Incomplete list of U.S. internet/high-tech job destruction announcements from October to December 2015
Solar power parts company SunEdison eliminated 730 jobs in California and Missouri! It might be connected to the takeover of Vivint Solar.
Arizona: In Phoenix, a whistleblower told ABC15 that taxsucker Honeywell is eliminating at least 1-thousand jobs, right after forced unpaid holiday furloughs! The whistleblower said employees close to retirement will also be laid off, as well as pay cuts for those who will still be employed. One reason for the secret layoffs is Honeywell is planning to move its call center operations to Mexico.
California: Irvine based newspapers, websites and mobile applications operator Freedom Communications now chapter 11 bankrupt busted. Video game maker Red5 laid off an undisclosed number of employees. New York based ITT ( International Telephone & Telegraph) shutting down its Perris office, at least 18 jobs lost by February 2016. Internet based grocery delivery service Instacart (once valued at $2-billion USD) laid off 12 employees. Administrators also stated they “no longer need to maintain such an aggressive hiring pace” in 2016. Cupertino based Apple computers has essentially admitted to tax evasion charges in Italy. Apple wil pay the equivilant of $347.7-million USD to settle unpaid Italian taxes from 2008 to 2013. Palo Alto based internet advertising company PubMatic eliminated 150 jobs since October! Administrators blame crashing ad sales, in fact they admitted they lost “90% of our revenue”! Mass layoffs for San Jose based networking computer maker Cisco, at least 289 people by January 2016! San Francisco based music streamer Rdio issued a shutdown WARN, 123 people out of a job right after Xmas! Internet ‘storefront’ Humble Bundle laid off 12 people admitting they were way “too ambitious” in their hiring practices. Also in San Francisco, wearable electronics maker Jawbone laid off 60 employees “As part of our strategy to create a more ….successful company…” Internet based HotelTonight reservation app laid off 34 people. Redwood City based Oracle Corporation announced it will eliminate 150 jobs in Germany as part of a plan to consolidate IT jobs to Romania! Since 2002, Oracle has eliminated about 1-thousand 3-hundred jobs in North America and Europe! And CoreLogic shutting down an office by January 2016, at least 21 jobs lost. Circuit board maker ISOLA USA shutting down their Elk Grove ops after Xmas, 72 jobs lost. In Fremont, Wisconsin based electronics maker Plexus issued a shutdown WARN, 204 jobs lost by September 2016! In the City of Commerce, AT&T eliminating 99 jobs by January 2016. In Irvine, Verizon issued a layoff WARN saying 171 people will become unemployed after Xmas! Tax-sucking defense contractor Microsemi eliminating 57 jobs in Garden Grove, by the beginning of January 2016. Tax-sucker Boeing issued more layoff WARNs adding another 66 layoffs to the hundreds already announced. Pennsylvania based Vishay Intertechnology announced they will eliminate 292 Santa Clara jobs by March 2016! They are moving jobs to other countries, calling it “…moving headcounts into lower cost geographies.” Marvell Semiconductor revealed they will layoff 21 people right before Xmas. Washington based Microsoft laying off four San Diegans right before Xmas. In Palo Alto, Hewlett Packard (HP) just can’t stop with the layoffs, an additional 65 jobs eliminated. News analysts say HP could hit 85-thousand layoffs since 2012! In Thousand Oaks, tax-sucker General Dynamics eliminated 55 jobs right after Thanksgiving. Audio electronics maker Western Digital eliminated 111 jobs right before Xmas! TTM Technologies shutdown with short notice, 175 jobs lost in Milpitas! Twitter issued a layoff WARN, 240 people in San Francisco lost their jobs before Xmas! In Emeryville, MobiTV laying off 57 people right after Thanksgiving. U.S. tax-sucker Space Systems Loral (SSL) laid off 90 people without warning, notifying state employment administrators five days after the fact. Sunnyvale based AMD (Advanced Micro Devices) eliminated 5-hundred jobs! Administrators essentially said there ain’t no economic recovery.
