Layoffs in Year 2008
271,487
 
January 2008
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 W 
 T 
 F 
 S 
   1 2 3 4 5
6 7 8 9 10 11 12
13 14 15 16 17 18 19
20 21 22 23 24 25 26
27 28 29 30 31   
       
February 2008
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 M 
 T 
 W 
 T 
 F 
 S 
      1 2
3 4 5 6 7 8 9
10 11 12 13 14 15 16
17 18 19 20 21 22 23
24 25 26 27 28 29  
       
March 2008
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 M 
 T 
 W 
 T 
 F 
 S 
       1
2 3 4 5 6 7 8
9 10 11 12 13 14 15
16 17 18 19 20 21 22
23 24 25 26 27 28 29
30 31      
April 2008
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 M 
 T 
 W 
 T 
 F 
 S 
   1 2 3 4 5
6 7 8 9 10 11 12
13 14 15 16 17 18 19
20 21 22 23 24 25 26
27 28 29 30    
       
May 2008
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 M 
 T 
 W 
 T 
 F 
 S 
     1 2 3
4 5 6 7 8 9 10
11 12 13 14 15 16 17
18 19 20 21 22 23 24
25 26 27 28 29 30 31
       
June 2008
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 M 
 T 
 W 
 T 
 F 
 S 
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
8 9 10 11 12 13 14
15 16 17 18 19 20 21
22 23 24 25 26 27 28
29 30      
       
July 2008
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 M 
 T 
 W 
 T 
 F 
 S 
   1 2 3 4 5
6 7 8 9 10 11 12
13 14 15 16 17 18 19
20 21 22 23 24 25 26
27 28 29 30 31   
       
August 2008
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 M 
 T 
 W 
 T 
 F 
 S 
      1 2
3 4 5 6 7 8 9
10 11 12 13 14 15 16
17 18 19 20 21 22 23
24 25 26 27 28 29 30
31       
September 2008
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 M 
 T 
 W 
 T 
 F 
 S 
  1 2 3 4 5 6
7 8 9 10 11 12 13
14 15 16 17 18 19 20
21 22 23 24 25 26 27
28 29 30     
       
October 2008
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 M 
 T 
 W 
 T 
 F 
 S 
    1 2 3 4
5 6 7 8 9 10 11
12 13 14 15 16 17 18
19 20 21 22 23 24 25
26 27 28 29 30 31  
       
November 2008
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 M 
 T 
 W 
 T 
 F 
 S 
       1
2 3 4 5 6 7 8
9 10 11 12 13 14 15
16 17 18 19 20 21 22
23 24 25 26 27 28 29
30       
December 2008
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 M 
 T 
 W 
 T 
 F 
 S 
  1 2 3 4 5 6
7 8 9 10 11 12 13
14 15 16 17 18 19 20
21 22 23 24 25 26 27
28 29 30 31   
       
<100 <1000 <5000 <10000 <20000 Above 20000
           
(Move the mouse over the table cells to get number of layoffs reported on the particular day.)

Layoffs in Year 2008

Industry : Time Period :      Get Layoffs
 
January, 2010 December, 2009 Year 2009 Year 2008
Oil & Gas Basic Materials Industrials Consumer Goods
Health Care Consumer Services Telecom Utilities
Financial Services Technology Government Education



