100 Best Companies to Work For 2009

100 Best Companies to Work For 2009: Full list – from FORTUNE:

Rank	Company	Job growth	U.S. employees
1	NetApp	12%	5,014
2	Edward Jones	9%	34,496
3	Boston Consulting Group	10%	1,680
4	Google	40%	12,580
5	Wegmans Food Markets	6%	37,195
6	Cisco Systems	7%	37,123
7	Genentech	5%	10,969
8	Methodist Hospital System	1%	10,535
9	Goldman Sachs	2%	14,088
10	Nugget Market	22%	1,536
11	Adobe Systems	9%	4,255
12	Recreational Equipment (REI)	11%	9,780
13	Devon Energy	11%	3,752
14	Robert W. Baird	4%	2,184
15	W. L. Gore & Associates	5%	5,481
16	Qualcomm	19%	11,932
17	Principal Financial Group	-1%	13,343
18	Shared Technologies	12%	1,568
19	OhioHealth	7%	11,858
20	SAS	5%	5,381
21	Arnold & Porter	3%	1,296
22	Whole Foods Market	22%	51,967
23	Zappos.com	39%	1,655
24	Starbucks	-6%	146,700
25	Johnson Financial Group	4%	1,300
26	Aflac	1%	4,493
27	QuikTrip	33%	10,159
28	PCL Construction Enterprises	24%	4,420
29	Quicken Loans	-41%	2,890
30	Bingham McCutchen	-2%	1,605
31	CarMax	14%	16,107
32	Container Store	4%	3,286
33	JM Family Enterprises	-1%	4,577
34	Umpqua Bank	-4%	1,707
35	Kimley-Horn & Associates	-8%	2,190
36	Alston & Bird	7%	1,718
37	TDIndustries	7%	1,713
38	Microsoft	15%	55,237
39	Paychex	5%	12,207
40	EOG Resources	30%	1,803
41	Camden Property Trust	-1%	1,849
42	Plante & Moran	4%	1,558
43	Rackspace Hosting	59%	1,992
44	NuStar Energy	23%	1,319
45	King’s Daughters Medical Cntr.	4%	3,041
46	American Fidelity Assurance	10%	1,509
47	DreamWorks Animation SKG	18%	1,614
48	Mattel	N.A.%	5,552
49	Intuit	0%	7,637
50	Burns & McDonnell	16%	2,840
51	Ernst & Young	0%	26,090
52	Booz Allen Hamilton	9%	19,243
53	Stew Leonard’s	-2%	2,219
54	Erickson Retirement Communities	18%	10,871
55	Salesforce.com	24%	1,958
56	KPMG	7%	24,442
57	Novo Nordisk	11%	3,053
58	PricewaterhouseCoopers	-2%	29,144
59	Scripps Health	6%	10,374
60	Scottrade	25%	1,946
61	Deloitte	7%	38,903
62	Griffin Hospital	-2%	1,143
63	Mayo Clinic	3%	41,955
64	Milliken	-6%	8,150
65	Texas Instruments	-4%	14,379
66	MITRE	6%	6,420
67	Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta	8%	5,850
68	Southern Ohio Medical Center	4%	2,188
69	National Instruments	8%	2,527
70	Stanley	65%	4,590
71	Men’s Wearhouse	-1%	16,477
72	Nordstrom	-8%	49,236
73	Chesapeake Energy	23%	6,850
74	Alcon Laboratories	5%	7,160
75	Atlantic Health	2%	6,968
76	Lehigh Valley Hospital & Health Network	6%	8,897
77	Northwest Community Hospital	-3%	3,372
78	Marriott International	2%	124,247
79	Baptist Health South Florida	9%	10,641
80	Bright Horizons	-1%	14,437
81	S.C. Johnson & Son	-1%	3,368
82	Perkins Coie	3%	1,696
83	eBay	9%	9,089
84	Juniper Networks	15%	3,743
85	Arkansas Children’s Hospital	6%	3,527
86	CH2M HILL	14%	19,011
87	Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe	8%	1,609
88	Publix Super Markets	3%	141,314
89	Herman Miller	-7%	5,646
90	FedEx	-1%	233,457
91	Gilbane	12%	2,169
92	Four Seasons Hotels	4%	13,401
93	Va lero Energy	-4%	16,881
94	Build-A-Bear Workshop	2%	4,886
95	Kimpton Hotels & Restaurants	4%	6,298
96	T-Mobile	12%	39,822
97	Accenture	7%	32,318
98	Vanderbilt University	5%	21,041
99	General Mills	-1%	17,018
100	SRA International	21%	6,266

20 Of The Best Cities In The World For Telecommuting

With mobile broadband and Wi-Fi hot spots becoming increasingly ubiquitous, it is possible for people to work from home in almost every city in the world. So why is it that solo entrepreneurs and telecommuting employees often opt to live in some of the most expensive cities in the nation? Perhaps it is because inexpensive mortgages are not the only thing drawing mobile employees to live in specific areas.

Cost of living is just one factor in the big picture of how people choose where to live. Other factors include job opportunities, entertainment options, access to cultural activities and the quality of life in the city. Work-at-home techies may be drawn to cities where rents are cheap but they may also weigh their decision against the availability of tech expos in the city, the number of Internet cafes in the area and the general community support for telecommuting individuals.

