Tech Layoffs in 2008
212
Layoff events
166
Companies
32,524
Employees laid off
2008
Year
All layoffs in 2008
| Location | Source | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| First Transit WARN | December 31, 2008 | 8 | — | Nichols, NY | — |
| Roadway Express WARN | December 30, 2008 | 338 | — | West Seneca, NY | — |
| Yellow Transportation WARN | December 30, 2008 | 70 | — | Tonawanda, NY | — |
| Roadway Express WARN | December 30, 2008 | 39 | — | Syracuse, NY | — |
| Roadway Express WARN | December 30, 2008 | 36 | — | Syosset, NY | — |
| Citigroup Inc. and its NY Subsidiaries WARN | December 29, 2008 | 1,004 | — | New York, NY | — |
| ArcelorMittal WARN | December 29, 2008 | 313 | — | Blasdell, NY | — |
| Manpower WARN | December 24, 2008 | 135 | — | Poughkeepsie, NY | — |
| Thacher Proffitt & Wood WARN | December 23, 2008 | 243 | — | New York, NY | — |
| VOOM HD a subsidiary of Rainbow HD WARN | December 22, 2008 | 134 | — | New York, NY | — |
| VOOM HD a subsidiary of Rainbow HD WARN | December 22, 2008 | 57 | — | Woodbury, NY | — |
| Plug Power WARN | December 18, 2008 | 68 | — | Latham, NY | — |
| St. Rose's Home WARN | December 18, 2008 | 39 | — | New York, NY | — |
| Credit Suisse Securities WARN | December 16, 2008 | 759 | — | New York, NY | — |
| Turning Point Facility of Saint Francis Hospital WARN | December 16, 2008 | 34 | — | Beacon, NY | — |
| Saint Francis Hospital/Mental Health Units WARN | December 16, 2008 | 21 | — | Poughkeepsie, NY | — |
| Antares Information Technologies WARN | December 15, 2008 | 199 | — | Hauppauge, NY | — |
| Proctor and Gamble Pharmaceuticals WARN | December 15, 2008 | 94 | — | Norwich, NY | — |
| Antares Information Technologies WARN | December 15, 2008 | — | — | Hauppauge, NY | — |
| Goldman, Sachs & WARN | December 11, 2008 | 200 | — | New York, NY | — |
| Goldman, Sachs & WARN | December 11, 2008 | — | — | New York, NY | — |
| Welcome Wagon a subsidiary of Move WARN | December 10, 2008 | 50 | — | Plainview, NY | — |
| Hussmann WARN | December 9, 2008 | 92 | — | Gloversville, NY | — |
| Morgan Stanley WARN | December 8, 2008 | 590 | — | New York, NY | — |
| JP Morgan Chase WARN | December 8, 2008 | 500 | — | New York, NY | — |
| New England Laminates Co., Inc. NELCO WARN | December 8, 2008 | 77 | — | Newburgh, NY | — |
| DHL Express WARN | December 8, 2008 | 25 | — | East Syracuse, NY | — |
| DHL Express WARN | December 8, 2008 | 17 | — | Buffalo, NY | — |
| DHL Express WARN | December 8, 2008 | 10 | — | Rochester, NY | — |
| DHL Express WARN | December 5, 2008 | 120 | — | Inwood, NY | — |
| DHL Express WARN | December 5, 2008 | 100 | — | Jamaica, NY | — |
| DHL Express WARN | December 5, 2008 | 100 | — | New York, NY | — |
| DHL Express WARN | December 5, 2008 | 75 | — | New York, NY | — |
| The Penn Traffic Company/Quality Markets WARN | December 5, 2008 | 62 | — | Jamestown, NY | — |
| DHL Express WARN | December 5, 2008 | 60 | — | Ronkonkoma, NY | — |
