Chart: 300,000 tech layoffs

18.02.2009
TechCrunch's , launched in August of 2008, is a database of verified tech-sector layoffs and their headcounts. It took four months for the Tracker to reach 100,000, five weeks to hit 200,000, and four more to Tuesday. TechCrunch details the new listings:

The past few weeks have particularly brutal for the technology space, with substantial layoffs announced by Pioneer (10,000), Cisco (3,000), Panasonic (15,000), NEC (20,000), Electronic Arts (1100) and AOL (700). Even Bloomberg and The Wall Street Journal, who both managed to avoid layoffs in the past few months, were forced to make cuts to their workforces. And Google, who was immune to layoffs until late January, continued giving pink-slips in the past three weeks with the company's exit from radio. Sadly, a few start-ups weren't able to weather the storm, with eBaum's World cutting all of its workforce.

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