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Layoff Whispers Get Louder At Oracle
News The layoff watch at Oracle continues. According to Gilbert, who cited "industry sources," the layoff process began late last week. Despite chief executive Larry Ellison's denial on Wednesday that the company would announce additional layoffs...
[June 10, 2002, 7:32]
IT Workers Feel The Layoff Fear
News Technology workers' confidence in the job market fell in November, according to a study released on Wednesday. Staffing firm Hudson Global Resources said its monthly employment index for the information technology sector slipped to its lowest level...
[December 2, 2004, 8:20]
US Report: SyQuest Orders Mass Layoff
News Disk-drive maker SyQuest Technology will lay off 50 percent of its approximately 2,000 employees, in a restructuring that will result in the closure of its Fremont manufacturing plant in California. SyQuest also announced that revenues for the...
[August 10, 1998, 9:40]
Massive Job Cuts Expected At Intel
News Intel chief executive Paul Otellini is expected to announce a massive layoff as soon as Tuesday that could eliminate as many as 10,000 jobs. Otellini is scheduled to announce the results of the analysis, including the layoff, on Tuesday after the...
[September 1, 2006, 8:45]
Huge HP Job Cuts Feared
News Hurd didn't reveal specific layoff plans after the earnings report, but he did make clear HP's intent to cut expenses and said his company has "a cost structure that is off benchmark in many areas". HP declined to comment on Friday on possible...
[May 23, 2005, 9:05]
Mandriva Co-founder Booted From Linux Firm
News Duval confirmed on Wednesday that he was terminated as part of a layoff that in his estimation cost the jobs of 18 other employees at the French Linux seller. Duval said he planned to sue Mandriva for an "abusive layoff".
[March 16, 2006, 9:35]
SCO Slashes Its Work Force By 19 Percent
News This is clearly a SCO layoff, not a Caldera layoff," Love said. "These cuts are unrelated to the merger," said a Caldera Systems spokesman, who added, "Given where SCO was financially prior to the merger, these cuts were necessary.
[September 8, 2000, 7:37]
Has HP Underestimated Job Losses?
News Matthew Boon, principal hardware platforms analyst at Gartner Research Australia, believes that the layoff figure will be much closer to Hewlett-Packard's prediction "give or take 10 percent". If there is any disruption to customers, Enderle...
[May 14, 2002, 10:51]
Sun: Same Song, Second Verse?
News But he added that "there's no plan whatever" for a major layoff. The company will preserve its major research and development budget, and a large layoff isn't going to happen, Schwartz said on Monday.
[April 26, 2006, 11:20]
Danger: The IT Ghosts Of Workers Past Are Lingering
News Use it to disable such access for multiple users immediately following a major layoff. Give employees time: At the time of a layoff, enable workers a designated timeframe to download personal data before shutting them out of the system.
[July 22, 2002, 10:14]
2001: Protecting Intellectual Property
News In the UK things would have been slightly different concerning the HP case for example, because in a layoff situation there are obligations to consult employees and manage the process. Robertson stresses the importance of managing the layoff...
[December 30, 2001, 6:31]
Tackling Today's Five Most Dangerous IT Management Trends
News Of all the companies I have worked with so far this year, each and every one has had some sort of layoff. You may not always be successful in staving off a layoff, but these tips may help. In the case of a layoff, you'll have this journal ready to...
[August 14, 2006, 12:55]
Sun And HP Enforce Holiday To Cut Costs
News HP has announced two rounds of layoffs recently -- one 1,700-person layoff announced at the end of January and another 3,000-person layoff of managers last week. HP has asked employees to take six days off between 1 May and 31 October, spokeswoman...
[April 26, 2001, 10:27]
Bouncing Back From A Lay-off In A Tough Job Market
News After a heartbreaking layoff, it can be tough to pick yourself up and dust yourself off. McLaughlin suggested you consider your layoff as a challenge: The prospect of new environments, assignments, and new staff lie ahead.
[March 22, 2002, 17:12]
AMD Rebuffed Over Intel Probe
Talkback intel should just throw money to everybody.seems their getting sued for whiping their butts wrong.people need to layoff them, seems everybody wants in on their cash
[October 12, 2004, 8:24]
No Fun 'n' Games Here - EToys Axes Its Remaining Staff
News Struggling toy e-tailer eToys on Monday issued layoff notices to its remaining 293 employees as it anticipates going out of business in early April. With today's action, the company has now issued job elimination notices to all of its employees...
[February 6, 2001, 8:28]
Zero Notice Sackings - Techies Want Honesty
News Several respondents complained of the "sneak attack" layoff method. The very day my layoff occurred I had just asked my boss if he knew what was happening, and he assured me that everything was fine," said a network administrator.
[July 18, 2001, 18:37]
The Dangers Of Downsizing
News Alas, even companies like Acxiom have not been immune to layoff pressure. Layoff Lessons Indeed, along with thousands of other businesses facing slowing sales in this economy, Acxiom has faced drastic revenue shortfalls this year.
[September 20, 2001, 18:30]
US Report: Iomega Hits Rock Bottom
News The disk drive maker will also layoff up to 700 employees. Iomega on Thursday said it will take $5m (£3m) to $10m (£6m) in special charges in its second quarter and likely report a loss for the fiscal year.
[June 19, 1998, 9:28]
Dell Foots Big Bills In Third Quarter
News Dell, whose direct-delivery model for years helped it grow faster than the overall PC market, said on Thursday that its quarterly profit fell amid repair costs for faulty parts in business computers and expenses for layoff severance and...
[November 11, 2005, 9:15]
