layoffs on S Anand

CEOs are not taking pay cuts

Sun, 23 Sep 2001 12:00:00 +0000

While there are enough layoffs, CEOs aren’t taking enough pay cuts.

DotComDoom

Fri, 10 Aug 2001 12:00:00 +0000

DotComDoom.com – about the demise of dot-coms. News links.

American layoffs are faster

Thu, 09 Aug 2001 12:00:00 +0000

When the boom was on, America’s flexible labour laws made it a haven. With the slowdown, American layoffs are faster. Flexible labour laws come with the penalty of volatility.

X-Drive layoffs

Fri, 09 Feb 2001 12:00:00 +0000

Fucked company reports that X-Drive.com is likely to lay off people. Given their accuracy, I’d recommend anyone having files on X-Drive make backups in the near future.

ex-Exec tracker

Thu, 01 Feb 2001 12:00:00 +0000

With all these people getting fired, TheStandard has come out with an ex-Exec tracker. Brilliant!

Layoff calculations

Thu, 01 Feb 2001 12:00:00 +0000

I did some quick layoff calculations. It appears that

Layoffs have been increasing over time
The dominant reason for layoffs is cost-cutting
E-Commerce companies have laid off the most
If the NASDAQ or S&P 500 fall, layoffs increase
If the Dow Jones falls, layoffs fall !

Amazon handing out stock options to laid off employees

Wed, 31 Jan 2001 12:00:00 +0000

Amazon is handing out stock options to laid off employees. That’s a good one!

More layoffs

Wed, 31 Jan 2001 12:00:00 +0000

More layoffs: AT&T, News Corp, Gateway and Motorola. But the find of the day is TheStandard’s layoff tracker.

More recession

Tue, 30 Jan 2001 12:00:00 +0000

Recession.
Daimler Chrysler slashes 26,000 jobs.
Disney cuts 400.
Amazon may have cut 20%.
It isn’t nice (1
2).
But dot-coms might still do well, since software, labour and real-estate
costs will start falling?

Recession

Sun, 28 Jan 2001 12:00:00 +0000

Recession?
GM shuts 14 plants.
Boeing: 1 plant.
AMC: 548 theatres.
WorldCom lays of 10-15%.
HP: 2%.
Delphi & Visteon: 10,300.
Lucent: 10,000.
Sara Lee: 7,000.
JC Penney: 5,000.
AOL: 2,000.

Strange ways of firing employees

Fri, 26 Jan 2001 12:00:00 +0000

Salon’s article explains how silly people can get when firing employees.

Amazon has a union

Wed, 03 Jan 2001 12:00:00 +0000

Didn’t know dot-coms had unions. Amazon does. A reaction to the layoffs in dot-coms?