Job Layoffs

How To Make A Layoff Less Awkward

The New York Times | Jan Hoffman | Posted 05.27.2008 | Living


As the economy blasts away at white-collar workers as well as blue-collar ones, the newly jobless are learning an ungainly new language: How to spin t...

DoubleClick Layoffs Begin, Headhunters Rejoice

Silicon Alley Insider | Peter Kafka | Posted 04.10.2008 | Business


The DoubleClick layoffs have begun, a tipster tells us, and will continue through tomorrow. We're also told that Google (GOOG) intends to fire some Do...

Yahoo Profits Sink; 1,000 To Be Laid Off

Los Angeles Times | Jessica Guynn | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business


Facing rising competition and shareholder unrest, Yahoo Inc. on Tuesday took steps to reverse its flagging fortunes, including its first layoffs since...

Source: Struggling Palm Lays Off 10 Percent Of Workforce

AP | May Wong | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business


Palm Inc., the troubled maker of Treo smart phones, laid off about 10 percent of its work force this week to cut expenses, according to a person famil...

Dow Chemical To Cut 1,000 Jobs

AP | Jeff Karoub | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business


Dow Chemical Co. announced Tuesday it is cutting 1,000 jobs, or about 2.3 percent of its work force, as part of a plan to rid itself of underperformin...

Bear Stearns To Cut 650 Jobs

AP | Joe Bel Bruno | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business


Bear Stearns Cos., the nation's fifth-largest investment bank, on Wednesday said it will cut 4 percent of its staff in further fallout from the summer...

BBC To Cut 12 Percent Of Workforce

Financial Times | Andrew Edgecliffe-Johnson, Ben Fenton | Posted 03.28.2008 | Media


The BBC is poised to cut at least 12 per cent of its workforce, with the brunt of more than 2,000 redundancies falling on factual programming, senior ...

Credit Suisse Slashes Jobs On Subprime Fallout

Bloomberg | Ben Richardson | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business


Credit Suisse Group will cut about 150 jobs, the latest global securities firm to reduce staff in response to the fallout from rising defaults in the ...