| DHL Express WARN | December 5, 2008 | 50 | — | Elmsford, NY | — |
| DHL Express WARN | December 5, 2008 | 50 | — | Woodside, NY | — |
| DHL Express WARN | December 5, 2008 | 40 | — | Brooklyn, NY | — |
| Jamestown Container WARN | December 5, 2008 | 39 | — | Lockport, NY | — |
| DHL Express WARN | December 5, 2008 | 30 | — | Melville, NY | — |
| DHL Express WARN | December 5, 2008 | 30 | — | Newburgh, NY | — |
| Aramark Sports and Entertainment WARN | December 4, 2008 | 66 | — | New York, NY | — |
| Schrader-Bridgeport International WARN | December 3, 2008 | 28 | — | Syracuse, NY | — |
| BH S & B WARN | December 2, 2008 | 92 | — | New York, NY | — |
| Super Steel Schenectady WARN | December 1, 2008 | 175 | — | Glenville, NY | — |
| ChemRX WARN | December 1, 2008 | 71 | — | Long Beach, NY | — |
| Sisters of St. Joseph/The Academy of St. Joseph WARN | December 1, 2008 | 41 | — | Brentwood, NY | — |
| Unisys WARN | November 26, 2008 | 89 | — | Rochester, NY | — |
| DHL Express WARN | November 25, 2008 | 115 | — | East Syracuse, NY | — |
| Computer Science Services CSC WARN | November 25, 2008 | 98 | — | Rensselaer, NY | — |
| Delavan Industries WARN | November 24, 2008 | 91 | — | West Seneca, NY | — |
| Delavan Industries WARN | November 24, 2008 | 6 | — | Blasdell, NY | — |
| AJM Packaging WARN | November 21, 2008 | 126 | — | Brentwood, NY | — |
| National Gypsum-Wallboard Division WARN | November 21, 2008 | 71 | — | East Greenbush, NY | — |
| HSBC Mortgage WARN | November 19, 2008 | 225 | — | Depew, NY | — |
| BH S & B WARN | November 19, 2008 | 118 | — | Port Washington, NY | — |
| Blue Man Productions WARN | November 19, 2008 | 46 | — | New York, NY | — |
| The Penn Traffic Company/ P & C Foods WARN | November 17, 2008 | 68 | — | Oswego, NY | — |
| National Wholesale Liquidators WARN | November 13, 2008 | 316 | — | West Hempstead, NY | — |
| Thomson Reuters WARN | November 13, 2008 | 35 | — | White Plains, NY | — |
| NXP Semiconductors WARN | November 12, 2008 | 512 | — | Hopewell Junction, NY | — |
| Microdyne Outsourcing WARN | November 10, 2008 | 91 | — | Binghamton, NY | — |
| Goldman, Sachs & WARN | November 7, 2008 | 700 | — | New York, NY | — |
| City and Suburban Delivery Systems WARN | November 7, 2008 | 340 | — | New Hyde Park, NY | — |
| City and Suburban Delivery Systems WARN | November 7, 2008 | 101 | — | New Rochelle, NY | — |
| City and Suburban Delivery Systems WARN | November 7, 2008 | 30 | — | Hauppauge, NY | — |
| Goldman, Sachs & WARN | November 7, 2008 | — | — | New York, NY | — |
| J & W Seligman WARN | November 6, 2008 | 113 | — | New York, NY | — |
| RJR Paratransit WARN | October 31, 2008 | 200 | — | Staten Island, NY | — |
| Coca-Cola Enterprises WARN | October 31, 2008 | 62 | — | Binghamton, NY | — |
| American Transit WARN | October 30, 2008 | 400 | — | Bronx, NY | — |
| Metropolitan Jewish Geriatric Center Adult Home Care WARN | October 30, 2008 | 220 | — | Brooklyn, NY | — |