With those factors in mind, the mobile employee may want to look at the following cities which are ranked as the best cities in which to be an at-home, tech-using employee. Some are better for the freelancer, others for the telecommuter and still others for the solo entrepreneur who runs a virtual start-up. All of them are good spots for the person who wants his work environment to be limited only by his wireless connection and not by the flimsy walls of a cubicle.

San Francisco, California

It’s one of the most expensive cities in the nation but that doesn’t deter people from wanting to live here and work from home. It’s an all-around terrific city for people at any level of telecommuting.

Individuals running their own virtual start-ups will find it easy to get connected and maintain that low overhead. People who want to work for established businesses but telecommute from home need look no further than big businesses like Second Life or temp services that place people in virtual assistant jobs. The attitude here is completely open to people who work from home, the public transit is developing to allow wireless connections during commutes and the city is home to numerous expos including Web 2.0 and MacWorld Expo. The only drawback is the price that you’ll pay to live here but many say it’s worth it.

Austin, Texas

People who are seeking to live in a techie hot spot that isn’t too expensive will find that the developing tech industry in Austin, Texas is a great place to find a job. A large number of tech start-ups have been successful in this area. It’s also a leading area for business in general so it’s a particularly good place for the work-at-home techie entrepreneur who wants to run a business without setting up a physical office space.

Raleigh-Durham, North Carolina

This part of the United States has grown considerably in the areas of information technology and software development. The at-home employee who wants to work as a freelancer in software development will find that this is a good place to make some connections while still working from home. The climate is moderate, home prices are fair and the low crime rate makes it a place that’s safe for families.

Vancouver, Canada

If you want to make a move to Canada, you might want to think about heading to the West Coast city of Vancouver. One of the largest cities in the state, it also happens to be one of the most progressive. It’s involved in eco-friendly efforts to ‘green‘ its urban area and it’s highly supportive of telecommuting as part of that effort. It’s also just a beautiful city with a lot of opportunities to enjoy yourself when you’re not hard at work.

Seattle, Washington

This Northwestern United States city is a terrific happy medium for the work-at-home employee who can’t move all the way north to Vancouver and doesn’t want to head south towards San Francisco. It’s an expensive city but not as pricey as California cities and it offers all of the tech opportunities that you need to really enjoy life as a tech fiend. It’s also one of the healthiest cities in the United States.

Copenhagen, Denmark

This was recently named one of the happiest cities in the entire world. For the work-at-home employee who seeks to be happy, that’s a big benefit. It isn’t easy for residents of other countries to find work-at-home jobs here but the individual who has an online job elsewhere can complete that job from Copenhagen and enjoy a great daily life. It’s also one of the cheapest international cities to live in so you won’t even pay much to be happy here.

Phoenix, Arizona

This city has been growing in popularity over the past several years. A lot of money has been invested to grow business in this area and it’s the home of a number of huge tech conferences each year. It’s also got a great leisure side with a strong resort and golf community so you can earn good money while working and then go play hard after you’re done at work. The best work-at-home situation here is to find a business which needs tech help that you can do from your home office.

Seoul, South Korea

If you’re looking to really go international with a work-at-home job move then you might want to look at Seoul. This city has the best >broadband penetration in the world. There are also numerous companies here that you can try to get a job with, primarily in the wireless industry. There are also tons of Internet cafes so you can easily get to know other people in the community after you make your move.

Syracuse, New York

People who want to live in an inexpensive place and yet be close to a major city will find that upstate New York offers the right balance of opportunities. In Syracuse, you can easily purchase a single-family home for under $100,000. Despite this, you’ll be just hours from all of the employment and entertainment opportunities of New York City. It’s a win-win situation.

Anchorage, Alaska

If you really want to get away from the world and enjoy a terrific home in a beautiful part of the world then Anchorage is a great spot. It’s an urban city that will have what you need in terms of a tech connection. However, it’s a remote area compared to the rest of the world and will give you lots of peace and quiet. You can live cheaply here so you don’t even have to work full-time. The computer can rest while you go adventuring in the snow.

Atlanta, Georgia

This city is considered the most wired city in the United States. That makes it a great place for the individual who needs to be wired all day in order to work. It’s also a great city because it’s fairly inexpensive to live there but it offers a lot of jobs in the tech industry. What that means is that you can earn a good income here and yet not pay a lot in terms of cost of living.

Taipei, Taiwan

This city was one of the first to start dealing with its traffic congestion by encouraging employees to telecommute. With a goal of becoming the world’s first cyber-city, Taipei has gone a long way towards making it really easy to get a wireless connection here. You’ll be able to enjoy a great global experience and keep your online job.

Cordoba, Argentina

If you’re looking to make a move to South America then this is the city that you’ll want to keep your eye on. It’s a terrific city that seamlessly blends a culturally rich history with a modern technological approach to industry. It’s the center of the country’s technology and home to extensive research in both satellite technology and various sciences. It’s a safe city and one where it’s fairly easy to stay wired so you can work.

Barcelona, Spain

If you happen to be a single person who is in need of both a partner and a work-at-home job, your best international bet is to head to Barcelona. Once named one of the best cities for singles, it’s a place that offers a lot of romance. Even if you don’t end up finding a significant other, all of that romance is sure to inspire your creative side. At least that’ll be good for your online work!

