Mid-year totals for U.S. layoffs hit a five-year high.
The oil patch was hit the hardest, yet no sector has been immune.
By Diane Alter, Contributing Writer, Money Morning -
Mid-year totals for U.S. layoffs hit a five-year high.
The oil patch was hit the hardest, yet no sector has been immune.
Keep reading to find out where the latest job cuts have come from.
By Diane Alter, Contributing Writer, Money Morning -
Mid-year totals for U.S. layoffs hit a five-year high.
The oil patch was hit the hardest, yet no sector has been immune.
Keep reading to find out where the latest job cuts have come from.
By Diane Alter, Contributing Writer, Money Morning -
U.S. company layoffs are up 13% in 2015 from the year before.
U.S.-based employers announced a whopping 41,034 job cuts last month.
Check out this list of employers that are slashing scary high amounts of jobs from their payrolls...
By Diane Alter, Contributing Writer, Money Morning -
Job layoffs in the U.S. soared 68% in April. Low oil prices pressured companies across all sectors to trim headcount.
U.S.-based employers announced a whopping 61,582 job cuts last month. That was up from 36,594 in March. It was also 53% higher year over year, when the job cut tally was 40,298.
Check out this list of employers that are slashing scary high amounts of jobs from their payrolls...
By Diane Alter, Contributing Writer, Money Morning -
Today's job report showed unemployment fell to 5.5% - but it doesn't seem like things are getting better when you look at the constant stream of planned U.S. layoffs and job cuts being announced.
Just two months into 2015, employers have announced a whopping 103,620 planned layoffs. That's up 19% from the 86,942 layoffs recorded during the same period in 2014.
Here's a look at some of the biggest job cuts announced so far this year...