IT Layoff List

Company ▼	Number ▼	Computerworld coverage ▼	Date announced ▼	Details ▼	Category ▼
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Novell	100	Novell confirms layoffs	31-Jan-2009	Novell spokesman Ian Bruce said the company laid off less than 100 out of 4,200 employees worldwide. The number of layoffs cited by Bruce is far smaller than the numbers bouncing around the Web.	Networking
NEC	20000	NEC to lay off 20,000, close plants as losses widen	30-Jan-2009	NEC, one of Japan's biggest electrical and electronics companies, will lay off 9,500 staff in Japan, look to early retirement for a further 450 domestic staff and cut 9,000 workers overseas. The company didn't give details of where the layoffs will hit and which divisions will be closed but said it will pursue "substantial reform" at its chip-making subsidiary, NEC Electronics.	Hardware
AOL	700	AOL to lay off 10% of staff	28-Jan-2009	Time Warner's underperforming AOL Internet unit will lay off 700 employees, about 10% of its staff, in response to the global economic downturn. Those employees who avoid the ax still face bad news: They will not get a merit pay increase this year,	Web
SAP	3000	SAP to cut staff as full-year net income dips 2%	28-Jan-2009	SAP plans to reduce its global workforce to 48,500 from 51,500 by the end of this year, resulting in annual savings of €300 million to €350 million.	Software
IBM	4200	Union: IBM layoffs now 4,200 -- may go higher	27-Jan-2009	IBM's not-so-secret layoffs may have reached 4,200, according to Alliance@IBM, which believes that thousands of other employees will be losing their jobs as well before the cuts end.	General (multiple categories)
Sprint	8000	Sprint to lay off 8,000 by April	26-Jan-2009	Sprint's cuts will affect people at "all levels" of the company and reduce labor costs by $1.2B. The company employs 56,000.	Mobile/Telecom
Microsoft	5000	Microsoft to cut 5,000 jobs as profits fall	22-Jan-2009	Microsoft said it plans to cut jobs in research and development, marketing, sales, finance, legal, human resources and IT over the next 18 months.	Software
Ericsson	5000	Ericsson profit declines, plans to cut 5,000 jobs	21-Jan-2009	Following declining profits for its fourth quarter, Ericsson will lay off 5,000 employees, including about 1,000 in the Stockholm area.	Mobile/Telecom
Intel	5000	Intel to shut four plants, lay off up to 6,000	21-Jan-2009	Intel's changes will affect between 5,000 and 6,000 employees worldwide. Not all those will lose their jobs, as Intel plans to offer some positions at other facilities.	Hardware
AMD	1100	AMD to cut 1,100 jobs and slash salaries across company	19-Jan-2009	AMD will lay off 900 at all levels of its product business, and cut another 200 positions through attrition and by divesting its handheld business. The cuts affect 9% of AMD's work force of 12,000, and come on top of hundreds of job cuts the company announced last year.	Hardware
Google	100	Google will lay off 100 recruiters, shift to fewer sites	15-Jan-2009	Google is also closing three engineering offices but seeks to relocate those workers. The company is still hiring, but at a reduced rate.	Web
Motorola	4000	Motorola announces 4,000 more layoffs	14-Jan-2009	Motorola plans to lay off another 4,000 employees, mostly from its Mobile Device business, in addition to 3,000 layoffs announced during last year's final quarter. About 3,000 of the jobs will be cut from the handset business, with the other 1,000 coming from corporate functions and other business units.	Mobile/Telecom
SAP	100	See story	14-Jan-2009	SAP is cutting about 100 jobs in the U.S. and Canada, related to its "continuing integration [of] Business Objects."	Software
Lenovo	2500	Lenovo to lay off 2,500 staff, cut management pay	09-Jan-2009	The layoffs, described as part of a "resource redeployment plan," represent 11% of Lenovo's global workforce. Lenovo will also cut the pay of managers by 30% to 50%, including bonuses	Hardware
Oracle	500	Oracle layoffs not just ex-BEA workers, indicate slowdown	08-Jan-2009	The Wall Street Journal reported that Oracle laid off 500 employees in its North American sales and consulting divisions.	Software
EMC	2400	EMC to lay off 2,400	07-Jan-2009	The restructuring is aimed at streamlining costs in EMC's information infrastructure business and will not affect VMware. The 2,400 people represent about 7% of the information infrastructure business.	General (multiple categories)
Borland	130		06-Jan-2009	Borland will reduce its workforce by approximately 130 employees, or roughly 15% of its regular full-time staff.	Software
Sun Microsystems	5000	Sun reorganizes, cuts up to 18% of workforce	14-Nov-2008	Sun Microsystems is laying off 15% to 18% of its employees as part of a restructuring plan aimed at saving $700 million to $800 million a year. The cuts will affect between 5,000 and 6,000 employees.	General (multiple categories)
Nortel	1300	Nortel reports $3.4B loss, plans layoffs and internal overhaul	10-Nov-2008	The company also said it will eliminate its centralized development, sales, marketing and support organizations.	Networking
Motorola	3000	Motorola to lay off 3,000 as part of $800M in cuts for '09	31-Oct-2008	Company officials confirmed that $800 million in cuts planned for 2009 will require laying off about 3,000 workers, with a little more than two-thirds of those job cuts coming from the handset division.	Mobile/Telecom
Symantec		Seeing tough times ahead, Symantec plans layoffs	29-Oct-2008	Symantec isn't saying exactly how many jobs it will cut, but CFO James Beer said that the company is looking to trim about 4.5% of the cost of its workforce. Symantec employs 17,800 people.	Software
Yahoo	1500	Yahoo to cut staff by at least 10%; Q3 earnings disappoint	21-Oct-2008	This Q4 announcement was Yahoo's second wave of layoffs in 2008; Yahoo let go 1,000 employees in February '08. Yahoo ended its third quarter with 15,200 employees.	Web
EBay	1000	EBay buys payment firm for almost $1B, plans 1,000 layoffs	06-Oct-2008	Alongside its acquisitions, eBay said it will lay off 1,000 staffers and several hundred temporary workers.	Web
Hewlett-Packard	24600	HP announces 24,600 layoffs in wake of EDS acquisition	15-Sep-2008	The cuts are part of a restructuring in the wake of its acquisition of EDS. The workforce reduction will be spread over three years and affect about 7.5% of the combined companies' workforce.	General (multiple categories)