Tech layoffs: The scorecard (updated)

Tech layoffs: The scorecard

Company

Date

How many

Further reading

Ericsson

01/21/2009

5,000; 6%

Ericsson to cut 5,000 jobs

Logitech

01/19/2009

550 to 600

Logitech to cut up to 600 jobs

AMD

01/16/2009

1,100; 9%

AMD to trim 1,100 jobs, initiate temporary pay cuts

Autodesk

01/15/2009

750; 10%

Autodesk to cut 750 jobs, lowers earnings outlook

Cymer

01/15/2009

100; 10%

AP: Cymer to cut jobs, spending as demand plummets

Motorola

01/14/2009

4,000; 6%

Motorola plans another round of layoffs

Plantronics

01/14/2009

18%

Plantronics to layoff 18% of global workforce

PlanetOut

01/14/2009

50 percent

Sources: Heavy layoffs at PlanetOut

Google

01/14/2009

100

Google lays off 100 recruiters

Oracle

01/14/2009

500

Report: Oracle cuts workforce by 500

GreenFuel Technologies

01/13/2009

19 (50 percent)

Algae front-runner GreenFuel slashes staff

Lexmark

01/13/2009

375

Bloomberg: Lexmark sales miss forecast; 375 job cuts planned

Seagate

01/12/2009

800 (10 percent)

Seagate replaces Watkins as CEO

Dell

01/08/2009

1,900

Dell's Ireland plant to shed 1,900 jobs

Lenovo

01/08/2009

2,500 (11 percent)

Lenovo to cut 2,500 jobs amid restructuring

One Laptop Per Child

01/07/2009

32 (50 percent)

OLPC slashes workforce in half, cuts salaries

Motion Computing

01/07/2009

30 (25 percent)

Motion Computing cuts about 30 workers

EMC

01/07/2009

2,400 (7 percent)

EMC to cut 2,400 from workforce

Turning Technologies

01/07/2009

31

Vindy.com: Turning Tech layoff hits 31

Borland Software

01/06/2009

130 (15 percent)

VMware hires away Borland CEO

HelioVolt

01/06/2009

15

Two Austin employers announce job cuts

LiveJournal

01/06/2009

About 12

LiveJournal deletes 'about a dozen' jobs

Logitech

01/06/2009

15 percent of salaried staff worldwide

Logitech to slash 15 percent of workforce

Lenovo

01/05/2009

200 staff in Beijing offices

Lenovo rumored readying layoffs

Microsoft

01/01/2009

Unknown

Microsoft planning big layoffs for January?

AMD

12/28/2008

100 additional, making 600 total since November

AMD cites $70 million in fourth-quarter costs

Unisys

12/22/2008

1,300; 4 percent

Reuters: Unisys slashes 1,300 jobs

Electronic Arts

12/19/2008

10 percent

EA boosts layoffs to 10 percent of workforce

Western Digital

12/17/2008

2,500; 5 percent

Reuters: Western Digital warns on revenue, will cut jobs

Midway Games

12/16/2008

180; 25 percent

Reuters: Midway Games to cut jobs, take charge

Laird

12/16/2008

5,000; nearly 50 percent

Reuters: Laird announces 5,000 job losses as sales slump

WebMD

12/16/2008

4 percent to 5 percent

PaidContent: WebMD to cut up to 5% of staff

Gaia Interactive

12/15/2008

13 percent

VentureWire: Gaia lays off staff

Alcatel-Lucent

12/12/2008

1,000 managers, 5,000 contractors

Big revamp for Alcatel-Lucent, with Web 2.0 spin

CBS Interactive

12/11/2008

Undisclosed

All Things D: CBS Interactive/CNET Re-Org: The Complete Memo

SGI

12/11/2008

225; 15 percent

Silicon Graphics adjusts business plan

Yahoo

12/10/2008

1,520

Yahoo pink slips issued, recruiters circling above

Sony

12/09/2008

16,000 total

Sony to lay off 8,000 full-timers, 8,000 others

Netflix

12/08/2008

50 people

Neflix cuts 50 tech jobs; streaming issues linger

Level 3 Communications

12/08/2008

450; 8 percent

Denver Business Journal: Level 3 cutting 450 jobs

BMC Software

12/05/2008

350 (6 percent)

AP: BMC Software to cut 350 jobs, 6% of workforce

RealNetworks

12/04/2008

130 (7 percent)

Sources: Layoffs hit RealNetworks

Viacom

12/04/2008

850 (7 percent)

Viacom lays off 7 percent of workforce

AT&T

12/04/2008

12,000 (4 percent)

AT&T lays off 12,000

Adobe

12/03/2008

600

Adobe warns of shortfall, job cuts

Carlyle Group

12/03/2008

about 100 (10 percent)

Bloomberg: Carlyle Cuts 10% of Workers, Including U.S. LBO Jobs

Analog Devices

12/03/2008

about 20

EE Times: Analog Devices shutters DSP design center

Sage North America

12/03/2008

150

Sage North America Reports 2008 Results

Gawker Media

12/02/2008

"a few"

