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Screwed: 8,000 at Johnson & Johnson

By Olga Tchoumak ⋅ 10:40 am November 4, 2009 ⋅ Post a comment

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

Today’s Total: 11,809

Johnson & Johnson plans to lay off up to 8,000 employees, affecting 6 to 8 percent of its global workforce…Royal Bank of Scotland will lay off 3,700 retail banking workers… 51 employees of the Fresno Bee‘s circulation department will lose their jobs… 28 employees of the Michigan Department of Agriculture will be laid off while 11 Capitol security workers will receive 30 day layoff notices… Olympia city will probably see 14 city employee layoffs in January… Emmet County may be forced to layoff 5 employees to avoid a negative 2010 budget… Sprint Nextel Corp. is preparing to lay off dozens of employees in its wholesale business.

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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