Comments on: The Boston Tech Layoff Tracker

By: Curtis J Neeley Jr., MFA

Curtis J Neeley Jr., MFA — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 05:09:37 +0000

I bet NameMedia is headed for a bankruptcy to take advantage of the protections offered. They paid millions in salary every year to just the top execs. every one of them who leaves saves a quarter of a million dollars a year. Read their retracted IPO filing. They expected people like me to not be upset enough to take them to the mat. I pray that they do not file bankruptcy and hope they pay much more than ten million for violating my trademarks and copyright after they knew that I was distressed. They involved a lawyer first. esquire Erik Zilinek advised me that they considered their cybersquatting and would be allowed by a tribunal in spite of my common law TM. NameMedia has been cybersquatted on two of my domains since the first year after Esquire Zilinek passed the bar exam. Visit NameMedias.com at the link above to see a bit about the case.
THEY HAVE BEEN SERVED!
I will post the reply as soon as they give it.

By: Rebecca Zacks

Rebecca Zacks — Mon, 17 Aug 2009 13:32:57 +0000

Thanks for the heads up Sue. That was a typo introduced during one of the all-too-frequent updates of the tracker. It’s fixed now.

By: Sue Miller

Sue Miller — Mon, 17 Aug 2009 13:21:36 +0000

What a valuable (if disconcerting) feature….

However, your spreadsheet includes a column heading “Locations effected.”

“Effected”?? Ugh! Did you guys lay off your copy editors?

By: NameMedia Again

NameMedia Again — Sat, 04 Apr 2009 04:24:19 +0000

NameMedia dropped a bunch of people on 4/3. Still working on finding out the numbers.

By: merc

merc — Tue, 24 Mar 2009 22:15:40 +0000

You can left-click the links.

By: James Parson

James Parson — Sat, 17 Jan 2009 15:28:41 +0000

According to Telonu http://www.telonu.com, Friday 16th Jan, 2009 was one of the worst day for US. Almost 43,000 people has been laid off this day… Check their tracker http://www.telonu.com/layoffs

By: Oracle Layoffs

Oracle Layoffs — Thu, 15 Jan 2009 13:20:19 +0000

There’s a lot of buzz around 8,000 cuts coming, but at this point nothing substantiates it. So far the WSJ is reporting that 500 jobs were cut last Friday.

My theory is that Oracle’s layoffs will be moderate for now, and that the largest cut will come between April 29 and May 31… that’s the window after which Oracle’s severance package clause with former-BEA employees expires (guaranteeing them 3-12 months severance if laid off within the 1st 12 months after last year’s takeover) and before Oracle’s fiscal year ends on May 31st. Just a theory, so time will tell.

I’ve posted an article separating the fact from the fiction, check it out if you’re so inclined: http://www.thedailyanchor.com/2009/01/13/oracle-layoffs-2009-sorting-fact-from-rumors/

By: Peter Nowicki

Peter Nowicki — Thu, 11 Dec 2008 20:49:45 +0000

I think the real question is: will clean tech save the day? Boston is one of the top 5 cities for the industry, which is the most likely to lift our economy out of this recession. Thoughts?

By: Video Game Industry Better than Ever? « Applied Game Design

Video Game Industry Better than Ever? « Applied Game Design — Thu, 27 Nov 2008 16:59:21 +0000

[...] even has a layoff tracker (scroll down for it). CNet has one, too. For specific Boston, Seattle and San Diego layoff trackers see [...]

By: Nabeel Haytt

Nabeel Haytt — Sun, 23 Nov 2008 02:35:09 +0000

This is interesting/scary, but without context. There are regularly startups going out of business, so it would be helpful to see excatly how bad it is for workers if there was a comparison to, say, the layoffs in Oct/Nov of last year and the year before so we can see comparison numbers. Without the context it’s kind of sensationalist and it could be very informative.

just a thought, would love to see it.

By: Update from the New Tech Misery Indices « First Thing Monday

Update from the New Tech Misery Indices « First Thing Monday — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 16:54:29 +0000

[...] to home, business and technology news site, Xconomy, has created its own Boston Tech Layoff Tracker. As of this morning, 21 companies had eliminated 1,496 slots. For some reasons, this list included [...]

By: D Brooks

D Brooks — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 18:21:07 +0000

The scariest part is the “Sheet 1″ tab … with room for lots and lots more tabs