Gawker Media's rolling layoffs continue

Intrinsyc

12/01/2008

95 (30 percent)

680 News: Intrinsyc cuts global workforce 30 percent

Fring

11/27/2008

10 (20 percent)

Fring cuts staff by 20 percent

Technorati

11/25/2008

6 (12 percent)

Technorati trims workforce, cuts pay

TiVo

11/25/2008

7 percent

TiVo profits from EchoStar litigation

Palm

11/21/2008

up to 10 percent of 1,050

Palm orders layoffs as Apple and RIM take toll

Buzznet

11/21/2008

10 (11 percent)

Valleywag: Music community Buzznet lays off 10

LodgeNet

11/21/2008

170

Argus Leader: LodgeNet cutting jobs

Lam Research

11/20/2008

600 (15 percent)

Reuters: Chipmaker Lam Research cuts 600 jobs

Akamai

11/20/2008

7 percent

Akamai to cut 7 percent of workforce

Lawson Software

11/19/2008

200 (5 percent)

AP: Lawson Software shares tumble after job cuts

Pillar Data Systems

11/18/2008

150 (30 percent)

SJ Mercury News: Pillar Data Systems lays off 30% of staff

KLA-Tencor

11/18/2008

900 (15 percent)

SF Business Times: KLA-Tencor to cut 15% of people

Sun Microsystems

11/14/2008

6,000 (15 percent to 18 percent)

Sun restructures, lays off up to 6,000

Rearden Commerce

11/14/2008

10 percent

Valleywag: Rearden Commerce cuts 50 people

Applied Materials

11/12/2008

1,800 (12 percent)

Applied Materials cutting 12 percent of workforce

National Semi

11/12/2008

330

Reuters: Nat Semi cuts revenue view, plans job cuts

Wired.com

11/11/2008

3 of 28

Wired.com trims editorial staff by 10 percent

Current Media

11/11/2008

20 percent

Layoffs hit Al Gore's Current Media

Six Apart

11/11/2008

8 percent

Six Apart: Changes at Six Apart

Tucows

11/11/2008

15 percent

Restructuring at Tucows

Circuit City

11/10/2008

20 percent

Circuit City files for bankruptcy

BitTorrent

11/10/2008

50 percent

After a tough year, BitTorrent replaces CEO again

Insight

11/10/2008

240 (4 percent)

East Valley Tribune: Insight Enterprises lays off 240

Honeywell

11/07/2008

700

Phoenix Business Journal: Honeywell moving 700 jobs out of Phoenix

Zappos

11/06/2008

8 percent

Letter to Zappos employees

Veoh

11/05/2008

20 (20 percent)

Veoh lays off 20 percent of workforce

LinkedIn

11/05/2008

36 (10 percent)

LinkedIn slashes 10 percent of its workforce

Cadence

11/05/2008

625 (12 percent)

Cadence Design cuts 625 jobs

Anadigics

11/05/2008

100 (15 percent)

Anadigics cuts 15 percent of workforce

AMD

11/05/2008

500 (3 percent)

AMD slashes 500 more jobs

Nokia

11/04/2008

600

Hundreds of Nokia jobs under threat

THQ

11/03/2008

4 to 5 studios

Kotaku: THQ Shuttering Four to Five Studios?

Tektronix

11/03/2008

150

Tektronix announces fresh layoffs

Spot Runner

11/03/2008

115 (about 30 percent)

TechCrunch: 115 people lose their jobs at Spot Runner

Nortel Networks

11/03/2008

1,300 (5 percent)

Nortel earnings tank

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...

Nokia

11/04/2008

600

Hundreds of Nokia jobs under threat

Tektronix

11/03/2008

150

Tektronix announces fresh layoffs

Spot Runner

11/03/2008

115 (about 30 percent)

TechCrunch: 115 people lose their jobs at Spot Ru

Circuit City

11/03/2008

17 percent

Circuit City to close 155 stores

THQ

11/03/2008

4-5 studios

Kotaku: THQ Shuttering Four to Five Studios?

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

Appcelerator

10/15/2008

6

Tough times, tough decisions

Jive Software

10/14/2008

33 percent

Jive Software lays off 1/3 of staff

Redfin

10/14/2008

20 percent

Redfin blames economy in layoffs

Qimonda

10/13/2008

3,000

Qimonda: Qimonda announces global restructuring program...

Seesmic

10/10/2008

7

Tough times. Tough decisions

Lulu

10/09/2008

24

Lulu cuts jobs as revenues slow

Micron

10/09/2008

15 percent

Micron to cut workforce by 15 percent, slash flash output

eBay

10/06/2008

1,000

eBay buys Bill Me Later, lays off 1,000

Gawker Media

10/03/2008

14 percent

Gawker Media to lay off 14 percent of editorial

Entellium

10/03/2008

95 percent

Workers get ax at software maker Entellium

 




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