Who's firing techs this week?

Top tech layoffs were announced and rumored for the week ending 11/13/09 in the Telecommunications, Technology, and Business Services sectors. Inclusion in this list does not mean the entire industry is circling the drain as the "Who's Hiring Techs" list of 11/09/09 included some of the same sectors.

For those considering government positions, federal hiring is on the rise, but a number of state and local governments have continued to cut back over the past month.

Technology companies announcing significant layoffs this week included AOL, Electronic Arts, Applied Materials, Adobe, First Data, and Sun Microsystems.

Telecommuncations companies cut jobs as Sprint Nextel, and Nortel announced layoffs, even while Sprint's competitors have been on the top hiring lists for the past six weeks or more.

Technology organizations announcing or rumored layoffs (and the number of workers affected) during the week ended 11/13/09:

Sprint Nextel, National (2,000-2,500)
Electronic Arts, (1,500)
Applied Materials, Santa Clara Ca (1,300 – 1,500)
AOL, NYC (up to 1,000)
Adobe Systems, San Jose CA (680)
Relational LLC, Rolling Meadows IL (118)
First Data, International (250)
Current TV, San Fransisco CA (80)
Sitel, Longview TX (270)
Sun Microsystems, Broomfield CO (128)
Nortel Networks, Richardson TX (56)
Siemens IT Solutions and Services, Clark Summit PA (64)
Serco, Inc., Warrendale PA (93)(118)
Sykes Enterprises Inc, Milton-Freewater OR (336)

Source: Who's Firing is a weekly survey of organizations announcing (or rumoring) layoffs for the week by Recareered.