With the overall economy slumping, the tech industry is taking its fair share of hits. We'll keep updating the chart below as news of company changes comes in. See our complete coverage of how the tech sector is faring here: Tracking the tech downturn.
| Company |
Date |
How many |
Further reading |
| 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% 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% |
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% |
Reuters: Western Digital warns on revenue, will cut jobs |
| Midway Games |
12/16/2008 |
180; 25% |
Reuters: Midway Games to cut jobs, take charge |
| Laird |
12/16/2008 |
5,000; nearly 50% |
Reuters: Laird announces 5,000 job losses as sales slump |
| WebMD |
12/16/2008 |
4% to 5% |
PaidContent: WebMD to cut up to 5% of staff |
| Gaia Interactive |
12/15/2008 |
13% |
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% |
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% |
Denver Business Journal: Level 3 cutting 450 jobs |
| BMC Software |
12/05/2008 |
350; 6% |
AP: BMC Software to cut 350 jobs, 6% of workforce |
| RealNetworks |
12/04/2008 |
130; 7% |
Sources: Layoffs hit RealNetworks |
| Viacom |
12/04/2008 |
850; 7% |
Viacom lays off 7 percent of workforce |
| AT&T |
12/04/2008 |
12,000; 4% |
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% |
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
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| 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% |
680 News: Intrinsyc cuts global workforce 30 percent |
| Fring |
11/27/2008 |
10; 20% |
Fring cuts staff by 20 percent |
| Technorati |
11/25/2008 |
6; 12% |
Technorati trims workforce, cuts pay |
| TiVo |
11/25/2008 |
7% |
TiVo profits from EchoStar litigation |
| Palm |
11/21/2008 |
up to 10% of 1,050 |
Palm orders layoffs as Apple and RIM take toll |
| Buzznet |
11/21/2008 |
10; 11% |
Valleywag: Music community Buzznet lays off 10 |
| LodgeNet |
11/21/2008 |
170 |
Argus Leader: LodgeNet cutting jobs |
| Lam Research |
11/20/2008 |
600; 15% |
Reuters: Chipmaker Lam Research cuts 600 jobs |
| Akamai |
11/20/2008 |
7% |
Akamai to cut 7 percent of workforce |
| Lawson Software |
11/19/2008 |
200; 5% |
AP: Lawson Software shares tumble after job cuts |
| Pillar Data Systems |
11/18/2008 |
150; 30% |
SJ Mercury News: Pillar Data Systems lays off 30% of staff |
| KLA-Tencor |
11/18/2008 |
900; 15% |
SF Business Times: KLA-Tencor to cut 15% of people |
| Sun Microsystems |
11/14/2008 |
6,000; 15% to 18% |
Sun restructures, lays off up to 6,000 |
| Rearden Commerce |
11/14/2008 |
10% |
Valleywag: Rearden Commerce cuts 50 people |
| Applied Materials |
11/12/2008 |
1,800; 12% |
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% |
Layoffs hit Al Gore's Current Media |
| Six Apart |
11/11/2008 |
8% |
Six Apart: Changes at Six Apart |
| Tucows |
11/11/2008 |
15% |
Restructuring at Tucows |
| Circuit City |
11/10/2008 |
20% |
Circuit City files for bankruptcy |
| BitTorrent |
11/10/2008 |
50% |
After a tough year, BitTorrent replaces CEO again |
| Insight |
11/10/2008 |
240; 4% |
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% |
Letter to Zappos employees |
| Veoh |
11/05/2008 |
20; 20% |
Veoh lays off 20 percent of workforce |
| LinkedIn |
11/05/2008 |
36; 10% |
LinkedIn slashes 10 percent of its workforce |
| Cadence |
11/05/2008 |
625; 12% |
Cadence Design cuts 625 jobs |
| Anadigics |
11/05/2008 |
100; 15% |
Anadigics cuts 15 percent of workforce |
| AMD |
11/05/2008 |
500; 3% |
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% |
TechCrunch: 115 people lose their jobs at Spot Runner |
| Nortel Networks |
11/03/2008 |
1,300; 5% |
Nortel earnings tank |
| YouSendIt |
10/31/2008 |
20% |
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% |
Freescale dragged to loss; will lay off 10% |
| Symantec |
10/29/2008 |
4.5% 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% 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% |
TechCrunch: 115 people lose their jobs at Spot Ru |
| Circuit City |
11/03/2008 |
17% |
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% of 80 |
Imeem jumping on the layoff bandwagon |
| Mahalo |
10/22/2008 |
10% |
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% |
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% |
Reuters: Manhattan Associates hit by slump |
| Softchoice |
10/20/2008 |
6.5% 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% |
Zivity lays off a third of staff |
| Zillow |
10/17/2008 |
25% |
Zillow lays off 25 percent of staff |
| SearchMe |
10/17/2008 |
20% |
Search engine startup SearchMe cuts 20 perce |
| Heavy |
10/17/2008 |
14% |
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% to 15% |
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% |
'Layoffs are not a statement about performance' |
| Actel |
10/16/2008 |
10% |
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% |
Jive Software lays off 1/3 of staff |
| Redfin |
10/14/2008 |
20% |
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% |
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% |
Gawker Media to lay off 14 percent of editorial |
| Entellium |
10/03/2008 |
95% |
Workers get ax at software maker Entellium |
Rafe Needleman writes about start-ups, new technologies, and Web 2.0 products, as editor of CNET's Webware. E-mail Rafe.