Bangalore, India

It’s a beautiful city that is very inexpensive and yet it’s easy to find a wireless connection. Whether you want to work from your mobile phone or lug a laptop to an Internet cafe, this city is going to be a place that will keep you busy.

Santa Fe, New Mexico

One of the areas of the tech industry that is going to grow considerably in the upcoming years is green technology. Santa Fe is a city that’s already looking towards making developments in this area which is going to make it a great place for green telecommuting techies before too much more time passes. It’s a fairly inexpensive place to buy a home so you might want to invest in a move now.

Mexico City, Mexico

As the most populated city in the entire world, Mexico City is definitely a big urban place. That means there are a lot of opportunities to meet people and have a good time here. It’s also an up-and-coming city in terms of wireless technology which means you can do some great business here. If Mexico is a place that appeals to you, this is the best city to choose.

Salt Lake City, Utah

This United States city was voted one of the best places to find a job last year and it remains number one on the list again this year. Because the jobs here are primarily in the tech industry, it shouldn’t be too difficult to find an employer who would be more than happy to let you work from home at least part time.

Colorado Springs, Colorado

One of the biggest problems plaguing work-at-home employees is that they get lazy. Because of that, it’s a good idea to move to a city that cares about fitness. Colorado City is ranked highest in the United States for fit cities. This can be a great benefit to the at-home employee who needs an extra push to maintain a healthy lifestyle.

Stockholm, Sweden

This is the home of the headquarters of The Pirate Bay the world’s largest BitTorrent tracker. For those who don’t know, that means that there’s been a big push here to fight lawsuits against illegal filesharing. With that kind of precedent, it’s a great place for the techie who is interested in open source development of products and web services.

