5 percent of 958 |
Toronto Star: Softchoice cuts staff by 6.5 percent |
Veoh |
10/20/2008 |
0 |
UPDATE: Layoffs at Veoh, or not? |
Wikia |
10/20/2008 |
3 |
UPDATE based on personal interview with Jimmy Wales |
Autotrader |
10/20/2008 |
69 |
Orlando Business Times: Autotrader to close c |
Texas Instruments |
10/20/2008 |
possibly 300 |
TXCN: Hundreds face pink slips at TI |
Sony Ericsson |
10/17/2008 |
2,000 globally |
Bloomberg: Sony Ericsson Reports Smaller Loss Than Anticipated |
Sprint |
10/17/2008 |
ongoing |
KMBC-TV: Sprint plans 'gradual layoffs' |
Jaxtr |
10/17/2008 |
13 |
13 employees laid off at VoIP start-up Jaxtr |
Zivity |
10/17/2008 |
33 percent |
Zivity lays off a third of staff |
Zillow |
10/17/2008 |
25 percent |
Zillow lays off 25 percent of staff |
SearchMe |
10/17/2008 |
20 percent |
Search engine startup SearchMe cuts 20 perce |
Heavy |
10/17/2008 |
14 percent |
Downturn strikes again: Heavy lays off 14% |
Lenovo |
10/17/2008 |
50 in Morrisville, N.C. |
WRAL: Lenovo to lay off 50 workers at Morrisville headq |
MPC Computers |
10/17/2008 |
200 |
Idaho Business Review: Details released on MP |
Hi5 |
10/16/2008 |
10 percent to 15 percent |
No Hi5's today |
Sirius XM |
10/16/2008 |
50 |
Sirius XM makes cuts to XM in D.C. |
Pandora |
10/16/2008 |
20 |
Pandora cuts 20 employees |
Adbrite |
10/16/2008 |
40 percent |
'Layoffs are not a statement about performance' |
Actel |
10/16/2008 |
10 percent |
EE Times: Actel cuts 10% of workforce |
Tesla Motors |
10/15/2008 |
Detroit office |
Automaker lays off Detroit office with blog post |
SkyRider |
10/15/2008 |
All |
P2P start-up SkyRider has shut down |
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