Company Date                 Number Location Sector Source
Nordam December 15, 2008 63    USA Industrials TulsaWorld.com
National Public Radio December 10, 2008 64   USA Consumer Services paidContent.org
North Memorial Health Care December 08, 2008 380    USA Health Care Business Journal
Park Nicollet Health Services December 08, 2008 233   USA Health Care Business Journal
Ontario Systems December 05, 2008 126    USA Technology CollectionTechnology.net
NORDAM November 11, 2008 61   USA Industrials ktul.com
Principal Financial Group December 09, 2008 550    USA Financial Services foxbusiness.com
Synovus September 10, 2008 650   USA Financial Services ajc.com
Mohawk Industries December 31, 2008 160    USA Consumer Goods Forbes
Tyson Foods December 31, 2008 120   USA Consumer Services Forbes
Target December 31, 2008 132    USA Consumer Services Forbes
Allegheny Technologies December 30, 2008 323   USA Basic Materials Forbes
Motorola December 30, 2008 400    USA Technology Forbes
Advanced Micro December 29, 2008 100   USA Technology Forbes
Johnson Controls December 23, 2008 125    USA Industrials Forbes
Las Vegas Sands December 23, 2008 5000   MACAU Consumer Services Forbes
Parker-Hannifin December 22, 2008 405    USA Industrials Forbes
Eaton December 22, 2008 331   USA Industrials Forbes
Citizens Financial Group December 20, 2008 900    USA Financial Services iht
Federal-Mogul December 19, 2008 4600   USA Consumer Goods Chicago Tribune
Genworth Financial December 19, 2008 1000    USA Technology Forbes
Electronic Arts December 19, 2008 1000   USA Technology Forbes
Sovereign Bancorp December 19, 2008 1000    USA Financial Services Forbes
Caterpillar December 18, 2008 814   USA Industrials Forbes
Federal-Mogul September 17, 2008 4000    USA Consumer Goods Workforce
Ryder System December 17, 2008 3100   USA Industrials Forbes
Western Digital December 17, 2008 2500    USA Technology Forbes
Aetna December 17, 2008 1000   USA Health Care Forbes
Bristol-Myers Squibb December 17, 2008 3700    USA Health Care Forbes
CBS Corp December 16, 2008 30   USA Consumer Services Forbes
Electrolux December 15, 2008 3000    Worldwide Consumer Goods thestar.com
Merrill Lynch December 15, 2008 400   USA Financial Services Forbes
Charles Schwab December 15, 2008 1000    USA Financial Services Forbes
Berkshire Hathaway December 13, 2008 130   USA Industrials Forbes
Stanley Works December 12, 2008 36    Worldwide Industrials Hartford Info
BlackRock December 12, 2008 500   Worldwide Financial Services Sify
Masco December 12, 2008 500    USA Consumer Goods Forbes
International Paper December 12, 2008 1500   USA Industrials Forbes
SABIC IP December 11, 2008 1000    Worldwide Basic Materials britishplastics.co.uk
Crain Communications December 11, 2008 50   USA Consumer Services paidContent.org
Silicon Graphics December 11, 2008 120    USA Technology The Register
Bank of America December 11, 2008 35000   USA Financial Services Forbes
Whirlpool December 11, 2008 150    USA Consumer Goods Forbes
Mohawk Industries December 10, 2008 105   USA Consumer Goods Forbes
Procter & Gamble December 10, 2008 320    USA Consumer Goods Forbes
Praxair December 09, 2008 1600   USA Industrials Forbes
Anheuser-Busch InBev December 08, 2008 1400    USA Consumer Goods syracuse.com
Anheuser-Busch December 08, 2008 1400   USA Consumer Goods Forbes
3M December 08, 2008 2300    USA Consumer Goods Forbes
Wyndham Worldwide December 08, 2008 4000   Worldwide Consumer Services Forbes
Dow Chemical December 08, 2008 5000    USA Basic Materials Forbes
Nomura Holdings December 05, 2008 1000   London, England Financial Services WSJ
Legg Mason December 05, 2008 200    USA Financial Services Forbes
Staples December 05, 2008 140   USA Consumer Services Forbes
General Motors December 05, 2008 2000    Worldwide Consumer Goods NYTimes
General Electric December 05, 2008 500   USA Consumer Services NY Post
United Airlines December 04, 2008 1200    USA Consumer Services Chicago Tribune