100 Biggest Companies of the World – Rankings and Statistics

Rank	Company	Country	Industry	Sales ($bil)	Profits ($bil)	Assets ($bil)	Market Value ($bil)
1	HSBC Holdings	United Kingdom	Banking	146.50	19.13	2,348.98	180.81
2	General Electric	United States	Conglomerates	172.74	22.21	795.34	330.93
3	Bank of America	United States	Banking	119.19	14.98	1,715.75	176.53
4	JPMorgan Chase	United States	Banking	116.35	15.37	1,562.15	136.88
5	ExxonMobil	United States	Oil & Gas Operations	358.60	40.61	242.08	465.51
6	Royal Dutch Shell	Netherlands	Oil & Gas Operations	355.78	31.33	266.22	221.09
7	BP	United Kingdom	Oil & Gas Operations	281.03	20.60	236.08	204.94
8	Toyota Motor	Japan	Consumer Durables	203.80	13.99	276.38	175.08
9	ING Group	Netherlands	Insurance	197.93	12.65	1,932.15	75.78
10	Berkshire Hathaway	United States	Diversified Financials	118.25	13.21	273.16	216.65
10	Royal Bank of Scotland	United Kingdom	Banking	108.45	14.62	3,807.51	76.64
12	AT&T	United States	Telecommunications Services	118.93	11.95	275.64	210.22
13	BNP Paribas	France	Banking	116.16	10.71	2,494.41	81.90
14	Allianz	Germany	Insurance	139.12	10.90	1,547.48	80.30
15	Total	France	Oil & Gas Operations	199.74	19.24	165.75	181.80
16	Wal-Mart Stores	United States	Retailing	378.80	12.73	163.38	198.60
17	Chevron	United States	Oil & Gas Operations	203.97	18.69	148.79	179.97
18	American Intl Group	United States	Insurance	110.06	6.20	1,060.51	118.20
19	Gazprom	Russia	Oil & Gas Operations	81.76	23.30	201.72	306.79
20	AXA Group	France	Insurance	151.70	7.75	1,064.67	70.33
21	Banco Santander	Spain	Banking	72.26	10.02	1,332.72	113.27
22	ConocoPhillips	United States	Oil & Gas Operations	171.50	11.89	177.76	129.15
23	Goldman Sachs Group	United States	Diversified Financials	87.97	11.60	1,119.80	67.16
24	Citigroup	United States	Banking	159.23	3.62	2,187.63	123.44
25	Barclays	United Kingdom	Banking	79.70	8.76	2,432.34	62.43
26	EDF Group	France	Utilities	81.60	7.69	271.66	170.81
27	E.ON	Germany	Utilities	94.04	9.86	200.84	126.22
28	ENI	Italy	Oil & Gas Operations	119.27	13.70	128.15	127.38
29	Petrobras-Petróleo Brasil	Brazil	Oil & Gas Operations	87.52	11.04	129.98	236.67
30	PetroChina	China	Oil & Gas Operations	88.24	18.21	111.70	546.14
31	Procter & Gamble	United States	Household & Personal Products	79.74	11.13	144.40	203.67
32	Deutsche Bank	Germany	Diversified Financials	95.50	7.45	1,485.58	56.27
33	UniCredit Group	Italy	Banking	63.67	7.19	1,077.21	77.46
34	Telefónica	Spain	Telecommunications Services	82.40	13.00	143.13	138.42
35	Mitsubishi UFJ Financial	Japan	Banking	49.49	7.50	1,591.56	98.14
36	Volkswagen Group	Germany	Consumer Durables	149.00	5.64	210.88	90.23
37	IBM	United States	Software & Services	98.79	10.42	120.43	157.62
38	ArcelorMittal	Luxembourg	Materials	105.22	10.37	133.65	108.82
38	Daimler	Germany	Consumer Durables	145.11	5.82	199.77	85.16
40	BBVA-Banco Bilbao Vizcaya	Spain	Banking	54.34	8.94	733.14	78.29
41	Wells Fargo	United States	Banking	53.59	8.06	575.44	96.37
42	ICBC	China	Banking	37.48	6.31	961.65	289.57
43	Credit Suisse Group	Switzerland	Diversified Financials	83.72	7.53	1,194.75	50.85
44	HBOS	United Kingdom	Banking	100.32	8.10	1,336.17	44.84
45	Crédit Agricole	France	Banking	101.59	6.49	1,662.60	45.73
45	Nestlé	Switzerland	Food Drink & Tobacco	94.76	9.38	99.06	188.11
47	Fortis	Netherlands	Diversified Financials	121.19	5.46	1,020.98	49.04
48	Verizon Communications	United States	Telecommunications Services	93.47	5.65	186.96	104.27
49	France Telecom	France	Telecommunications Services	77.31	9.20	137.09	87.89
50	Siemens	Germany	Conglomerates	103.20	5.42	126.72	118.47
50	Wachovia	United States	Banking	55.53	6.31	782.90	60.69
52	Sinopec-China Petroleum	China	Oil & Gas Operations	133.79	6.90	77.44	186.38
53	Hewlett-Packard	United States	Technology Hardware & Equip	107.67	7.85	88.57	122.04
54	Lloyds TSB Group	United Kingdom	Banking	58.74	6.53	701.08	50.95
55	Royal Bank of Canada	Canada	Banking	43.57	5.77	629.96	64.41
56	Bank of China	China	Banking	31.13	5.49	679.57	171.45
57	Pfizer	United States	Drugs & Biotechnology	48.42	8.14	115.27	152.17
58	Johnson & Johnson	United States	Drugs & Biotechnology	61.10	10.58	80.95	175.51
59	Samsung Electronics	South Korea	Semiconductors	92.26	8.56	87.49	87.84
60	StatoilHydro	Norway	Oil & Gas Operations	89.00	7.52	89.16	98.36
61	Generali Group	Italy	Insurance	102.16	3.17	486.43	60.79
62	CCB-China Construction Bank	China	Banking	29.16	5.93	697.44	126.55
63	Microsoft	United States	Software & Services	57.90	16.96	67.34	253.15
64	Suez Group	France	Utilities	64.96	5.37	114.89	83.56
65	Zurich Financial Services	Switzerland	Insurance	55.05	5.63	387.67	45.76
66	Nippon Telegraph & Tel	Japan	Telecommunications Services	91.57	4.06	149.71	60.27
67	Sanofi-aventis	France	Drugs & Biotechnology	40.95	7.68	104.98	101.17
68	Honda Motor	Japan	Consumer Durables	94.35	5.04	101.82	56.82
69	Nokia	Finland	Technology Hardware & Equip	74.54	10.52	52.62	145.66
70	Munich Re	Germany	Insurance	67.57	5.63	306.03	37.34
71	Mizuho Financial	Japan	Banking	32.52	5.28	1,272.17	48.80
72	Novartis	Switzerland	Drugs & Biotechnology	40.22	12.62	71.89	111.62
73	MetLife	United States	Insurance	53.01	4.32	558.56	41.32
74	Roche Holding	Switzerland	Drugs & Biotechnology	40.65	8.60	67.72	169.32
75	Morgan Stanley	United States	Diversified Financials	85.33	2.56	1,045.41	46.53
76	Vale	Brazil	Materials	33.23	10.26	74.70	161.39
77	Rio Tinto	United Kingdom/Australia	Materials	29.70	7.31	100.81	165.48
78	China Mobile	Hong Kong/China	Telecommunications Services	37.06	8.29	62.44	308.59
79	GlaxoSmithKline	United Kingdom	Drugs & Biotechnology	45.07	10.35	57.16	120.05
80	BASF	Germany	Chemicals	84.60	5.93	67.33	60.96
81	RWE Group	Germany	Utilities	56.17	3.64	119.50	68.19
82	Sumitomo Mitsui Financial	Japan	Banking	33.04	3.76	850.75	56.10
83	BHP Billiton	Australia/United Kingdom	Materials	39.50	13.42	53.36	190.62
84	Time Warner	United States	Media	46.48	4.39	133.83	55.83
8 5	Banco Bradesco	Brazil	Banking	36.12	4.11	192.65	59.80
85	KBC Group	Belgium	Banking	35.22	4.66	517.98	43.66
87	Dexia	Belgium	Banking	140.78	3.47	889.98	28.04
88	Altria Group	United States	Food Drink & Tobacco	38.05	9.16	57.21	154.20
89	National Australia Bank	Australia	Banking	38.88	4.06	499.44	43.95
90	Cisco Systems	United States	Technology Hardware & Equip	37.68	8.07	55.30	145.39
91	Manulife Financial	Canada	Insurance	33.08	4.01	178.58	59.18
92	Bank of Nova Scotia	Canada	Banking	28.02	4.25	431.30	48.08
93	Intel	United States	Semiconductors	38.33	6.98	55.65	115.59
94	Unilever	Netherlands/United Kingdom	Food Drink & Tobacco	54.82	5.30	53.40	92.75
95	Toronto-Dominion Bank	Canada	Banking	26.51	4.20	443.56	48.38
96	Nissan Motor	Japan	Consumer Durables	89.09	3.92	104.20	37.90
97	Lehman Bros Holdings	United States	Diversified Financials	59.00	4.19	691.06	27.05
98	Carrefour Group	France	Food Markets	112.40	3.15	75.73	49.95
99	Commonwealth Bank	Australia	Banking	26.48	3.80	360.42	51.86
100	Boeing	United States	Aerospace & Defense	66.39	4.07	58.99	63.32

