Sprint Nextel cutting 8000 jobs
US based telecom giant Sprint Nextel has announced that they are cutting 8000 jobs in their operations.
The company also announced some more cost cutting measures as they aim to stay competitive in these tough economic times.
Sprint has been struggling in the US market. They are losing customers [...]
Microsoft confirms plan to cut 5,000 jobs
US based software giant Microsoft has also fallen into the tough economic times trap.
The company has confirmed that they are going to cut jobs.
Microsoft has announced plans to cut 5000 jobs in their global operations.
The company employs 94,000 people worldwide.
The announcement was made just as [...]
Google cutting 100 jobs in global operations
Search engine giant Google has finally announced a job cut. A small one though.
The company said that they are laying off about 100 people worldwide. All of these are recruiters.
This comes to around a quarter of all recruiters working for the company.
Overall, Google employees around 20,000 workers [...]
Motorola might cut more jobs as sales remain down
US based mobile phone maker Motorola might announce more cuts if the reports are to be believed.
The company continues to struggle as a mobile phone maker. They are lacking interesting products and rival companies are moving ahead at an impressive pace.
Apple iPhone, Google Android, Palm [...]
OLPC Project in trouble? Job cuts announced
One Laptop Per Child Foundation has announced that they are cutting some jobs in the operations which are aimed at providing cheap computing solutions to school going kids in developing nations.
OLPC’s Nicholas Negroponte said in a statement that they are cutting half its staff, or about 30 jobs.
They [...]
LiveJournal confirm job cuts rumor
Social media company LiveJournal has announced that they are indeed cutting some jobs in their operations.
The company would be cutting some jobs in its San Francisco and Moscow offices.
Market rumors had claimed that the company had sacked 20 out of 28 employees.
LiveJournal responded that the numbers are much lower [...]
Advanced Micro Devices cutting more jobs
Microprocessor company Advanced Micro Devices has announced that they have laid off 600 workers.
This means that the company has fired around 100 more employees than earlier announced.
AMD added that they are going to take yet another charge related to its acquisition of ATI.
The company added that it now expects [...]
George Oates one of the high profile firings by Yahoo
Yahoo continues to layoff people from its job operations. The company has removed three members from their popular Flickr photo sharing service.
This include George Oates who is responsible for the design of the service.
Yahoo had acquired Flickr some years back and since then the [...]
Yahoo starts laying off employees
Internet media giant Yahoo has now started firing employees as part of their plan to cut 1,520 jobs in their operations around the world.
Yahoo co-founder Jerry Yang had this to say in an email sent to company employees:
yahoos,
today, most of our layoffs in the US are happening, and [...]
Windstream announces a job cut
Telecom and Internet service provider Windstream has announced that they are cutting 170 jobs from their operations.
The company said that they need to cut costs as revenues from services are declining rapidly.
Windstream spokesman David Avery said that these job cuts would include involuntary layoffs. They are hoping that [...]