Credit Suisse December 04, 2008 5300   Worldwide Financial Services Reuters
Steel Dynamic December 04, 2008 65    USA Basic Materials Forbes
Cummins December 04, 2008 500   USA Industrials TOPIX
Windstream December 04, 2008 170    USA Telecom Forbes
DuPont December 04, 2008 2500   USA Consumer Goods TOPIX
AT&T December 04, 2008 12000    USA Telecom Cnet
Viacom December 04, 2008 850   USA Consumer Services Business Insider
United States Steel December 04, 2008 3500    USA Basic Materials ThomasNet
Belden December 03, 2008 1800   USA Industrials Business Journal
United Technologies December 03, 2008 350    USA Industrials Reuters
Bayerische Landesbank December 01, 2008 5600   Worldwide Financial Services iht
Adobe Systems December 01, 2008 600    USA Technology BusinessWeek
Jefferies Group December 01, 2008 300   USA Financial Services WSJ
JPMorgan Chase December 01, 2008 9200    USA Financial Services LA Times
PepsiCo December 01, 2008 87   USA Consumer Goods Forbes
Foxconn November 28, 2008 1500    Hungary Technology Reuters
Arcelor Mittal November 28, 2008 9000   Worldwide Basic Materials THE NEWS
Dana Holding November 25, 2008 50    USA Industrials Forbes
Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold November 21, 2008 600   USA Basic Materials Business Journal
Berkshire Hathaway November 21, 2008 90    USA Financial Services Forbes
International Paper November 21, 2008 550   USA Basic Materials LayoffBlog
Western Union November 21, 2008 200    Worldwide Financial Services Forbes
Bank of New York Mellon November 20, 2008 1800   USA Financial Services Business Times
Whirlpool November 20, 2008 100    USA Consumer Goods Forbes
Cablevision November 19, 2008 100   USA Consumer Services Forbes
Boeing November 19, 2008 800    USA Industrials Business Journal
Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold November 18, 2008 600   USA Basic Materials Forbes
Citigroup November 17, 2008 52000    Worldwide Financial Services NYTimes
Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe November 14, 2008 75   Worldwide Industrials Law.com
Fidelity November 14, 2008 3000    USA Financial Services NY Times
Lockheed Martin November 14, 2008 172   USA Industrials Forbes
Sun Microsystems November 14, 2008 6000    USA Technology Bllomberg
United States Steel November 13, 2008 675   USA Basic Materials WSJ
Las Vegas Sands November 13, 2008 11000    MACAU Consumer Services TradingMarkets
Liberty Media November 13, 2008 910   USA Consumer Services The Phoenix
White & Case November 12, 2008 75    Worldwide Industrials Law.com
Applied Materials November 12, 2008 1800   USA Technology 24/7 WALL ST
Morgan Stanley November 12, 2008 2000    USA Financial Services Forbes
DHL Express November 11, 2008 9500   USA Industrials LA Times
AK Steel Holding November 11, 2008 800    USA Basic Materials Forbes
American Century Investments November 10, 2008 270   USA Financial Services Business Journal
General Motors November 10, 2008 1900    USA Consumer Goods IHT
Mattel November 08, 2008 1000   USA Consumer Goods Topix
Las Vegas Sands November 07, 2008 200    USA Consumer Services Casino City Times
Ford Motor November 07, 2008 2600   USA Consumer Goods CNN Money
Goldman Sachs November 06, 2008 3200    USA Financial Services Times of India
AMD November 06, 2008 480   USA Technology neowin.net
Hartford Financial Services Group November 05, 2008 500    USA Financial Services Business Journal
Compuware October 29, 2008 300   USA Technology Trading Markets
Gannett October 28, 2008 2000    USA Consumer Services NYTimes
Yahoo October 22, 2008 1500   Worldwide Technology Chicago Tribune
Merck October 22, 2008 7200    Worldwide Health Care Fierce Pharma
Qimonda October 14, 2008 3000   Worldwide Technology Electronics Weekly
PepsiCo October 14, 2008 3300    Worldwide Consumer Goods iht
MGM Mirage April 21, 2008 400   USA Consumer Services laborradio.org

 
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