Layoff Tracker – Since November 08 – Till Date – Total 350,725 Layoffs

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Date	Company	Total Laid Off	Industry
MM/DD/YYYY	COMPANY NAME	####	INDUSTRY
1/28/2009	Starbucks	6,700	Restaurants
1/28/2009	Boeing	10,000	Aerospace
1/28/2009	Time Warner	1,500	Media
1/27/2009	Target	1,000	Retailing
1/27/2009	Masco	600	Construction
1/26/2009	IBM	2,800	Software
1/26/2009	Texas Instruments	3,400	Semiconductors
1/26/2009	Lincoln National	540	Insurance
1/26/2009	Caterpillar	20,814	Capital Goods
1/26/2009	General Motors	9,758	Durables
1/26/2009	Home Depot	7,000	Retailing
1/26/2009	Pfizer	19,800	Pharmaceuticals
1/26/2009	Sprint Nextel	8,000	Telecommunications
1/23/2009	Abercrombie & Fitch	50	Retailing
1/23/2009	Deere & Company	662	Capital Goods
1/23/2009	Harley-Davidson	1,100	Consumer Durables
1/22/2009	Microsoft	5,000	Software
1/22/2009	Huntsman	1,665	Chemicals
1/21/2009	Burlington Santa Fe	2,500	Transportation
1/21/2009	UAL	1,000	Transportation
1/21/2009	SPX	400	Conglomerates
1/21/2009	Intel	5,000	Semiconductors
1/21/2009	Walt Disney	600	Media
1/21/2009	Wynn Resorts	53	Leisure
1/21/2009	Eaton	5,609	Capital Goods
1/20/2009	Clear Channel	1,850	Media
1/20/2009	Deere & Co.	160	Capital Goods
1/16/2009	ConocoPhillips	1,300	Oil & Gas
1/16/2009	Hertz Global Holdings	4,000	Business Services
1/16/2009	WellPoint	600	Health Care
1/16/2009	Advanced Micro Devices	1,700	Semiconductors
1/15/2009	Xerox	275	Business Services
1/15/2009	MeadWestvaco	2,000	Materials
1/15/2009	Autodesk	750	Software
1/15/2009	Marshall & Ilsley	830	Banking
1/15/2009	General Electric	1,000	Conglomerates
1/14/2009	Ecolab	1,000	Chemicals
1/14/2009	Delta Air Lines	2,000	Transportation
1/14/2009	Motorola	4,000	Technology
1/14/2009	Google	100	Software
1/13/2009	KeyCorp	200	Banking
1/13/2009	Newell Rubbermaid	75	Household
1/13/2009	Cummins	1,300	Capital Goods
1/12/2009	Textron	2,665	Conglomerates
1/12/2009	Mosaic	1,000	Chemicals
1/12/2009	Best Buy	500	Retailing
1/12/2009	Precision Castparts	40	Defense
1/9/2009	Oracle	500	Software
1/9/2009	Smithfield Foods	75	Food
1/9/2009	Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold	2,750	Materials
1/8/2009	Union Pacific	230	Transportation
1/8/2009	General Dynamics	179	Defense
1/7/2009	Walgreen	1,000	Retailing
1/7/2009	EMC	2,400	Technology
1/6/2009	Alcoa	13,500	Materials
1/5/2009	Cigna	1,100	Health Care
1/5/2009	United States Steel	4,225	Materials
12/31/2008	Mohawk Industries	160	Consumer Durables
12/31/2008	Tyson Foods	120	Food
12/31/2008	Target	132	Retailing
12/30/2008	Allegheny Technologies	323	Materials
12/30/2008	Motorola	400	Technology
12/23/2008	ULA (Boeing, Lockheed Martin)	172	Joint Venture
12/23/2008	Johnson Controls	125	Consumer Durables
12/23/2008	Las Vegas Sands	11,500	Leisure
12/22/2008	Parker-Hannifin	405	Capital Goods
12/19/2008	Genworth Financial	1,000	Insurance
12/19/2008	Electronic Arts	1,000	Software
12/19/2008	Sovereign Bancorp	1,000	Banking
12/18/2008	Omnicom Group	3,145	Media
12/17/2008	Ryder System	3,100	Services
12/17/2008	Western Digital	2,500	Technology
12/17/2008	Aetna	1,000	Health Care
12/17/2008	Parker-Hannifin	46	Capital Goods
12/17/2008	Bristol-Myers Squibb	3,700	Pharmaceuticals
12/16/2008	CBS	30	Media
12/15/2008	Merrill Lynch	400	Financials
12/15/2008	Charles Schwab	100	Financials
12/13/2008	Berkshire Hathaway	345	Finance
12/12/2008	International Paper	2,050	Materials
12/11/2008	Bank of America	35,000	Banking
12/11/2008	Whirlpool	250	Durables
12/10/2008	Mohawk Industries	105	Durables
12/10/2008	Procter & Gamble	320	Household
12/09/2008	Praxair	1,600	Chemicals
12/08/2008	Anheuser-Busch Co.	1,400	Food
12/08/2008	3M	2,300	Conglomerates
12/08/2008	Wyndham Worldwide	4,000	Leisure
12/08/2008	Dow Chemical	5,000	Chemicals
12/05/2008	Legg Mason	200	Financials
12/05/2008	Cablevision	100	Media
12/05/2008	Staples	140	Retailing
12/04/2008	Steel Dynamics	65	Materials
12/04/2008	Windstream	170	Telecommunications
12/04/2008	General Electric	500	Conglomerates
12/04/2008	E.I. du Pont de Nemours	2,500	Chemicals
12/04/2008	AT&T	12,000	Telecommunications
12/03/2008	United Technologies	350	Conglomerates
12/03/2008	Gannett	2,000	Media
12/03/2008	Adobe Systems	600	Software
12/03/2008	Jefferies Group	300	Financials
12/03/2008	Viacom	850	Media
12/01/2008	JPMorgan Chase	9,200	Banking
12/01/2008	PepsiCo	87	Food
11/25/2008	Dana Holding	50	Durables
11/24/2008	BlackRock	10	Financials
11/21/2008	Western Union	200	Business Services
11/20/2008	Bank of New York Mellon	1,800	Banking
11/20/2008	Boeing	800	Aerospace
11/17/2008	Citigroup	52,000	Banking
11/14/2008	Sun Microsystems	6,000	Technology
11/12/2008	Applied Materials	1,800	Technology
11/12/2008	Morgan Stanley	2,000	Finance
11/12/2008	Liberty Media	910	Retailing
11/11/2008	AK Steel Holding	800	Materials
11/7/2008	Ford Motor	2,600	Durables
11/6/2008	Mattel	1,000	Household
11/6/2008	MGM Mirage	400	Leisure
11/4/2008	Hartford Financial Services Group	500	Finance

