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Sun plans layoffs following weak quarter; Blames U.S. economy: Sun Microsystems' third quarter results were hurt by "significant challenges" related to the slowing U.S. economy. Sun also plans to cut 1,500 and 2,500 jobs. The company on Thursday reported a third quarter net loss of $34 million, or 4 cents a share, on revenue of $3.26...; Tags: Layoff, Sun Microsystems Inc., Operational Accounting, Mergers & Acquisitions, Finance, Investment, Larry Dignan; Blog posts 2008-05-01
AMD: Sales weak; layoffs on tap: AMD: Sales weak; Layoffs on tap..."Well we didn't make enough this quarter... lay off 10%!"WTF is wrong with companies today? ]:)It is called economicsnt....No, it's called piss poor management of assets and funds. It's that simple and in our society of tossing things away and wasteful neglect it has spilled...; Tags: Sales strategy, Workforce management, Sales force management, layoff, Advanced Micro Devices Inc., sales; Discussion threads 2008-04-07
AMD: Sales weak; layoffs on tap: AMD on Monday said its first quarter sales will be about $1.5 billion, well below Wall Street projections of $1.62 billion. It will also lay off 10 percent of its workforce. In a statement, AMD said revenue will be down about 15 percent from the fourth quarter...; Tags: Layoff, Advanced Micro Devices Inc., Sales Strategy, Sales Force Management, Workforce Management, Sales, Human Resources, Larry Dignan; Blog posts 2008-04-07
Dell: More layoffs on tap; ITaaS; And a bit of gadget lust: Dell: More layoffs on tap; ITaaS; And a bit of gadget lustStill lostDell not only lost their way, they're still lost. And, rather than stop and figure out how to get back where they started, they're striking off in several directions at once. Unless they're just plain lucky,...; Tags: Workforce management, ITaaS, Dell Computer Corp., layoff; Discussion threads 2008-04-04
Dell: More layoffs on tap; ITaaS; And a bit of gadget lust: Michael Dell said Thursday that the company will lay off more than the 8,800 employees it had previously announced and remains committed to cutting costs. Dell's confessional indicates that the company has a lot of cost cutting ahead and could become more efficient. All of this operational...; Tags: Layoff, Dell Computer Corp., Construction, Workforce Management, Branding, Marketing Research, Financial Services, Human Resources, Marketing, Larry Dignan; Blog posts 2008-04-03

Google to lay off around 25% of Double Click employees: Google to lay off around 25% of Double Click employeesGoogle to lay off around 25% of Double Click employeesWas I right or was I right? I told you that Google was on a decline and that the layoffs would begin soon. And what do we have here? layoffs!...; Tags: Workforce management, Google Inc., layoff; Discussion threads 2008-04-03
Yahoo+layoffs%3A+%27The+ultimate+poison+pill%27%3F: Yahoo+layoffs%3A+%27The+ultimate+poison+pill%27%3FMS did not want the talent. Well, at least they realised that alot of the best talent would leave anyway. They are buying the email accounts and the eyeballs at Yahoo.com.That said, some of these choices do see rather strange. I did not think they would be laying of these...; Tags: Workforce management, Investment, Web technology, Microsoft Corp., Yahoo! Inc., layoff; Discussion threads 2008-02-13
Yahoo layoffs: 'The ultimate poison pill'?: RSS pioneer Dave Winer wonders aloud about Yahoo's 1,000-person layoff this week, which has resulted in a number of key managers and technologists being axed from the company. Winer blogged: Why would Yahoo want to self-inflict more doubt about its future at this moment where doubt...; Tags: Layoff, Yahoo! Inc., Workforce Management, Human Resources, Mary Jo Foley; Blog posts 2008-02-13
Google sucks talent from Yahoo: Google sucks talent from YahooThis is rather troubling. We had hoped that Yahoo would somehow remain as aindependent competitor to Google. But, Microsoft is screwing this all up, and it looks we are going to see a brain drain from Yahoo.RE: Google sucks talent from YahooYahoo! is worth 50% less...; Tags: Workforce management, Investment, rumour, stock market, Yahoo! Inc., Google Inc., Microsoft Corp., layoff, talent; Discussion threads 2008-02-13
Yahoo employee Twitters his layoff: Yahoo employee Twitters his layoffM$ should take responsability for this!If it was not for M$ the world would be a lot better now!I hope all concerned......will find work soon. Never a good place to find oneself.And, there was a certain person saying that the layoffs would not happensince Microsoft...; Tags: Workforce management, Microsoft Corp., layoff, Yahoo! Inc.; Discussion threads 2008-02-12
