Q1 2009 LAYOFF LIST
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The chart can be sorted by company name, date of announcement, number of job cuts and percent of work force eliminated.
Company name ↓ Date of announcement Number of jobs cut Percent of work force
Alcoa 01/06/2009 15,000 14.5%
AMD 01/16/2009 1,100 9%
ArcelorMittal 02/11/2009 9,000 3%
AstraZeneca 01/29/2009 7,400 11%
Autodesk 01/15/2009 750 10%
Barclays 01/14/2009 2,100 1.3%
Black & Decker 01/29/2009 1,200 5%
Boeing 01/28/2009 10,000**** 6%
Bon-Ton Stores 01/29/2009 1,150 3%
Bose 01/20/2009 1,000 10%
Caterpillar 01/26/2009 20,000 18%
Cessna 01/12/2009 2,000 N/A
Cigna 01/05/2009 1,100 4%
Circuit City 01/16/2009 34,000 100%*
Clariant 01/27/2009 1,000 5%
Clear Channel 01/20/2009 1,850 9%
ConocoPhillips 01/16/2009 1,300 4%
Cooper Industries 01/27/2009 2,200 7%
Corning 01/27/2009 3,500 13%
Corus 01/26/2009 3,500 10%
Cummins 01/13/2009 800 2%
Eastman Kodak 01/29/2009 4,500 18%
Eaton 01/20/2009 5,200 6%
Electronic Arts 02/03/2009 1,100 11%
EMC 01/07/2009 2,400 7%
Estee Lauder 02/05/2009 2,000 6%
Ford Motor Credit 01/28/2009 1,200 20%
GM 02/10/2009 10,000 14%******
Goodyear Tire 02/18/2009 5,000 7%
Harley-Davidson 01/23/2009 1,100 11%
Hertz Global Holdings 01/16/2009 4,000 13%
Hitachi 01/30/2009 7,000 2%
Home Depot 01/26/2009 7,000 2%
Huntsman 01/22/2009 1,175 9%
ING 01/26/2009 7,000 5%
Intel 01/21/2009 6,000*** 7%
Jabil Circuit 01/28/2009 3,000 4%
King Pharmaceuticals 02/03/2009 760 22%
Lenovo Group 01/08/2009 2,500 11%
Liz Claiborne 02/03/2009 725 8%
Logitech International 01/06/2009 500 5%
Macy’s 02/02/2009 7,000 4%
MeadWestvaco 01/15/2009 2,000 10%
Microsoft 01/22/2009 5,000 5%
Molex 01/26/2009 9,300 29%
Motorola 01/14/2009 4,000 6%
NEC 01/30/2009 20,000 7%
Neiman Marcus 01/13/2009 375 3%
Nissan Motor 02/09/2009 20,000 8%
Panasonic 02/04/2009 15,000 5%
Pfizer 01/26/2009 8,300 10%
Pfizer 01/16/2009 3,200** 3%
Philips Electronics 01/26/2009 6,000 5%
Pioneer 02/12/2009 10,000******* 16%*******
PNC Financial Services Group 02/03/2009 5,800 10%
Qwest Communications International 02/10/2009 1,700 11%
Rohm & Haas 01/20/2009 900 5.7%
Saks 01/15/2009 1,100 9%
SAP 01/28/2009 3,000 6%
SAS AB 02/03/2009 9,000 40%
Seagate Technology 01/12/2009 800 10%
Smithfield Foods 02/17/2009 1,800 3.4%
Sprint Nextel 01/26/2009 8,000 13%
Starbucks 01/28/2009 6,700 4%
STMicroelectronics 01/28/2009 4,500 9%
Texas Instruments 01/26/2009 3,400 12%
Time Warner Cable 02/04/2009 1,250 3%
UAL 01/21/2009 1,000 2%
UBS 02/10/2009 2,000 2.6%
Walgreen 01/08/2009 1,000 0.6%*****
Wellpoint 01/16/2009 1,500 3.6%
*Company in liquidation
**Includes announcements of 2,400 cuts on Jan. 16 and 800 layoffs on Jan. 13.
***Number of employees affected by plant closures, not all will lose jobs
****Includes Jan. 9 announcement of 4,500 layoffs from commercial-airplane staff
*****Represents 9% of eligible positions at its corporate offices and certain field-management positions
******14% of salaried work force
*******Cutting 6,000 permanent jobs, or 16% of global work force, plus 4,000 temporary job.
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