January 2009 Layoffs

Layoffs for January 2009 at America’s 500 largest public companies*:

151,352

Jan. 28: Boeing (nyse: BA – news – people ) increases previously announced layoffs–bringing total to 10,000 workers, or 6% of the company’s workforce.

Jan. 28: Starbucks (nasdaq: SBUX – news – people ) organizes closings at 900 stores worldwide and fires 6,700 in the process.

Jan. 28: Target (nyse: TGT – news – people ) cuts 400 open positions and 600 employees on sagging sales.

Jan. 27: Time Warner’s (nyse: TWX – news – people ) AOL reduces workforce by 10% (700 workers) as it fights declining ad revenue.

Jan. 27: Cabinet company Merillat–a subsidiary of Masco (nyse: MAS – news – people )–cuts 20% of workforce (70 workers).

Jan. 26: Texas Instruments (nyse: TXN – news – people ) pink-slips 3,400 (12% of workforce).

Jan. 26: IBM (nyse: IBM – news – people ) selects 2,800 to participate in its “current resource reduction action.”

Jan. 26: Lincoln National (nyse: LNC – news – people ) posts five quarterly declines in profit; cuts 540 (5% of workforce).

Jan. 26: Caterpillar (nyse: CAT – news – people ) announces quarterly profit plunge of 32%; fires 20,000.

Jan. 26: Following the acquisition of the small drug outfit Wyeth for $68 billion, Pfizer (nyse: PFE – news – people ) closes five factories and cuts 15% of total workforce (19,000 workers).

Jan. 26: Sprint Nextel (nyse: S – news – people )
pink-slips 8,000 workers–recording more than $300 million in severance charges but saving $1.2 billion a year in labor costs.

Jan. 26: Home Depot (nyse: HD – news – people ) closes high-end home design shops and slims ranks at headquarters; dismisses 7,000.

Jan. 26: General Motors (nyse: GM – news – people ) cuts production at several plants and fires 2,000 in Michigan and Ohio.

Jan. 23: Brazil-based Deere & Company (nyse: DE – news – people ) subsidiary lays off 502 employees.

Jan. 23: Abercrombie & Fitch (nyse: ANF – news – people ) cuts 50 from headquarters as company leans expenses.

Jan. 23: Harley-Davidson (nyse: HOG – news – people ) sees 60% drop in profits in fourth quarter of 2008; fires 1,100 (10% of workforce).

Jan. 22: Microsoft (nasdaq: MSFT – news – people ) has first mass layoff in 34-year history; pink slips 5,000.

Jan. 22: Huntsman (nyse: HUN – news – people ) reduces workforce by 9%; cutting 1,175 regular workers and 490 full-time contractors.

Jan. 21: Burlington Santa Fe cuts 2,500 workers (5% of workforce) despite a 19% jump in earnings during the fourth quarter.

