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.
| Total: |
223,179 |
|
|
| Panasonic |
650 |
1/28/2009 |
Electronics |
| Avery Dennison |
3,600 |
1/27/2009 |
Chemicals |
| Best Buy |
unspecified |
1/27/2009 |
Retail |
| Quiksilver |
200 |
1/27/2009 |
Sporting goods |
| Corning |
4,900 |
1/27/2009 |
Technology |
| Weyerhaeuser |
220 |
1/27/2009 |
Paper Products |
| Baker Hughes |
1,500 |
1/27/2009 |
Oilfield services |
| Navistar International |
700 |
1/27/2009 |
Automotive |
| Target |
unspecified |
1/27/2009 |
Retail |
| Volvo |
650 |
1/27/2009 |
Automotive |
| ING Group |
7,000 |
1/26/2009 |
Financial |
| John Deere |
700 |
1/26/2009 |
Industrial Equipment |
| Sprint Nextel |
8,000 |
1/26/2009 |
Telecommunications |
| Home Depot |
7,000 |
1/26/2009 |
Retail |
| Caterpillar |
20,000 |
1/26/2009 |
Industrial equipment |
| Pfizer |
26,000 |
1/26/2009 |
Pharmaceuticals |
| Corus Group |
3,500 |
1/26/2009 |
Steel |
| Texas Instrument |
3,400 |
1/26/2009 |
Electronics |
| Harley-Davidson |
1,100 |
1/23/2009 |
Automotive |
| Polaris Industries |
460 |
1/23/2009 |
Automotive |
| American Greetings |
200 |
1/23/2009 |
Printing |
| Compass Bank |
1,200 |
1/23/2009 |
Financial |
| Schlumberger |
5,000 |
1/23/2009 |
Oilfield services |
| Microsoft |
5,000 |
1/22/2009 |
Technology |
| Hunstman Corporation |
1,175 |
1/22/2009 |
Chemicals |
| Ericsson |
5,000 |
1/21/2009 |
Telecommunications |
| BHP Billiton |
6,000 |
1/21/2009 |
Metals and Mining |
| Clear Channel Communications |
1,850 |
1/21/2009 |
Media/Entertainment |
| Eaton |
5,200 |
1/21/2009 |
Industrial Manufacturing |
| UAL Corp |
1,000 |
1/21/2009 |
Airlines |
| Intel |
6,000 |
1/21/2009 |
Electronics |
| GM |
339 |
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 |
Film |
| Honda |
3,100 |
1/16/2009 |
Automotive |
| WellPoint |
1,500 |
1/16/2009 |
Healthcare |
| Circuit City |
30,000 |
1/16/2009 |
Retail |
| Hertz |
4,000 |
1/16/2009 |
Auto services |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan |
1,000 |
1/16/2009 |
Electronics |
| Advanced Micro Devices |
1,100 |
1/16/2009 |
Electronics |
| ConocoPhillips |
1,300 |
1/16/2009 |
Oil and gas |
| Google |
100 |
1/15/2009 |
Technology |
| Autodesk |
750 |
1/15/2009 |
Technology |
| MeadWestvaco Corporation |
2,000 |
1/15/2009 |
Packaging |
| Saks Fifth Avenue |
1,100 |
1/15/2009 |
Retail |
| Barclay's |
2,100 |
1/14/2009 |
Financial |
| Cummins |
800 |
1/14/2009 |
Industrial Equipment |
| Motorola |
4,000 |
1/14/2009 |
Electronics |
| Barnes and Noble |
100 |
1/14/2009 |
Retail |
| Pfizer |
700 |
1/13/2009 |
Pharmaceuticals |
| ING Group |
950 |
1/13/2009 |
Financial |
| Neiman Marcus Group |
375 |
1/13/2009 |
Retail |
| World Wrestling Entertainment |
60 |
1/9/2009 |
Entertainment |
| Boeing |
4,500 |
1/9/2009 |
Aerospace and Defense |
| Cessna |
2,000 |
1/9/2009 |
Aerospace |
| Dell |
1,900 |
1/8/2009 |
Electronics |
| TDK Corp. |
8,000 |
1/8/2009 |
Electronics |
| Walgreens |
1,000 |
1/8/2009 |
Retail |
| Haliburton |
unspecified |
1/8/2009 |
Aerospace and Defense |
| Schlumberger |
1,000 |
1/8/2009 |
Oilfield services |
| EMC Corp. |
2,400 |
1/7/2009 |
Technology |
| Ethan Allen |
350 |
1/7/2009 |
Retail |
| New York & Co. |
350 |
1/7/2009 |
Retail |
| Macy's |
900 |
1/7/2009 |
Retail |
| Logitech |
500 |
1/6/2009 |
Technology |
| Alcoa |
13,500 |
1/6/2009 |
Metals |
| Cigna |
1,100 |
1/5/2009 |
Healthcare |
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