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Mounting job losses

The following companies have announced job cuts since the start of 2009.

Note: Some figures are approximations from percentages of labor force, with total labor force estimations obtained from recent 10K filings.

Company	Number of cuts	Date	Industry
Sun Microsystems	3,100	10/20/2009	Computer Hardware
Dell	905	10/7/2009	Computer Hardware
Eli Lilly	5,500	9/14/2009	Health Care
American Airlines	921	9/1/2009	Transportation
Whirlpool	1,100	8/28/2009	Consumer Products
Lockheed Martin	800	8/18/2009	Aerospace & Defense
Samsung	500	8/14/2009	Computer Hardware
Ormet Corporation	982	7/28/2009	Metals and Mining
Verizon	8,000	7/27/2009	Telecommunications
Continental Airlines	1,700	7/21/2009	Transportation
ABX Air	1,000	7/16/2009	Transportation
McGraw-Hill	550	7/16/2009	Media & Entertainment
Harley-Davidson	1,000	7/16/2009	Automotive
Boeing	1,000	7/15/2009	Aerospace & Defense
US Airways	600	7/14/2009	Transportation
Gannett	1,000	7/2/2009	Media & Entertainment
Corus Group	2,045	6/25/2009	Metals & Mining
Kimberly-Clark Corp.	1,600	6/25/2009	Consumer Products
General Motors	4,000	6/24/2009	Automotive
Harvard University	275	6/23/2009	Government & Nonprofit
MySpace	300	6/23/2009	Technology
MySpace	400	6/16/2009	Technology
City of Chicago	1,100	6/12/2009	Government & Nonprofit
Cessna	1,300	6/12/2009	Aerospace & Defense
Hewlett-Packard	6,400	5/19/2009	Computer Hardware
American Express	4,000	5/18/2009	Financial
Nike	1,750	5/14/2009	Consumer Products
Seagate	1,100	5/13/2009	Computer Hardware
Severstal	200	5/7/2009	Metals & Mining
Dupont	2,000	5/7/2009	Chemicals
Cessna	2,300	4/29/2009	Aerospace & Defense
Clear Channel Communications	590	4/29/2009	Media & Entertainment
Hanesbrand	250	4/27/2009	Consumer Products
General Motors	8,000¹⁷ 7,000 - 8,000	4/27/2009	Automotive
Yahoo	700¹⁶ 5% of total workforce	4/21/2009	Technology
Toshiba	3,900	4/17/2009	Computer Hardware
Sony Ericsson	2,000	4/17/2009	Telecommunications
Best Buy	400	4/17/2009	Retail
Xilinx	200	4/15/2009	Computer Hardware
UBS	8,700	4/15/2009	Financial
ArcelorMittal	400	4/14/2009	Metals & Mining
Hallmark	750¹⁵ 550-750	4/14/2009	Consumer Products
John Deere	200	4/14/2009	Manufacturing
Johnson & Johnson	900	4/10/2009	Health care
GE Healthcare	175	4/10/2009	Health care
John Deere	160	4/8/2009	Manufacturing
Headwaters Inc	unspecified	4/7/2009	Energy
Federal Express	1000	4/3/2009	Transportation
MKS Instruments Inc	600	4/3/2009	Computer Hardware
Nationwide	480	4/3/2009	Financial
Bombardier Aerospace	3000	4/2/2009	Aerospace & Defense
Internap	45	4/1/2009	Technology
3M	1200	4/1/2009	Materials
Chrysler Financial	80	3/31/2009	Financial
Walmart	650	3/27/2009	Retail
Agilent Technologies Inc.	2700	3/26/2009	Computer Hardware
New York Times Company	100	3/26/2009	Media & Entertainment
Google	200	3/26/2009	Technology
New York State	8900¹⁴ Up to 4% of total workforce	3/24/2009	Government & Nonprofit
Caterpillar	2454	3/17/2009	Manufacturing
Sunoco	750	3/13/2009	Energy
Methode Electronics	850	3/12/2009	Computer Hardware
Dell	unspecified	3/11/2009	Computer Hardware
Sesame Workshop	67	3/11/2009	Media & Entertainment
National Semiconductors	1725	3/11/2009	Computer Hardware