PC support and repair are low end jobs and the pay matches that.
Not cool. At all. People get hurt by this stuff and there's a lot of resentment against the executives who make it possible and the pundits who make light of it - I'd suggest you back off a bit. Body counts are never in good taste.
well done cnet!
No need for a detailed spreadsheet, just do an article on the company's press release.
This not only hurts those affected but demoralizes those involved in the sector.
Kind of reminds me of when the soldiers were looking through the dog tags of the dead in "Saving Private Ryan" and it started to become a game.
This is not a game. These are REAL people with REAL families.
In Liberty
Retard, Obama's tax policies referred to PERSONAL income tax, not corporate taxes. All of the tech companies discussed on this page are publicly traded, and even those that aren't are almost certainly incorporated as C or S corps. None of them would be affected by an increase in the marginal tax rate for individuals.
As for your comment on the "130K of personal income that is the estimated threshold for his tax increase on individuals," where did you get that? He said it would not apply to anyone making less than $250K.
Typical Contard just makes stuff up and raves about things he doesn't even understand.
Obama intends to reverse the Bush tax cuts for the top %5, while cut taxes for everyone else. The plan is a net tax cut. On the whole, the government gets less tax revenue as a percentage of the nation's total income than it would without Obama's plan.
I'm guessing the 130K number is for single individuals rather than jointly-filing households (250K). If this is the case (and 130K actually is the correct number for this), then I should not care that 130K is half of 250K because the person earning 130K is supporting half as many people or fewer as the family earning 250K.
This might be moot for the first half of Obama's presidency anyway - with the downturn, he seems to be leaning towards letting the tax cuts expire rather than repealing them early as promised.
Unlikely, but then you never know what will come out of someone's garage...
My governor Granholm a dem has run over 400k jobs out of the state and here is what she had to say at the beginning of it.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5PdHC9kAJK4
Good Luck
We have a counterpart to this spreadsheet: Who's hiring. Hopefully it is as useful, or more, than this one. Check it out: http://t.cnet.com/t
Games are not depression proof.
But if you're making games like World of Warcraft, different story.
One thing we all forget - it is the demise of the exotic financial instruments called CDRs created by Financial wizards who are ignorant of ground realities, that caused the downfall of World Financial markets.
These Financial entities who controlled the rest of the World are being reined in by their respective Governments.
World has woken up and seeing the reality now.
The wound of economic turmoil may hurt for some time, but will heal, and rebound.
http://news.cnet.com/8301-17939_109-10073394-2.html
Jennifer Guevin
Assistant managing editor
CNET News
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by deanb1234
December 4, 2008 3:02 PM PST
- You are all wrong. The economy is not screwed it is fu@ked well and truly. In the name of our great saviour lord jesus christ. He is the only person that can save us now. Lets all join hands and pray for forgiveness
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by d0k0night
December 5, 2008 1:38 PM PST
- Yet God helps those, who help themselves right? Praying alone ain't gonna solve anything. Look at the "hiring" side of this article. Check out what's in high demand(java developers, .NET developers, etc). If that's not you - might be something to think about while you're sitting at home collecting EI.
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