Who's Firing is a weekly survey of organizations announcing (or rumoring) layoffs for the week ended 10-30-09. Not only is this valuable for job seekers, but for business analysts, corporate strategists, marketers, salespeople, investment analysts, financial advisers, and others who are interested in companies that are contracting.

Layoffs announced and rumored this week were in the Transportation, Government, Publishing, Health care, Manufacturing, Financial/Banking, and Education sectors.

Inclusion on this listing doesn’t mean the entire industry is down, as many from the same sector appeared on the “Who’s Hiring” article published 10/26/09. It is interesting to note that while Federal hiring is on the rise, a number of State and Local governments have continued to see cutbacks for over the past month.

Transportation, especially airline related companies announced significant layoffs this week, including Boeing, US Airlines, and American Airlines.

Publishers continued to shed jobs as Associated Press, Forbes, Southern Progress, and Arkansas Democrat-Gazette announced layoffs, while rumors continued at Conde-Nast about which units would face job cuts.

While many Healthcare organizations made the top hiring company lists, a number of Healthcare companies were laying off such as Quest Diagnostics (they are also on the top hiring company list), Dorothea Dix Hospital, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Florida, LCA-Vision, and TomoTherapy. Education organizations including Michigan State, University of Maine, and State of Arizona teachers. Princeton & Dartmouth also announced layoffs, but the numbers were too small to make this lists’ cutoff (50).

Job seekers: You might want to look in greener pastures than these companies.

Organizations announcing or rumored layoffs week ended 10/30/09:

Southern Progress (Time, Inc), Birmingham AL (90)
Boeing Corp, Kennedy Space Center FL (330)
Boeing Corp, National (500)
US Airways, National (1,000)
American Airlines, Kansas City MO (700)
Quest Diagnostics, Wallingford CT (60)
Milwaukee County, Milwaukee WI (200)
Diversco, Winston-Salem NC (55)
Tracy CA (69)
State of Massachusetts (1,000)
ComScore, San Fransisco CA (50)
Target, Minneapolis MN (85)
Royal Dutch Shell, International (5,000)
Michigan State University, East Lansing MI (600)
Bath Iron Works, Bath ME (191)
YRC Worldwide Inc, Overland Park KS (900)
John D. Hollingsworth on Wheels Inc, Greenville SC (190)
General Electric, Bloomington IL (96)
Microsemi Corp, Scottsdale AZ (200-300)
Dorothea Dix Hospital, Raleigh NC (300)
Shaw Industries, Tifton GA (200)
Associated Press, International (400?)

Site, Huntington WV (112)
Aramark/Broward County Jail, Pompano Beach FL (96)
Hendrickson International Trailer Suspension Systems, Canton OH (189)
State of Missouri (700)
Blue Cross/Blue Shield of Florida, Jacksonville FL (150)
Forbes, National (100)
Intermet/Archer Creek Foundry, Campbell County VA (192)
University of Maine School System, Augusta ME (100)
Arthur J. Gallagher, Itasca IL (400)
Harley-Davidson Inc, Talladega GA (100)
Thomas & Betts Corporation, Cleveland OH (117)
Honeywell, Springfield IL (120)
HanesBrands, Forsyth NC (240)
Solano County, CA (161?)
Georgia-Pacific Corp, Fordyce AR (300)
Caterpillar, National (2500)
Arrow Electronics, Melville NY (100)
Supreme Foam, Archdale NC (50)
Perot Systems Corp, Lincoln NE (54)
Capital One Bank, Melville NY (99)
Gianni Versace, International (350)
LCA-Vision Inc., Cincinnati OH (70)
Wood-Mode, Kraemer PA (95)
Direct Energy, Richardson TX (85)
New United Motor Manufacturing, Fremont CA (3,764)
USS-Posco, Pittsburg CA (50)
Bank of America, Pasadena CA (174)
Assurant Specialty Property Tustin, Orange, Santa Ana CA (256)
Lennox Hearth Products, Inc, Orange CA (71)
Rockwell Collins, San Jose CA (192)
Standard Chartered Bank, Miami FL (72)
Mohawk Flush Doors, subsidiary of Masonite Corp, South Bend IN (73)
GECOM Corp, Frankfort KY (160)
Miller Bros. Coal, LLC, Prestonburg, KY (225)
New River Foundry, Radford, VA (76)
Arkansas Democrat-Gazette, Little Rock AR (Unknown)
TomoTherapy, Madison WI (10%)
City of Cuyahoga Falls OH (53)
US Steel, Granite City IL (Unknown)
Citigroup, Las Vegas NV (75)
City of Grand Rapids MI (Unknown)
Dutchess County NY (70)
Seattle WA Department of Planning & Development (Unknown)
Fairpoint Communication, National (Unknown)
State of Arizona Teachers (described as “Massive”)
Guardian Auto Glass, Auburn IN (64)
City of Birmingham AL (800)
State of Pennsylvania (Estimated in hundreds)

Source: Google, Twitter, AllPinkSlips.com, Telonu.com, TechCrunch.com, CoStar.com, Gawker, Screwedd.com

Readers – If you know of employers announcing significant layoff plans, or employers reducing large numbers of employees, please comment below to add to this list.

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