Weyerhaeuser	480	3/11/2009	Materials
United Technologies	11,600	3/10/2009	Materials
Eastman Chemical	300¹³ 300-400	3/9/2009	Chemicals
McClatchy	1600	3/9/2009	Media & Entertainment
JM Family Enterprises	500	3/6/2009	Automotive
General Dynamics	1200	3/5/2009	Aerospace & Defense
Borders Group	742	3/5/2009	Retail
Ciena Corporation	200	3/5/2009	Computer Hardware
Northrup Grumman	750	3/5/2009	Aerospace & Defense
FirstEnergy	335	3/3/2009	Energy
HSBC	6,100	3/2/2009	Financial
Nortel	3,200	2/25/2009	Computer Hardware
Dow Corning	800	2/25/2009	Materials
Zales	245	2/25/2009	Retail
Nokia	1000	2/24/2009	Telecommunications
Micron	2000	2/24/2009	Computer Hardware
Spansion	3000	2/24/2009	Computer Hardware
Anglo American Mining	19000	2/20/2009	Metals & Mining
Goodyear	5000	2/18/2009	Automotive
Smithfield Foods	1800	2/17/2009	Food & Beverages
Delphi Steering	800	2/16/2009	Automotive
Pratt & Whitney Canada	1000	2/10/2009	Aerospace & Defense
Nike	1400¹² up to 4% of workforce	2/10/2009	Consumer Products
GE Transportaion	350	2/10/2009	Transportation
Sensata	100	2/10/2009	Materials
Walmart	800¹¹ 700-800	2/10/2009	Retail
Qwest	500	2/10/2009	Telecommunications
Federal Express	900	2/10/2009	Transportation
UBS	1600	2/10/2009	Financial
General Motors	10000	2/10/2009	Automotive
Nissan	20000	2/9/2009	Automotive
Harvard Management Company	50	2/6/2009	Government & Nonprofit
Wall Street Journal	25	2/6/2009	Media & Entertainment
Estee Lauder	2000	2/5/2009	Consumer Products
Elizabeth Arden	unspecified	2/5/2009	Consumer Products
Talbots	370	2/5/2009	Retail
Time Warner Cable	1250	2/5/2009	Media & Entertainment
Panasonic	15000	2/4/2009	Materials
Bloomberg	100	2/4/2009	Media & Entertainment
Allergen	460	2/4/2009	Health care
Electronic Arts	100	2/3/2009	Computer Software
Scandanavian Airlines	8600	2/3/2009	Transportation
PNC Bank	5800	2/3/2009	Financial
Liz Claiborne	725	2/3/2009	Retail
King Pharmaceuticals	760	2/3/2009	Health care
Huntington Bank	500	2/3/2009	Financial
Rockwell Collins	600	2/3/2009	Aerospace and Defense
Pier One Imports	850¹⁰ Up to 850	2/2/2009	Retail
Macy's	7,000	2/2/2009	Retail
Cummins	400⁹ Additional headcount for hourly workers	2/2/2009	Manufacturing
Sears	300	2/2/2009	Retail
A. H. Belo	500	1/30/2009	Media & Entertainment
NEC Corp.	20,000	1/30/2009	Computer Hardware
Dexia	900	1/30/2009	Financial
Chicos	180	1/30/2009	Retail
Caterpillar	2,110	1/30/2009	Manufacturing
Cessna	2,000	1/29/2009	Aerospace & Defense
Bon-Ton Stores	1,150	1/29/2009	Retail
Charles Schwab	600⁸ 500-600	1/29/2009	Financial
Walt Disney ABC	400	1/29/2009	Media & Entertainment
Kodak	3,000⁷ 2,000-3,000	1/29/2009	Consumer Products
Oshkosh	1,050	1/29/2009	Automotive
AstraZeneca	6,000	1/29/2009	Health care
Jabil Circuit	3,000	1/28/2009	Manufacturing
Nissan	110	1/28/2009	Automotive
Ford Motor Co. Credit	1,200	1/28/2009	Financial
Allstate Financial	1,000	1/28/2009	Financial
Boeing	5,500	1/28/2009	Aerospace & Defense
AOL	700	1/28/2009	Technology
Abbott	200	1/28/2009	Health care
Dell	unspecified	1/28/2009	Computer Hardware
Starbucks	6,700	1/28/2009	Food & Beverages
Panasonic	650	1/28/2009	Materials
Avery Dennison	3,600	1/27/2009	Chemicals
Best Buy	unspecified	1/27/2009	Retail
Quiksilver	200	1/27/2009	Retail
