http://www.itworld.com/taxonomy/term/969/all xx http://www.itworld.com/business/70199/oracle-may-cut-1000-european-jobs-union-says Oracle may lay off between 850 to 1,000 European employees, according to the French union CFDT. http://www.itworld.com/business/70199/oracle-may-cut-1000-european-jobs-union-says#comments Business Software News layoffs Oracle Fri, 03 Jul 2009 09:49:10 -0400 ITworld staff 70199 at http://www.itworld.com http://www.itworld.com/career/69568/unemployment-hammers-younger-workers Employment experts agree that record unemployment is affecting all age demographics. But data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics indicates that some age groups are being hit harder by unemployment than others. In fact, workers age 25 to 34 may be bearing the brunt of layoffs and hiring freezes. http://www.itworld.com/career/69568/unemployment-hammers-younger-workers#comments Career Analysis layoffs Mon, 22 Jun 2009 10:30:42 -0400 ITworld staff 69568 at http://www.itworld.com http://www.itworld.com/business/69383/it-job-market-update-hiring-stalled-salaries-slashed Cost-containment remains a primary concern for many IT decision makers, which means IT pros still face salary reductions, potential layoffs and lengthy unemployment stints, according to recent survey data. http://www.itworld.com/business/69383/it-job-market-update-hiring-stalled-salaries-slashed#comments Business News IT jobs layoffs Tue, 16 Jun 2009 20:39:25 -0400 ITworld staff 69383 at http://www.itworld.com http://www.itworld.com/legal/67111/laid-sysadmin-admits-blackmailing-mutual-fund-company A systems administrator pleaded guilty in a federal court Monday to charges that he tried to extort an undisclosed amount of money and even good job references out of a New York-based mutual fund company that had just laid him off. http://www.itworld.com/legal/67111/laid-sysadmin-admits-blackmailing-mutual-fund-company#comments Legal Security News layoffs Tue, 28 Apr 2009 20:46:02 -0400 ITworld staff 67111 at http://www.itworld.com http://www.itworld.com/business/67078/nokia-cuts-staff-refocuses-its-services-push Nokia will layoff 450 employees and allow developers to create mobile applications as the company responds to a mobile phone sales decrease. http://www.itworld.com/business/67078/nokia-cuts-staff-refocuses-its-services-push#comments Business News cell phone layoffs Nokia Tue, 28 Apr 2009 14:42:05 -0400 ITworld staff 67078 at http://www.itworld.com http://www.itworld.com/it-managementstrategy/67010/plant-closings-layoffs-means-heavy-lifting-it-departments Across the nation, offices are being consolidated, plants shut, employees let go. Such maneuvers, of course, are intended to save money. But achieving lasting results can take months of work performed largely by the IT staff -- a behind-the-scenes scramble that is often underestimated by others inside and outside the company. It's not as if the press release and pink slips go out and savings pour in. http://www.itworld.com/it-managementstrategy/67010/plant-closings-layoffs-means-heavy-lifting-it-departments#comments IT management/strategy Feature layoffs restructuring Mon, 27 Apr 2009 11:03:55 -0400 ITworld staff 67010 at http://www.itworld.com http://www.itworld.com/business/66571/sony-ericsson-cut-another-2000-workers Sony Ericsson plans to lay off another 2,000 workers after revealing a 35 percent drop in shipments in the first quarter. http://www.itworld.com/business/66571/sony-ericsson-cut-another-2000-workers#comments Business News cell phone financial results layoffs Sony Ericsson Fri, 17 Apr 2009 14:44:39 -0400 ITworld staff 66571 at http://www.itworld.com http://www.itworld.com/business/66454/reports-yahoo-plans-more-job-cuts Yahoo could announce another round of layoffs next week, the third one since early 2008, according to published reports. http://www.itworld.com/business/66454/reports-yahoo-plans-more-job-cuts#comments Business News Yahoo Carol Bartz layoffs Wed, 15 Apr 2009 11:03:28 -0400 ITworld staff 66454 at http://www.itworld.com http://www.itworld.com/business/65923/high-tech-job-cuts-soar-q1 The U.S. technology sector suffered 84,217 job cuts in the first quarter, according to Challenger, Gray & Christmas, which reported the figure is a 27% increase over the previous quarter and the largest total since the end of 2002. http://www.itworld.com/business/65923/high-tech-job-cuts-soar-q1#comments Business News layoffs Mon, 06 Apr 2009 17:13:55 -0400 ITworld staff 65923 at http://www.itworld.com http://www.itworld.com/career/65373/layoff-effect-are-you-doing-more-less-survey-says-no Are you being asked to do more in the wake of layoffs of co-workers? If so, are you actually doing more? http://www.itworld.com/career/65373/layoff-effect-are-you-doing-more-less-survey-says-no#comments Career IT management/strategy Research customer service layoffs Mon, 30 Mar 2009 14:13:12 -0400 ITworld staff 65373 at http://www.itworld.com