Who's Firing Techs?

ho's Firing Techs is drawn from a weekly survey by Phil Rosenberg of organizations announcing (or rumoring) layoffs. This edition is for the weeks ended 11/27/09 and 12/4/09.

The technology sector largely escaped the chopping block recently, as top layoffs announced and rumored were in the Retail, Defense, Tobacco, Manufacturing, Government, and Health Care sectors.

Technology organizations announcing or rumored layoffs for weeks ended 11/27/09 and 12/4/09:

Progress Software, Bedford MA (225+)
Visteon, Indianapolis IN (187)
Gamesa USA, Ebensburg PA (141)
Avid Technology Inc, Tewksbury MA (120)
GTECH Corp, Providence RI & various (80)
Vulcan, Seattle WA (50)