Friday’s Reno City Council Meeting revealed new budget numbers, which will make possible layoffs a definite. The city’s budget gap, which was once projected at $3.6 million, now sits at just under $6 million. In order to fill the increased gap, many additional cuts will occur, including a reduction in the city’s workforce. 71.75 full-time positions [...]
Continue reading...Tuesday, October 20, 2009
Sun Microsystems announced that it is cutting 3,000 jobs, or about 10% of its workforce. The cuts are necessary, the company says, because of losses it is incurring while waiting for European regulators to approve its purchase by Oracle. However, Sun has been laying workers off slowly over the last several years, [...]
Continue reading...Monday, September 28, 2009
It looks as though the state of New York may be joining the rest of the country as its options are pointing more and more towards layoffs. New York had remained an exception among the larger states by not cutting its 200,000-person payroll. “We’ve not had to furlough or lay off any workers, but the means [...]
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