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02 Sep 2015 August Job Cut Report: Retail, Manufacturing Contribute to 41,186 Cuts
August Job Cuts Drop After July Surge Published September 2, 2015 Monthly job cuts plunged by more than 60 percent in August after surging to a four-year high in July on massive cuts in military staffing, according to the report Thursday from global outplacement consultancy Challenger, Gray...
05 Aug 2015 July Job Cut Report: 105,696 Highest One-Month Total Since 2011
Massive Troop and Civilian Reductions Lead to First 100,000+ Month Since 2011 Monthly job cuts rocketed to the highest level in nearly four years, as U.S. employers announced plans to shed 105,696 workers from their payrolls in July, according to the report Thursday from global outplacement...
30 Jun 2015 June Job Cut Report: 44,842 Cuts Contribute to Highest Midyear Total in 5 Years
Job cuts increased by about 10 percent in June, as employers announced plans to reduce payrolls by 44,842 workers during the month. Meanwhile, heavier-than-expected downsizing throughout the first half of 2015 pushed the midyear total to its highest level since 2010, according to a...
03 Jun 2015 May Job Cut Report: Oil Cuts Ebb As Employers Cut 41,034
After reaching a three year high in April, planned job cuts announced by U.S.-based firms declined sharply in May, falling by 33 percent to 41,034, according the latest report released Thursday by global outplacement consultancy Challenger, Gray & Christmas, Inc. The latest tally on employer downsizing...
06 May 2015 April Job Cut Report: Cuts Surge to 61,582, 3-Year High
Falling oil prices contributed to a 68 percent surge in job cuts last month, as US-based employers announced workforce reductions totaling 61,582 in April, up from 36,594 in March, according to the latest report on monthly layoffs released Thursday by global outplacement consultancy Challenger, Gray...
01 Apr 2015 March Job Cut Report: 34% of Q1 Cuts Due To Oil Prices
Following two consecutive months of job cuts in excess of 50,000, the pace of downsizing slowed significantly in March, as US-based employers announced plans to trim payrolls by 36,594 during the month, according to new figures released Thursday by global outplacement consultancy Challenger, Gray &...
05 Mar 2015 February Job Cut Report: 50,579 Cuts, 38% of All Cuts in 2015 Due To Oil Prices
Planned job cuts declined slightly in February, as US-based employers announced workforce reductions totaling 50,579, five percent fewer than the 53,041 in January, according to the report on monthly job cuts released Thursday by global outplacement consultancy Challenger, Gray & Christmas, Inc. The February...
05 Feb 2015 January Job Cut Report: 40% of 53,041 Cuts Due to Falling Oil Prices
Job cut announcements surged to their highest level in nearly two years, as falling oil prices prompted cost-cutting efforts in energy and related industries. In all, U.S.-based employers announced plans to shed 53,041 jobs from their payrolls to start 2015; with 40 percent of...
21 Jan 2014 Tech Cuts Report: Tech Sheds 100,747, 21% of All Job Cuts
While the number of overall job cuts declined in 2014 to the lowest level since 1997, planned workforce reductions in the technology sector trended in the opposite direction, rising to the largest year-end total since 2009. Employers in the technology sector announced a total of 100,757...