Colorado: Englewood (Meridian) based Dish-Network reported a net loss of 23-thousand customers in its 3rd quarter! Cybersecurity doesn’t guarantee economic security as One World Labs (OWL) now chapter 11 bankrupt busted. In 2014 the company had $3-million USD in revenue, but somehow is now in debt by $750-thousand USD. The company gained attention after hacking into dozens of airliners’ computer systems.
Connecticut: Administrators of Hartford based taxpayer rapist United Technologies warned employees that they will cut $1.5-billion USD in costs in 2016 (meaning jobs). Japan based Canon Solutions America announced it is shutting down its Trumbull office, by the end of February 2016.
Florida: TV and internet shopping network QVC issued a shutdown WARN for their Port Saint Lucie Call Center, 640 jobs gone by April 2016! In Miami, two Systemax companies, TigerDirect and Syx killing hundreds of jobs! Direct marketing retailer TigerDirect eliminating 76 jobs by mid January 2016. SYX Services and SYX Distribution issued WARNs saying 165 jobs lost by mid January 2016! Fort Lauderdale based software company Citrix Systems eliminated 1-thousand in-house and contracted jobs! West Palm Beach based ‘clean technology’ fertilizer maker BioNitrogen chapter 11 bankrupt busted. The company hasn’t even finished construction on its first clean fertilizer factory! The company lost a $1.4-million lawsuit, but it was its own fault as the lawsuit was over unpaid debts. Lake Mary based Faro Technologies warned of about 1-hundred layoffs due to crashing sales in China and Japan.
Georgia: Electronic machine maker Sparton shutting down its Lawrenceville factory by June 2016, 82 jobs lost. ‘Optimizing facility footprint’ is the new term for consolidation.
Illinois: Internet advertising company Centro laid off 29 employees. CEO Shawn Riegsecker admitted corporate America is bullshitting everybody about profits and said “We’re at a moment where all companies need to create real business.” Expedia eliminating 326 Orbitz jobs in Chicago in the beginning of 2016! It’s because Expedia now owns Orbitz. Heavy vehicle maker Caterpillar ‘escorted’ an undisclosed number of Global Information Services employees out the door. Administrators tried to say they were the employees who took the “voluntary buyout” (then why the escort out the door?).
Kansas: Overland Park based cell phone company Sprint has begun its planned $2-billion USD in layoffs/cost cutting a month early! The layoffs were originally to take place by the end of January 2016, now Sprint administrators say the undisclosed number of massive layoffs will be “largely completed” by the end of January. Don’t forget, Sprint administrators claim they’re hurting for money so much that for employees laid off after January 2016 the severance package will be cut in half!
Louisiana: In New Orleans, Jacobs Technology/NASA eliminating 195 jobs at its Michoud Assembly Facility!
Maine: Payment processor WEX eliminating 80 jobs in South Portland.
Maryland: Bethesda based taxsucker Lockheed Martin eliminated 250 jobs in its Missiles and Fire Control division, right after Thanksgiving!
Massachusetts: 3D Systems shutting down in the Boston Weak state and eliminating 85 jobs, calling it a “strategic decision”. California based computer chip maker Intel eliminating 175 jobs from its Hudson factory, starting January 2016! At one time the Hudson factory employed 7-hundred people!
Michigan: Midland based lithium ion battery maker XALT laid off another 106 employees (35 in September) blaming the failure of its Chinese customer who so far hasn’t been buying all the batteries it ordered back in March. This is what happens there’s only one global customer with the money to buy your product, and their economy starts crashing. Oakdale based Imation warned of more job cuts, possibly due to its $7.5-million takeover of Connected Data.
Minnesota: Minneapolis based software company Code42 laid off 30 employees. The arrogant administrators said the employees weren’t a good fit for the new corporate culture of growth.
Nevada: California based solar panel maker SolarCity leaving The Silver State because the state Public Utilities Commission jacked up fees charged to people who put solar panels on their homes, and reduced how much electric power companies have to pay those home owners for extra power generated by the solar panels. The net result is that people who put solar panels on their homes will actually see their electricity bill go up by about $40 per month! Up till now analysts say Nevada homeowners with solar power panels had reduced their electricity bill by a measly $15 per month. Evil utility companies demand that even people who go off the power grid should still have to pay to support that evil grid! SolarCity’s exit from The Silver State could affect at least 2-thousand jobs!
