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Screwed: 2,000 at Cisco

By Jessica Sirkin ⋅ 10:06 am July 13, 2009 ⋅ 2 comments

screws4A daily review of the employment fallout around the country and the world.

Today’s Partial Total: 4,340

Cisco is planning to cut possibly up to 2,000 jobs…Royal Dutch Shell is considering closing its Montreal oil refinery, putting 550 jobs in jeopardy…Armour-Eckrich is closing their meat plant in Hastings on July 17th, costing 370 workers their jobs…General Motors Mexico plans to layoff 300 employees…Silver Line is closing their Fall River plant, costing 287 workers their jobs…Austrian car interiors manufacturer Eybl plans to cut 230 jobs at its four Hungarian plants…Teleporformance is set to layoff 218 employees in Dublin…Advanta plans to cut 50% of its staff, leaving fewer than 200 employees…West Penn Allegheny Health Services plans to layoff 185 workers.

Are you one of the Screwed? Check out Recessionwire’s Laid Off 101. Read more about layoffs at the sites compiled on our layoff tracker page.

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Discussion

2 comments for “Screwed: 2,000 at Cisco”

  1. Amazing! Not clear for me, how offen you updating your http://www.recessionwire.com.
    Thank you
    Rufor

    Posted by Rufor | July 13, 2009, 11:07 pm
  2. Trully terrible to see this happening, even with the biggest, best off companies. It’s a tough time, but you have to believe that we’ll bounce back.

    Posted by Bill | August 21, 2009, 5:27 pm

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