Corning	4,900⁶ 3500 full time, 1400 temp	1/27/2009	Materials
Weyerhaeuser	220	1/27/2009	Materials
Baker Hughes	1,500	1/27/2009	Energy
Navistar International	700	1/27/2009	Automotive
Target	1500	1/27/2009	Retail
Volvo	650	1/27/2009	Automotive
ING Group	7,000	1/26/2009	Financial
John Deere	700	1/26/2009	Manufacturing
Sprint Nextel	8,000	1/26/2009	Telecommunications
Home Depot	7,000	1/26/2009	Retail
Caterpillar	20,000	1/26/2009	Manufacturing
Pfizer	20,000³ 5%-7% of global research unit of 10,000 people	1/26/2009	Health care
Corus Group	3,500	1/26/2009	Metals & Mining
Texas Instrument	3,400	1/26/2009	Computer Hardware
Harley-Davidson	1,100	1/23/2009	Automotive
Polaris Industries	460	1/23/2009	Automotive
American Greetings	200	1/23/2009	Consumer Products
Compass Bank	1,200	1/23/2009	Financial
Schlumberger	5,000	1/23/2009	Energy
Microsoft	5,000	1/22/2009	Computer Software
Hunstman Corporation	1,175	1/22/2009	Chemicals
Ericsson	5,000	1/21/2009	Telecommunications
BHP Billiton	6,000	1/21/2009	Metals & Mining
Clear Channel Communications	1,850	1/21/2009	Media & Entertainment
Eaton	5,200	1/21/2009	Automotive
UAL Corp	1,000	1/21/2009	Transportation
Intel	6,000⁴ 5,000-6,000	1/21/2009	Computer Hardware
GM	339⁵ 30% of hourly staff in NY plant, temporary layoff	1/21/2009	Automotive
Williams-Sonoma	1,400	1/21/2009	Retail
Rohm and Haas	900	1/20/2009	Chemicals
Warner Bros.	800	1/20/2009	Media & Entertainment
Honda	3,100	1/16/2009	Automotive
WellPoint	1,500	1/16/2009	Health care
Circuit City	30,000	1/16/2009	Retail
Hertz	4,000	1/16/2009	Transportation
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan	1,000	1/16/2009	Health care
Advanced Micro Devices	1,100	1/16/2009	Computer Hardware
ConocoPhillips	1,300	1/16/2009	Energy
Google	100	1/15/2009	Technology
Autodesk	750	1/15/2009	Technology
MeadWestvaco Corporation	2,000	1/15/2009	Materials
Saks Fifth Avenue	1,100	1/15/2009	Retail
Barclay's	2,100	1/14/2009	Financial
Cummins	800	1/14/2009	Manufacturing
Motorola	4,000	1/14/2009	Telecommunications
Barnes and Noble	100	1/14/2009	Retail
Pfizer	700	1/13/2009	Health care
ING Group	950	1/13/2009	Financial
Neiman Marcus Group	375	1/13/2009	Retail
Seagate	2,950	1/11/2009	Computer Hardware
World Wrestling Entertainment	60² 10%	1/9/2009	Media & Entertainment
Boeing	4,500	1/9/2009	Aerospace & Defense
Cessna	2,000	1/9/2009	Aerospace & Defense
Dell	1,900	1/8/2009	Computer Hardware
TDK Corp.	8,000	1/8/2009	Materials
Walgreens	1,000	1/8/2009	Retail
Haliburton	unspecified	1/8/2009	Aerospace & Defense
Schlumberger	1,000	1/8/2009	Energy
EMC Corp.	2,400	1/7/2009	Computer Hardware
Ethan Allen	350	1/7/2009	Retail
New York & Co.	350	1/7/2009	Retail
Macy's	900	1/7/2009	Retail
Logitech	500¹ 15%	1/6/2009	Computer Hardware
Alcoa	13,500	1/6/2009	Metals & Mining
Cigna	1,100	1/5/2009	Health care
Total:	526,575

¹15%
²10%
³5%-7% of global research unit of 10,000 people
⁴5,000-6,000
⁵30% of hourly staff in NY plant, temporary layoff
⁶3500 full time, 1400 temp
⁷2,000-3,000
⁸500-600
⁹Additional headcount for hourly workers
¹⁰Up to 850
¹¹700-800
¹²up to 4% of workforce
¹³200-300
¹⁴Up to 4% of total workforce
¹⁵550-750
¹⁶5% of total workforce
¹⁷7,000 - 8,000

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