The Unemployed Life

Screwed: Up to 4,000 at GlaxoSmithKline

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

Today’s total: 5,058

GlaxoSmithKline plans on eliminating up to 4,000 jobs from their workforce…Sony Pictures Entertainment announced that it will lay off about 400 employees to cope with declining DVD sales…Harleysville National Bank expects to cut up to 300 jobs after a merger in March…In Tennessee, First Horizon National Corp. has decided to shut down one of their departments, leaving 100 employees out of work…CBS News will hand out pink slips to up to 100 staffers next week…Fujifilm North America Corp. announced its plan to lay off 100 nonunion employees after shutting down their Texas facility…PNC Financial Services Group plans on laying off 58 IT jobs in Cleveland.

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