Screwed: 500 at Wick Building Systems

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

Today’s Total: 3,459

The good news: 1,200 previously laid-off workers will return to work on Tuesday at GM’s Lansing Delta Township Assembly plant in Michigan.

The bad: Wick Building Systems anticipates reducing its Wisconsin workforce by 500 employees… Honda plans to cut an additional 500 employees from a factory in Swindon, U.K. due to low projected sales… STX Finland laid off 400 workers after the completion of the world’s biggest cruise liner… Kolbe and Kolbe Millwork Co. laid off 334 employees due to declines in the construction industry… The Dearborn Board of Education approved 300 job cuts in response to budget cuts by the state of Michigan… El Paso Corp. will eliminate 300 people as part of a $150 million savings venture…Bristol University, U.K. plans to cut 250 staff members to compensate for a budget deficit… Albertson’s LLC filed notice that 246 workers will be laid off from three supermarkets in the Orlando area that were recently sold… Columbus Foundry will close its Columbus, Ga. plant after a declaration of bankruptcy by parent company Intermet Corp. and lay off 169 people… If sales do not improve for Great Dane Trailers of Kewanee, Ill., company reps say they will be forced to lay off 161 workers…

Screwed: 5,000 at Lloyds

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

Today’s Total: 5,735

British lender Lloyds Banking Group will cut 5,000 jobs by the end of next year in its insurance, retail and administration departments… Adobe is laying off 680 employees, 9 percent of its workforce… Catevo Group, a PR firm in Raleigh, N.C., is closing its office Nov.13 resulting in 25 employee layoffs… The city of Plainfield, N.J. is cutting 25 unfilled municipal positions and expects more layoffs in the future… Rumored layoffs expected at Zac Posen and Gucci… Richard Petty Motor Sports has begun laying off employees.

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16 Questions for Aspiring Entrepreneurs

We’re entrepreneurs. We like entrepreneurs. We are especially fond of what we call New Entrepreneurs — the countless people who, having been downsized in the downturn, were inspired to start businesses for the very first time.

Last week we interviewed Lori Chalmers, who started her handbag company, ChaCha, after being laid off from her graphic design job. Her one piece of advice for those looking to follow in her footsteps: Plan, if you can.

Enter David Ronick’s 16 questions…

Screwed: 2,500 at Sprint

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

Today’s Total: 7,281

The good news: Production is up at GM Canada which recalled 150 previously laid-off workers… A Toyota plant in Georgetown, Kent. also brought back 275 workers that had been let go last year.

Sprint announced its plans to trim its workforce by 2,500 by the end of the year… Electronic Arts will eliminate 1,500 jobs… Microsoft is scheduled to make 800 additional cuts to “adjust to economic conditions”… Pfizer sold its St. Louis operations to the Monsanto Company and expects 600 layoffs… PG&E will reduce its workforce by 500… The University of Nebraska system will be forced into 300 layoffs in response to budget cuts proposed by Governor Dave Heineman… Herbst Gaming handed out 200 pink slips after declaring bankruptcy… UniCare Life & Health Insurance will cut 187 jobs… A research subsidiary of Johnson & Johnson laid off 174 staffers in Penn. as part of a global restructuring program… Grand Rapids, Mich. is set to release a budget overhaul that calls for the elimination of up to 150 city workers… AOL will lay off 100 staff members… The Star Tribune of Minneapolis-St. Paul, Minn. will lose 100 workers after declaring bankruptcy…

Screwed: 4,900 at British Airways

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

Today’s total: 5,310

First, the (relatively) good news: Few employers announcing layoffs today.

The rest: At British Airways, about 4,900 employees will lose their jobs. …Creekside Mushrooms in Penn. plans to lay off 260 workers. … In Grand Rapids, Mich., 150 people may be let go. …

Lemonade Maker: Lori Chalmers, Downturn Designer

At the end of 2007, Lori Chalmers was laid off from her main graphic design gig with one day’s notice. Scrambling for income, she took a shot at turning her hobby—designing and making handbags—into a business. The 30-year-old talked to us about how she created her Toronto-based fashion company, Cha Cha, from scratch.

One day?

Well, as a freelance you have no protection, no severance, nothing.

I came home and had locked myself out of my apt. So I was waiting for my landlord, thinking about how I could make some money quickly. I had been making bags for my friends and for myself. It was my one skill…

Screwed: 495 at NetJets

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

Today’s Total: 696

NetJets will lay off 495 pilots nationwide…Wachovia Corp. child care center is laying off its entire staff of 130… Chevron will be cutting 25 operations and management jobs from its Alaska workforce… Up to 25 employee layoffs may be announced on Monday from the Cooley Dickinson Hospital… Goodwin Procter has laid off 21 second-year business law associates…

Screwed: 10,000 at GM

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

Today’s Total: 15,116

The good news: According to WSJ, planned layoffs fell in October for the third consecutive month and reached their lowest level since March 2008… Puerto Rico has decided to delay the layoffs of 7,000 employees until next year.

The bad: GM announced its plan to slash 10,000 jobs from European division Opel… HSBC anticipates trimming 1,800 jobs… Daimler announced plans to lay off 1,000 workers at a Mercedes car unit in Germany… Microsoft completed its layoff plans by cutting 800 staffers… Associated British Foods is expected to reduce its workforce by 400… Anglo Irish Bank is set to lay off 230 employees globally as phase one of its “redundancy program”… Citigroup Inc. reduced its credit card and wealth management staff by 175 this week… DRS Technologies laid off 160 employees from offices in Brevard County, Fla… Sitel reduced its workforce by 150 in Andalusia, Ala… Novell laid off up to 130 people last week… Kingfisher Airlines handed out 100 pink slips to Indian pilots… Robinson Memorial Hospital of Ravenna, Ohio laid off 54 full and part-time workers… The Wheatland Tube Co. of Pennsylvania consolidated two plants and cut 40 employees… The Glen Electric plant laid off 40 workers in the U.K…

Screwed: 8,000 at Johnson & Johnson

A 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…

Screwed: 5,700 at Nokia Siemens Networks

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

Today’s Total: 12,402

Nokia Siemens Networks has plans to lay off 5,700 workers globally as a cost-cutting measure… The Royal Bank of Scotland will lay off 3,700 staff members as part of a company-led “modernization program”… UPM-Kymenne Corp., the world’s largest magazine paper manufacturer, has laid off 870 Finnish employees in response to the industry’s downturn… On Monday, Iowa announced preliminary plans to lay off 792 employees of the state…