Jan. 21: UAL (nasdaq: UAUA – news – people ) fires 1,000 to cut overhead costs.

Jan. 21: SPX (nyse: SPW – news – people ) attempts to sell a business unit and cuts 400 employees to help endure the downturn.

Jan. 21: Intel (nasdaq: INTC – news – people ) closes five manufacturing plants and pink slips 5,000.

Jan. 21: Walt Disney (nyse: DIS – news – people ) offers voluntary buyouts to 600 theme park executives on poor attendance.

Jan. 21: Wynn Resorts wraps up construction on Las Vegas Strip casino with 53-worker layoff in design and construction affiliate.

Jan. 21: Eaton (nyse: ETN – news – people ) brings total workforce reduction since the beginning of last year to 10% with 5,200-worker cut.

Jan. 21: Warner Bros. Entertainment–a part of Time Warner (nyse: TWX – news – people )–cuts 10% (800) of its jobs.

Jan. 20: Clear Channel Communications (nyse: CCU – news – people ) reduces workforce across the entire company by 9% accounting for 1,850 job losses.

Jan. 20: Deere & Co. (nyse: DE – news – people ) dismisses 120 at Iowa plant.

Jan. 16: ConocoPhillips (nyse: COP – news – people ) trims capital spending by 18%, writes off $34 billion and reduces workforce by 4% (1,300 jobs).

Jan. 16: Hertz Global Holdings (nyse: HTZ – news – people ) sets out for worldwide restructuring in first quarter of 2009; cuts 4,000 jobs.

Jan. 16: WellPoint (nyse: WLP – news – people ) reduces workforce by 600 and removes 900 open positions.

Jan. 16: Advanced Micro Devices (nyse: AMD – news – people ) reduces global workforce by 9% (1,100 jobs).

Jan. 15: Xerox (nyse: XRX – news – people ) cuts 275 jobs in New York region.

Jan. 15: MeadWestvaco (nyse: MWV – news – people ) fires 2,000 and plans closings or restructurings at up to 14 plants.

Jan. 15: Autodesk (nasdaq: ADSK – news – people ) expects loss from 2008 fourth quarter; pink-slips 750 (10% of workforce).

Jan. 15: Marshall & Ilsley (nyse: MI – news – people ) cuts 8% of staff (830) in ongoing cost-cutting.

Jan. 15: General Electric (nyse: GE – news – people )’s (nyse: GE – news – people ) jet-engine group cuts 1,000 white-collar jobs.

Jan. 14: Ecolab (nyse: ECL – news – people ) restructures and reduces workforce by 4% (1,000 jobs).

Jan. 14: Delta Air Lines (nyse: DAL – news – people ) gives 2,000 early retirements as part of 8% capacity reduction.

Jan. 14: Motorola (nyse: MOT – news – people ) lays off 4,000 following a 3,000-worker layoff last year; expects savings of $700 million a year.

Jan. 14: Google (nasdaq: GOOG – news – people ) fires 100 hirers as it cuts back on contract workers and temporary employees.

Jan. 13: Cummins (nyse: CMI – news – people ) freezes salaries for the rest of the year and lets 800 go.

Jan. 13: Pfizer (nyse: PFE – news – people ) cuts 800 researchers as it lowers cost in the face of poor performance and coming patent losses.

Jan. 12: Mosaic (nyse: MOS – news – people ) fires 1,000 in Saskatchewan.

Jan. 12: Aircraft maker and Textron (nyse: TXT – news – people ) subsidiary Cessna sends 2,000 packing.

Jan. 12: Best Buy (nyse: BBY – news – people ) clears 12.5% of its headquarters staff with 500-employee layoff.

Jan. 12: Precision Castparts (nyse: PCP – news – people ) dismisses 40 as airline industry continues to struggle.

Jan. 9: Oracle (nasdaq: ORCL – news – people ) reportedly cuts 500 from U.S. sales and consulting businesses.

Jan. 9: Boeing (nyse: BA – news – people ) cuts 4,500 and returns workforce size to what it was in early 2008.

Jan. 9: Freeport-McMoRan (nyse: FCX – news – people ) slices workforce in half at Arizona mine; 1,550 workers let go.

Jan. 9: Smitfield Foods’ (nyse: SFD – news – people ) Butterball–the nation’s largest turkey company–fires 75 at Missouri plant.

Jan. 8: Union Pacific (nyse: UNP – news – people ) pink-slips 230 as company struggles; stock down 22% year-to-date.

Jan. 8: Navy shipbuilder Bath Iron Works–owned by General Dynamics (nyse: GD – news – people )–dismisses 179.

Jan. 8: Continuing companywide job cuts at Eaton (nyse: ETN – news – people ) hit Iowa, with 78 laid off.

Jan. 8: Walgreen (nyse: WAG – news – people ) cuts 1,000–roughly 9%–from corporate and field manager ranks.

Jan. 7: EMC (nyse: EMC – news – people ) fires 2,400 as it reduces 2009 expenses by $350 million.

Jan. 6: Alcoa (nyse: AA – news – people ) starts global salary and hiring freeze, plans sale of four non-core businesses and cuts workforce by 13% (13,500 jobs).