| Credit Suisse Securities WARN | October 30, 2008 | 191 | — | New York, NY | — |
| American Transit WARN | October 30, 2008 | 50 | — | Yonkers, NY | — |
| R. T. Vanderbilt WARN | October 30, 2008 | 17 | — | Gouverneur, NY | — |
| Interep National Radio Sales WARN | October 27, 2008 | 104 | — | New York, NY | — |
| Gate Gourmet WARN | October 23, 2008 | 46 | — | Long Island, NY | — |
| Gate Gourmet Inc Amtrak Commissary at Penn Station WARN | October 23, 2008 | 36 | — | New York, NY | — |
| Financial Guaranty Insurance WARN | October 21, 2008 | 56 | — | New York, NY | — |
| Wakiya, Gramercy Park Hotel WARN | October 20, 2008 | 59 | — | New York, NY | — |
| Wyeth Pharmaceuticals WARN | October 17, 2008 | 1,150 | — | Rouses Point, NY | — |
| Sodexo WARN | October 17, 2008 | 144 | — | New York, NY | — |
| Par Pharmaceutical WARN | October 17, 2008 | 118 | — | Spring Valley, NY | — |
| Par Pharmaceutical WARN | October 17, 2008 | 5 | — | Suffern, NY | — |
| Barclays Capital WARN | October 14, 2008 | 500 | — | New York, NY | — |
| GE Capital Corporation/CitiCapital WARN | October 14, 2008 | 54 | — | Harrison, NY | — |
| Barclays Capital WARN | October 14, 2008 | — | — | New York, NY | — |
| Heller Ehrman WARN | September 29, 2008 | 148 | — | New York, NY | — |
| Swissport Cargo WARN | September 29, 2008 | 97 | — | Jamaica, NY | — |
| Shop Vac WARN | September 25, 2008 | 220 | — | Endicott, NY | — |
| U.S. Web WARN | September 25, 2008 | 208 | — | Huntington, NY | — |
| Liberty Mutual WARN | September 25, 2008 | 51 | — | Syracuse, NY | — |
| Kaz WARN | September 24, 2008 | 337 | — | Hudson, NY | — |
| Honeywell International/Scanning and Mobility WARN | September 23, 2008 | 300 | — | Skaneateles Falls, NY | — |
| Oswego Wire WARN | September 17, 2008 | 53 | — | Oswego, NY | — |
| Amalgamated Life WARN | September 11, 2008 | 466 | — | New York, NY | — |
| Evelyn Hill WARN | September 9, 2008 | 150 | — | New York, NY | — |
| Ramada Plaza Hotel JFK WARN | September 2, 2008 | 202 | — | Jamaica, NY | — |
| JP Morgan Chase & WARN | August 29, 2008 | 71 | — | Syracuse, NY | — |
| Complementary Coatings Corp. d/b/a/ Insl-x WARN | August 26, 2008 | 57 | — | Stony Point, NY | — |
| St. Lawrence Zinc WARN | August 22, 2008 | 176 | — | Gouverneur, NY | — |
| Aramark Educational WARN | August 22, 2008 | 62 | — | Valley Stream, NY | — |
| Kmart Corporation Store #3436 WARN | August 22, 2008 | 46 | — | Rochester, NY | — |
| Transit Facility Management WARN | August 12, 2008 | 248 | — | Brooklyn, NY | — |
| Sherwood Valve WARN | August 12, 2008 | 147 | — | Niagara Falls, NY | — |
| Olympus Surgical & Industrial America WARN | August 1, 2008 | 150 | — | Orangeburg, NY | — |
| Sterling Mets WARN | July 29, 2008 | 1,050 | — | Flushing, NY | — |
| Paramount Pictures WARN | July 24, 2008 | 2 | — | New York, NY | — |
| Volume Services, Inc. d/b/a Centerplate's WARN | July 23, 2008 | 1,861 | — | Bronx, NY | — |
| Indymac Bank WARN | July 18, 2008 | 50 | — | New York, NY | — |