Yahoo employee Twitters his layoff: Being laid off stinks. Amid all the announcements and clinical discussion about downsizing at Yahoo it's easy to forget there are real people losing jobs. Here's a Twitter account of one Yahoo employee's walk of shame to the layoff zone, the laptop confiscation and other D-day happenings....; Tags: Layoff, Yahoo! Inc., Laptop Computer, Workforce Management, Notebooks, Human Resources, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Larry Dignan; Blog posts 2008-02-12
Why the effect of impending Yahoo! layoffs on Yahoo! Voice should be minimal: Reading the reports of what are beleved to be at least several hundred impending Yahoo! layoffs tells me both a lot and a little about the short-to-mid-term future of Yahoo! Voice. Citing recent, previous statements by Yahoo! execs, The New York Times' Miguel Helft notes the...; Tags: Layoff, Voice, Yahoo! Inc., Business Structures, Workforce Management, Marketing Research, Financial Accounting, Finance, Human Resources, Marketing, Russell Shaw; Blog posts 2008-01-21
Yahoo going on a diet?: The blogosphere is busy with rumors of Yahoo laying off up to 20 percent of its workforce Techmeme, which numbers about 12,000. Silicon Alley Insider reported from a source that the potential layoffs are tied in part to Yahoo's stock performance: The "list" is reportedly the...; Tags: Jerry Yang, Layoff, Stock, Yahoo! Inc., Blogosphere, Workforce Management, Investment, Strategy, Human Resources, Finance, Management, Dan Farber; Blog posts 2008-01-20
Palm Treo 680 gets a major firmware update, layoffs may be coming too: Palm Treo 680 gets a major firmware update, layoffs may be coming tooPalm should go after M$ and sue them in EUThe palm os was delayed because of M$ spagetti code.When M$ plays dirty tricks and won't adopt community standards, they should suffer the consequences.RE: Palm Treo 680 gets a...; Tags: Workforce management, Palm Inc., major firmware update, Palm Treo 680, firmware update, Palm Treo, firmware, layoff; Discussion threads 2007-12-13
Palm Treo 680 gets a major firmware update, layoffs may be coming too: The Palm Treo 680 is the latest GSM Palm OS Treo and for those of you who own a Cingular branded model you will be happy to know there is a firmware update available that adds quite a bit of functionality to the device. You can visit the Palm Treo...; Tags: Layoff, Palm Inc., Firmware Update, Palm Treo, Firmware, Palm Treo 680, Cellular Phones, Handhelds, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Hardware, Matthew Miller; Blog posts 2007-12-13
AOL to cut 2,000 jobs: Time Warner's AOL unit plans to cut 2,000 jobs, or roughly 20 percent of its global workforce. The layoffs, which come as AOL transitions from a subscriber-based business to an ad-supported one, aren't unexpected. According to Bloomberg, 1,200 layoffs will come from the U.S. AOL plans to redeploy...; Tags: Job, Time Warner Inc., Layoff, Advertisement, America Online Inc., Product Development, Workforce Management, Research & Development, Business Operations, Human Resources, Larry Dignan; Blog posts 2007-10-15
Massive IBM U.S. Global Services layoff on the horizon?: Robert Cringley writes that has friends as IBM, and they are telling that IBM is going to drastically reduce Global Services headcount in the U.S., cutting more than 100,000 this year. Currently, IBM has about 350,000 employees across 170 countries. Cringley referred to this gradual downsizing as project LEAN: ...; Tags: Outsourcing, IT Management, IBM, General; Blog posts 2007-05-04
SAMP makes sense for Sun: SAMP makes sense for SunDo you think the new hardware...... has contributed to Sun's profitability and thus to its stock price?Do you think that the thousands of layoffs at Sun under Mr. Schwartz's regime have been coincidental, or might have something to do with the open source strategy? Wall...; Tags: Workforce management, Investment, Real Life, Sun Microsystems Inc., layoff, open source; Discussion threads 2007-02-13
EMC layoffs to cut deeper than forecast: EMC layoffs to cut deeper than forecastMessage has been deleted.; Tags: Workforce management, Storage, EMC layoff, layoff, EMC Corp.; Discussion threads 2007-01-05
Survey: Tech workers fret about layoffs: The Hudson Employment Index reports that 22 percent of technology workers expect layoffs, up nearly 7 points from the previous month. Meanwhile technology worker confidence fell 6 points to 109.8 in December. The Hudson Employment Index...; Tags: worker, IT worker, finance, Hudson Employment Index, IT Management, General; Blog posts 2007-01-03