Who's Firing - Layoffs Week Ended 10-2-09

Who's Firing is a weekly survey of organizations announcing (or rumoring) layoffs. Not only is this valuable for job seekers, but for business analysts, corporate strategists, marketers, salespeople, investment analysts, financial advisers, and others who are interested in companies that are contracting.

Inclusion on this listing doesn’t mean the entire industry is down, as many from the same sector appeared on the “Who’s Hiring” article published 9/25/09. It is interesting to note that while Federal hiring is on the rise, a number of State and Local governments face additional cutbacks. Also, IBM, Deloitte, and Accenture were some of the top hiring companies last week, while KPMG and PWC are on the layoff list.

Job seekers: You might want to look in greener pastures than these companies.

Layoffs announced and rumored this week were in the Government, Manufacturing, Automotive, Technology, Publishing and Business Services sectors.

Organizations announcing or rumored layoffs week ended 10/2/09:

• Miramax (55) – click to view
• City of Rockford (7) – click to view
• District of Columbia Public Schools (388) – click to view
• Cooley Godward Kronish (58) – click to view
• Hallmark Cards Inc. (225-250) - click to view
• US Space Program (337) - click to view
• Granite Construction (150) - click to view
• Baxter Healthcare, Florida (26) – click to view
• Hillsborough County, FL (100) - click to view
• Mental Health Association in North Carolina (175) - click to view
• ABB Inc. (200) - click to view
• Blue Cross/Blue Shield of Minnesota (100) - click to view
• Inkstop (550) - click to view
• Areva (150) - click to view
• Chrysler Financial (360) - click to view
• North Carolina Department of Corrections (1,000) - click to view
• Vail-Ballou Press (270) - click to view
• Skokomish Tribe's Lucky Dog Casino (120) - click to view
• Armstrong World Industries (171) - click to view
• The Missouri Department of Conservation (173) - click to view
• Alliant Techsystems (ATK) (450-500) - click to view
• Trompeter Electronics Inc. (135) - click to view
• Windstream Corporation (350) - click to view
• The Wm. Wrigley Jr. Co. (110) - click to view
• Force Protection Inc. (120) - click to view
• Washington DC School District (100's+) - click to view
• Verizon Wireless (134??) - click to view
• Beatrice Community Hospital and Health Center (100) - click to view
• West Corporation (341) - click to view
• Columbus Lumber (100) - click to view
• American Centrifuge Project (update 1,000) - click to view
• Jabil Circuit (update 4,500 from 3,000) - click to view
• General Motors (1,000) - click to view
• Peterbilt Corp. (390) - click to view
• Peabody Indiana Services LLC (133) - click to view
• California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation Update (1443) - click to view
• Diebold (100) - click to view
• King County, WA (367) - click to view
• Hawker Beechcraft (240) - click to view
• City of Troy, Michigan (170?) - click to view
• City of Seattle (310) - click to view
• Beaumont Hospitals (425) - click to view
• US Customs Border Control (384) - click to view
• Waukegan, IL (48) – click to view
• Hawker Beechcraft (240) – click to view
• Dassault Falcon (72) – click to view
• Dexia (602) – click to view
• Amazon (25) – click to view
• Gnip (7) – click to view
• GE Transportation, Erie, PA (1,450) – click to view
• JELD-WEN Inc.(84) – click to view
• kgb Operator Services Co (78) – click to view
• Kalyn Siebert Trailers (35) – click to view
• Unilever Food Solutions, Milwaukee WI (38) – click to view
• Northern Engraving Corp. - Luxco Division (26) – click to view
• Wiza (132) – click to view
• JTEKT Automotive Virginia Inc (250) – click to view
• Colgan Air Inc (29) – click to view
• Riley Power (181) – click to view
• Sunshine Market Inc, Plains PA (148) – click to view
• Wiremold/Legrand (67) – click to view
• Red Bird West Mine (115) – click to view
• Schneider National Carriers Inc., Piketon OH (57) – click to view
• Neff Manufacturing (88) – click to view
• Sonoco, Orrville OH (81) – click to view
• The Andersons Inc., Lima OH (134) – click to view
• Pyramid Management Group, Inc. - Security Division (40) – click to view
• Penske Logistics Inc., Albany, NY (81) – click to view
• Ramada JFK Hotel (187) – click to view
• Bombardier Transportation, Plattsburgh NY (200) – click to view
• World of Disney NYC (148) – click to view
• Philips Remote Cardiac Services (48) – click to view
• ARAMARK Management, Suffern NY (77) – click to view
• Alan Ritchey Inc. (80) – click to view
• Tana Seybert LLC (132) – click to view
• Eastman Kodak, Rochester (72) – click to view
• 11 Penn TV (16) – click to view
• Pfeiffer Foods Division (154) – click to view
• Henkel (16) – click to view
• Conde’ Nast (est 25%) – click to view
• City of Detroit (1,000) – click to view
• Saturn Automobile (unknown) – click to view
• American Apparel (1,600) – click to view
• KPMG (unknown) – click to view
• PWC (140) – click to view
• First Industrial Realty Trust (46) – click to view
• Bosch (10,000 international) – click to view

Source: Google, Twitter, AllPinkSlips.com, Telonu.com, TechCrunch.com, CoStar.com, Gawker, Screwedd.com

Readers – If you know of employers announcing significant layoff plans, or employers reducing large numbers of employees, please comment below to add to this list.

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