| Carrier Industries WARN | July 16, 2008 | 89 | — | Fishkill, NY | — |
| Republic Airways LaGuardia Base U.S. Airways Express WARN | July 16, 2008 | 3 | — | Flushing, NY | — |
| Republic Airways Buffalo Base Chautauqua Airlines WARN | July 16, 2008 | — | — | Buffalo, NY | — |
| Steve & Barry's WARN | July 10, 2008 | 172 | — | Port Washington, NY | — |
| Sun Microsystems WARN | July 10, 2008 | 33 | — | New York, NY | — |
| Sun Microsystems WARN | July 10, 2008 | 5 | — | Fairport, NY | — |
| Sun Microsystems WARN | July 10, 2008 | 1 | — | Cohoes, NY | — |
| Worldwide Flight Services, Inc. NY Offices WARN | July 9, 2008 | 310 | — | Jamaica, NY | — |
| The Newark Group dba Bennington Paperboard WARN | July 3, 2008 | 64 | — | North Hoosick, NY | — |
| American Airlines WARN | July 2, 2008 | 650 | — | Flushing, NY | — |
| American Airlines WARN | July 2, 2008 | 10 | — | Jamaica, NY | — |
| Filene's Basement WARN | July 1, 2008 | 75 | — | White Plains, NY | — |
| Atria on the Hudson WARN | July 1, 2008 | 51 | — | Ossining, NY | — |
| Radian Asset Assurance WARN | July 1, 2008 | 50 | — | New York, NY | — |
| IWCO Direct WARN | June 30, 2008 | 214 | — | Melville, NY | — |
| WellPoint, aka National Government WARN | June 30, 2008 | 188 | — | Yorktown Heights, NY | — |
| MedUS WARN | June 30, 2008 | 45 | — | Binghamton, NY | — |
| Angiotech Pharmaceuticals WARN | June 17, 2008 | 175 | — | North Syracuse, NY | — |
| American Axle & Manufacturing WARN | June 9, 2008 | 260 | — | Tonawanda, NY | — |
| IPRO WARN | June 9, 2008 | 139 | — | Lake Success, NY | — |
| UBS Investment Bank WARN | June 6, 2008 | 195 | — | New York, NY | — |
| The Home Depot WARN | June 4, 2008 | 88 | — | Rome, NY | — |
| JP Morgan Chase WARN | June 2, 2008 | — | — | New York, NY | — |
| Callaway Golf Ball Operations WARN | May 29, 2008 | 118 | — | Johnstown, NY | — |
| Portola Packaging WARN | May 22, 2008 | 78 | — | Clifton Park, NY | — |
| EmblemHealth WARN | May 21, 2008 | 93 | — | New York, NY | — |
| UniCredit Banca di Roma WARN | May 21, 2008 | 57 | — | New York, NY | — |
| EmblemHealth WARN | May 21, 2008 | 11 | — | New York, NY | — |
| Rochester Gas & Electric WARN | May 20, 2008 | 108 | — | Rochester, NY | — |
| L.B. Furniture Industries WARN | May 20, 2008 | 99 | — | Hudson, NY | — |
| TeleTech Niagara Falls SDC WARN | May 15, 2008 | 187 | — | Niagara Falls, NY | — |
| Capital Group Partners, Inc. dba Rapid Solutions WARN | May 8, 2008 | 85 | — | Melville, NY | — |
| First Student WARN | May 6, 2008 | 110 | — | Pine Bush, NY | — |
| Manpower WARN | May 6, 2008 | 100 | — | Poughkeepsie, NY | — |
| Merrill Lynch WARN | May 2, 2008 | 500 | — | New York, NY | — |
| XL Financial Administrative WARN | May 2, 2008 | 52 | — | New York, NY | — |
| Virgin Atlantic Airways WARN | May 2, 2008 | 11 | — | New York, NY | — |
| Merrill Lynch WARN | May 2, 2008 | — | — | New York, NY | — |
| Penguin Supermarkets WARN | May 1, 2008 | 80 | — | Brooklyn, NY | — |
