Corporate layoffs -- they're difficult, daunting and oftentimes a complete surprise to employees. Even though you may not be able to predict if your company...

Autonomy has seen its fair share of turmoil since HP acquired it in 2011, as several senior executives have left and rumors have swirled that HP is looking to sell the troubled unit or gut its staff with layoffs.  But amid all this uncertainty,

Yesterday two Omnicom agencies, BBDO and Goodby Silverstein & Partners, announced layoffs following the loss of major accounts Gillette and Chevrolet, respectively. While BBDO hasn't commented apart from characterizing the cuts as "significant an

Good morning, AdLand. Here's what you need to know today: BBDO and Goodby Silverstein & Partners announced layoffs due to the recent losses of major clients. Adweek reports that BBDO made "significant" cuts yesterday in large part

Cuts are a’ coming at the House Of Dougan. Fewer than 100 employees should be worried about HR asking if they have “a quick sec to chat” in a conference room where crying the crying will be less obvious, but each and every CSFB̵

The French have suggested everyone gird their loins for big-ish cuts. Continue reading »Follow Dealbreaker on Twitter or become a fan on Facebook.Tags: BNP Paribas, Layoffs, significant drops    

Lot18, a wine e-commerce site that once dominated the New York startup scene, is undergoing more layoffs. This morning, eleven people were let go, dwindling the staff down to 36. Last year, Lot18 had nearly 100 employees. The cuts were made across al

HSBC Holdings PLC (HBC) could announce more job cuts on Wednesday, when investors will be told that Chief Executive Stuart Gulliver will push ahead with plans to produce a leaner, more streamlined bank, U.K. daily The Independent reported on its webs

HSBC Holdings PLC (HBC) could announce more job cuts on Wednesday, when investors will be told that Chief Executive Stuart Gulliver will push ahead with plans to produce a leaner, more streamlined bank, U.K. daily The Independent reported on its webs

International Consolidated Airlines Group is pushing ahead with plans to shrink its Iberia unit even as costs earmarked for layoffs contributed to a wider loss in the first three months of the year.

A closely watched measure of layoffs fell to pre-recession levels for the first time last week, a figure consistent with other signs of an improving labor market.

Claims dropped to 323,000 last week -- another five-year low...

New claims for jobless benefits have hit the lowest level in more than five years, though there’s been little recent change in the pace of layoffs, according to a weekly government report released Thursday.

Vestas Wind Systems continued to see a bunch of negatives in its financial condition this quarter. In all, the struggling Danish company with four manufacturing...

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - In the past twelve months, Zynga Inc has struggled with a contracting player base, a deflated stock price and waves of layoffs. Now it is coming to terms with downsized ambitions.

The Daily News is now undergoing what employees of the tabloid have been fearing for weeks: Multiple insiders tell Capital that layoffs have hit the...

Jobless claims—at their best level of the expansion—may not signify a completely clean bill of health for the economy. A slowdown in layoffs has to be coupled with an improvement in hiring.

SAO PAULO, May 7 (Reuters) - Telefonica Brasil SA , the country's biggest telecom company, posted a bigger-than-expected drop in quarterly profit on Tuesday due to falling broadband and television revenue and the cost of a new round of layoffs.

SAO PAULO, May 7 (Reuters) - Telefonica Brasil SA , the country's biggest telecom company, posted a bigger-than-expected drop in quarterly profit on Tuesday due to falling broadband and television revenue and the cost of a new round of layoffs.

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - In the past twelve months, Zynga Inc has struggled with a contracting player base, a deflated stock price and waves of layoffs. Now it is coming to terms with downsized ambitions.

SAN FRANCISCO, May 6 (Reuters) - In the past twelve months,Zynga Inc has struggled with a contracting player base,a deflated stock price and waves of layoffs. Now it is coming toterms with downsized ambitions.

SAN FRANCISCO, May 6 (Reuters) - In the past twelve months, Zynga Inc has struggled with a contracting player base, a deflated stock price and waves of layoffs. Now it is coming to terms with downsized ambitions.

SAN FRANCISCO, May 6 (Reuters) - In the past twelve months, Zynga Inc has struggled with a contracting player base, a deflated stock price and waves of layoffs. Now it is coming to terms with downsized ambitions.