Jan. 6: Aqua Glass–a subsidiary owned by Masco (nyse: MAS – news – people )–pink-slips 30 employees.

Jan. 5: Cigna (nyse: CI – news – people ) reduces workforce by 4% (1,100 jobs).

Jan. 5: United States Steel (nyse: X – news – people ) cuts 50 jobs as it closes production lines in Texas.

 

IBM layoffs now 4,200 — may go higher

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. According to Lee Conrad, a former IBM employee who is now the national coordinator of Alliance@IBM, about 1,200 employees who work in IBM’s systems technology group at sites around the country have been laid off, and about 200 in the research division were let go as well. These reports bring the total layoff count at IBM to about 4,200. Source: Computerworld

Global job losses could hit 51 million

As many as 51 million jobs worldwide could be lost this year because of the global economic crisis, says the International Labour Organization(ILO). The UN agency says that would push up the world’s unemployment rate to 7.1% by the end of 2009, compared with 6.0% in 2008 and 5.7% in 2007. The ILO’s most optimistic forecast is for 18 million more unemployed, giving a global jobless rate of 6.1%. It says developing countries will suffer most from additional job losses. Source: BBC News

Green Collar Jobs: 37 million by 2030

The renewable energy and energy efficiency (RE&EE) industries represented more than 9 million jobs and $1,045 billion in U.S. revenue in 2007, according to a new report offering the most detailed analysis yet of the green economy. The renewable energy industry grew three times as fast as the U.S. economy, with the solar thermal, photovoltaic, biodiesel, and ethanol sectors leading the way, each with 25%+ annual revenue growth. According to the advanced scenario in the report, which represents the upper limit of what is technologically and economically feasible, RE&EE would generate about 37 million jobs and $4,294 billion in annual revenue by 2030. Source: American Solar Energy Society

SAP cutting 3,000 jobs worlwide

SAP AG said Wednesday it will cut a little more than 3,000 jobs in response to the worldwide economic downturn. The Walldorf, Germany-based software giant said it will reduce its work force to 48,500 by the end of the year, down from 51,536 at the end of last year. The cuts will enable it to save 300 million to 350 million euros a year starting in 2010, SAP said. Source: Philadelphia Business Journal

Sprint Slashes 8,000 Jobs – 26 January 2009 Report

Cost-cutting efforts expected to save third-place carrier $1.2B in 2009.

The new year is seeing Sprint dramatically step up its cost-cutting efforts, with the third-largest U.S. wireless carrier announcing today that it’s cutting 8,000 jobs, or 14 percent of its workforce. The labor reduction, which includes 850 employees who accepted a voluntary layoff package last year, will save $1.2 billion annually, the company said. Sprint (NYSE: S) told InternetNews.com the layoffs will not impact its Clearwire WiMAX partnership or the impending launch of Palm’s new Pre smartphone in the first half of this year. Sprint is the exclusive carrier for the closely watched handset, which is seen by many industry observers as key for Palm. “We have not determined specific impact to business units, but we are committed to maintaining the high level of customer care that we have achieved in the last year,” spokesperson James Fisher told InternetNews.com. “We are committed to ensuring that our networks continue to operate at their current best-ever metrics and want our customers to know that this will not impact the quality of service they are used to.”

The news comes at a critical time for Sprint, given subscriber losses last year that pushed it further behind the nation’s No. 1 carrier, Verizon Wireless, and second-place carrier AT&T. Fisher said Sprint currently has 51 million subscribers, which represents a loss of 3 million since November 2007, 1.3 million of which came during third quarter alone. But Sprint’s rivals continue adding users with increases in every quarter of the past year: As of November 2008, AT&T’s total subscriber base was 74.9 million, while Verizon Wireless totals 84 million following its acquisition of Alltel — a deal that pushed it into the top spot as the nation’s largest carrier. “We have had customer losses, but we also believe we must reduce our overall costs to ensure that we remain financially sound in the current challenging economic environment,” Fisher said. The company’s move to cut expenses also has prompted it to suspend matching funds for employee 401(k) retirement plans, extend last year’s freeze on pay increases through 2009 and cancel a tuition reimbursement program for the year, according to a company statement.

Sprint said its layoffs, which would be completed by end of March, will not impact customer support and that staffing cuts will be fewer within other customer-facing groups. Though Fisher stated the cost cuts won’t impact Sprint’s ongoing WiMAX partnership with Clearwire, it may not bode well given that Clearwire’s ambitious network plan may have financial worries of its own. The $14.5 billion effort, of which Sprint owns 51 percent, debuted its first network in Baltimore last year, with the second leg launching in Portland, Oregon earlier this month. However, Clearwire executives warned last year the effort needs an additional $2 billion to $3 billion for completion.

The company’s 4G technology promises to blanket entire cities with Web access for laptops, mobile phones and other wireless devices, which could see speeds of up to five times faster than traditional wireless networks. Other investors in Clearwire include Comcast, Google, Time Warner, Bright House and Intel. AT&T and Verizon Wireless, meanwhile, are placing their bets on the competing Long-Term Evolution (LTE) standard, which also promises faster and cheaper Internet services. Sprint also said today that it would report its fourth-quarter results on Feb. 19, eight days earlier than initially stated. Fisher said internal accounting requirements were completed sooner than expected and the reason for the date change.