New Jersey: Mercer County Community College eliminated at least 24 IT jobs. In Piscataway, IDT Corporation issued a WARN saying 84 employees rendered unemployed by January 2016. In Florham Park, Germany based BASF issued a WARN saying 92 people will be laid off by mid-January 2016. Basking Ridge based cell phone rip-off artist Verizon on the verge of eliminating 6-thousand jobs! This is according to an investment advisor who says he’s been warned of the massive layoffs from inside sources.
New York: 12 New Yorkers lost their jobs with video game company Avalanche Studios. In NYC, ancient internet company AOL eliminated 1-hundred jobs due to its takeover of evil cell phone company Verizon! Reports say more AOL-Verizon layoffs are in the works. Internet music site Songza being shutdown in January 2016 by its new owner Google Play. New York Life Insurance WARNed that they were “relocating” jobs within their Information Technology and Finance Operations, at least 59 IT employees affected between February and September 2016. Internet ‘members only’ shopping site Ideel issued a shutdown WARN for their NYC operations. They’ve joined the mass exodus from the Big Apple and will move to Illinois, 63 New Yorkers unemployed by March 2016. Semiconductor maker GlobalFoundries warned of mass layoffs at its Luther Forest Technology Campus. Administrators said they’d have more details about just how many people will be let go by the end of the month. The California based company is also killing jobs in Germany. Infrared vision device maker ORAFOL Display Optics issued a shutdown WARN for their Rochester facility, 27 jobs lost right after Xmas. Maker of 3D printers MakerBot eliminated 20% of its jobs, for the 2nd time: “We are facing tremendous challenges at MakerBot. Across the board throughout the industry we are seeing a very slow growth pace in the 3D printing space, and of course MakerBot is impacted by that as well.”-Jonathan Jaglom, ceo
North Carolina: In Weaverville, Arvato Digital services shutting down their 32 years old CD-DVD ops, 120 jobs lost! Administrators said “We still have customers, but not enough….”
Oregon: In Beaverton, Micro Power Electronics eliminating 140 jobs after Xmas, New York based administrators refused to say why!
Pennsylvania: In Richland Township, Concurrent Technologies laying off 30 people after Xmas. Company administrators say it’s the only way they can stay “competitive” in this suck-ass global economy. After three years non-profit ‘tech incubator’ Seed Philly shutdown due to the new property owner terminating the lease early.
Rhode Island: Blue Cross Blue Shield announced it will eliminate 80 IT jobs over the next 18 months. The health insurance company is joining the trend of contracting out its IT operations, ironically blaming ObamaCare (ironic because the health insurance industry created ObamaCare).
Texas: Giant corporation General Electric is demanding local taxpayers kickback some money for the GE Manufacturing Solutions train factory in Fort Worth, under the Triple Freeport Exemption which burdens those who do pay taxes! Round Rock based Dell made the biggest tech takeover deal ever ($67-billion USD). Now the administrators of Dell/EMC hinted at mass layoffs: “Of course when we do this we want to make sure we do this in a way that’s very attractive to the EMC shareholders and a fair deal…”-Joe Tucci, EMC ceo
Vermont: Semiconductor maker GlobalFoundries warned of mass layoffs at its Essex Junction and Hopewell Junction fabs.
Washington: Seattle based internet streaming service RealNetworks laid off 60 people, blaming their new contract with evil Verizon. Redmond based Microsoft announced yet another round of mass job destruction, this time 1-thousand more people will join the already 25-thousand 8-hundred people who’ve lost their jobs due to Microsoft!
Washington DC: Education tech company Blackboard laid off an undisclosed number of employees. News reports guesstimate 1-hundred people lost their jobs!
Wisconsin: Rockwell Automation warned of 255 layoffs in 2016, saying “…we believe we’ll see a slowing of the economy.” Littelfuse shutting down their Hamlin circuit protection maker HQ in Lake Mills, layoffs begin before Xmas. Local news reports say at one time Littelfuse-Hamlin had 2-hundred employees in Lake Mills.
WARN=Worker Adjustment & Retraining Notification
Former employees who receive severance are not counted as unemployed