SAN FRANCISCO, May 6 (Reuters) - In the past twelve months, Zynga Inc has struggled with a contracting player base, a deflated stock price and waves of layoffs. Now it is coming to terms with downsized ambitions.

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Sources are telling us that some Oracle employees got pink slips on Friday. All of them are from Sun Microsystems' hardware groups. Friday's layoffs hit employees in the "legacy hardware" units from Sun, particularly salespeople and some ma

As Glencore Xstrata shares start trading Friday, CEO Ivan Glasenberg's focus is on integrating the two firms, squeezing out every ounce of profit, and watching for the next deal.

Ron Johnson's tenure at JCPenney, greeted with so much optimism, quickly turned into a disaster. Constant layoffs, a culture of secrecy, and distrust of Johnson's management team left many employees, and even executives, miserable.  His departur

NEW YORK (TheStreet) -- Layoffs in the financial industry are accelerating, according to the latest report from outplacement firm Challenger Gray & Christmas.Wall Street shed 34,856 jobs in the first four months of 2013, nearly three times the 12,860

NEW YORK (Reuters) - The number of planned layoffs at U.S. firms fell to their lowest level of the year in April, suggesting slowing economic growth has not translated into significant job losses, a report showed on Thursday.

MADRID (MarketWatch) -- The Greek Parliament late Sunday passed a bill that will see 15,000 civil servants lose their jobs by the end of next year, according to media reports. The layoffs are part of a new set of measures that the country must undert

The Greek Parliament passed a bill late Sunday that paves the way for thousands of public-sector layoffs and ratifies other changes agreed with the country's creditors.

The contentious plan would dismiss 15,000 civil servants by the end of next year as part of a new package of economic measures.    

ATHENS, Greece -- Greece's Parliament has approved an emergency omnibus bill that will ensure continued bailout funding by the country's creditors and pave the way for public sector layoffs.

With public sector jobs down over the last several years (Federal, State and local layoffs), several readers have asked if I could update the graphs comparing public and private sector job losses (or added) for President George W. Bush's two ter

"I admit it, I screwed up."In a blog post published Thursday afternoon, SecondMarket founder and CEO Barry Silbert announced a big round of layoffs-- and that it was all his fault. Citing difficulties transitioning the company from “a telephone

The drop in claims suggests that layoffs have declined, though many companies, still uncertain about the economy, have been reluctant to hire.    

In recent weeks we’ve heard reports and rumors of layoffs over at Worst Company In America 2013 winner Electronic Arts, and today the company confirmed the carnage is continuing. It’s unclear how many staffers were cut, as EA just says th

The Standard & Poor's 500 headed for its fifth-straight daily gain, as a measure of U.S. layoffs unexpectedly tumbled and British economic growth topped projections.

Initial jobless claims, a proxy for layoffs, declined by 16,000 to a seasonally adjusted 339,000 in the week ended April 20, the Labor Department said.

SAN FRANCISCO, April 23 (Reuters) - Los Angeles city employees would be spared the layoffs and furloughs of the recent past under Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa's $7.7 billion budget plan, but would have...

The supervisory board at General Motors has voted to close a German factory producing its Opel brand cars, the first time an auto plant in the country has been shut down in decades. 3,000 workers will lose their jobs, according to Reuters. GM is not

Greece looks at civil service layoffs, Japan reports a wide trade deficit, and earnings season is good to Goldman Sachs, not so good to Google.    

A week after layoffs at Walt Disney Studios, Lucasfilm was hit this week with pink slips of its own. More than two dozen staff members were laid off, I have learned. The cuts came primarily in the company’s financing, licensing and distribution

International Business Machines Corp.'s (IBM) first-quarter earnings fell 1.1% as the computing and tech services giant recorded declines in services and hardware sales.

By any measure, it's been a rough few years for the employees of Hewlett-Packard, with massive layoffs, stock options under water and a constant string of new bosses. But one HP manager we talked to says the mood among many HP employees is starting t

Recent layoffs show that Disney isn't resting on its laurels.

The agreement, after nearly two weeks of tense negotiations, includes thousands of layoffs in the civil service.    

Layoffs at J.C. Penney while Ron Johnson was CEO have left Myron "Mike" Ullman, the returning CEO, with a huge morale problem to overcome as he works to halt the slide in sales.