| Holy Family-Diocese of Rochester WARN | May 1, 2008 | 42 | — | Rochester, NY | — |
| St. Andrew-Diocese of Rochester WARN | May 1, 2008 | 39 | — | Rochester, NY | — |
| St. Monica-Diocese of Rochester WARN | May 1, 2008 | 38 | — | Rochester, NY | — |
| St. John of Rochester-Diocese of Rochester WARN | May 1, 2008 | 32 | — | Fairport, NY | — |
| Good Shepherd-Diocese of Rochester WARN | May 1, 2008 | 31 | — | Henrietta, NY | — |
| Holy Trinity-Diocese of Rochester WARN | May 1, 2008 | 30 | — | Webster, NY | — |
| Corpus Christi-Diocese of Rochester WARN | May 1, 2008 | 29 | — | Rochester, NY | — |
| St. Margaret Mary-Diocese of Rochester WARN | May 1, 2008 | 28 | — | Rochester, NY | — |
| Holy Cross-Diocese of Rochester WARN | May 1, 2008 | 28 | — | Rochester, NY | — |
| All Saints Catholic Academy-Diocese of Rochester WARN | May 1, 2008 | 27 | — | Rochester, NY | — |
| St. John the Evangelist-Diocese of Rochester WARN | May 1, 2008 | 26 | — | Spencerport, NY | — |
| St. Boniface-Diocese of Rochester WARN | May 1, 2008 | 26 | — | Rochester, NY | — |
| Catherine McAuley Catholic-Diocese of Rochester WARN | May 1, 2008 | 20 | — | Rochester, NY | — |
| Sodexo WARN | April 30, 2008 | 122 | — | Plattsburgh, NY | — |
| Aramark Management WARN | April 30, 2008 | 35 | — | Staten Island, NY | — |
| Aramark Management WARN | April 30, 2008 | 25 | — | Staten Island, NY | — |
| New Line Cinema WARN | April 28, 2008 | 175 | — | New York, NY | — |
| New Line Cinema WARN | April 28, 2008 | — | — | New York, NY | — |
| Credit Suisse Securities WARN | April 24, 2008 | 210 | — | New York, NY | — |
| Watson Laboratories WARN | April 24, 2008 | 75 | — | Brewster, NY | — |
| Watson Laboratories WARN | April 24, 2008 | 64 | — | Carmel, NY | — |
| Visiting Nurse Service of New York WARN | April 18, 2008 | 136 | — | Bronx, NY | — |
| Victory Memorial Hospital WARN | April 17, 2008 | 801 | — | Brooklyn, NY | — |
| New York City Off Track Betting WARN | April 15, 2008 | 1,111 | — | New York, NY | — |
| Stewart EFI WARN | April 15, 2008 | 146 | — | Yonkers, NY | — |
| Swiss American Securities WARN | April 15, 2008 | 124 | — | New York, NY | — |
| Continental Automotive Systems Division WARN | April 9, 2008 | 350 | — | Elma, NY | — |
| ATA Airlines WARN | April 8, 2008 | 220 | — | Jamaica, NY | — |
| Gelmart Industries WARN | April 8, 2008 | 50 | — | College Point, NY | — |
| ATA Airlines WARN | April 8, 2008 | — | — | Flushing, NY | — |
| Halmode Apparel, a division of Kellwood WARN | April 2, 2008 | 99 | — | New York, NY | — |
| Selfhelp Community WARN | April 1, 2008 | 482 | — | New York, NY | — |
| Sodexo WARN | April 1, 2008 | 103 | — | East Meadow, NY | — |
| The Surrey Hotel WARN | April 1, 2008 | 62 | — | New York, NY | — |
| Aramark Management Services Limited Partnership WARN | March 20, 2008 | 6 | — | Harrison, NY | — |
| Jarden Plastic Solutions WARN | March 17, 2008 | 68 | — | Tupper Lake, NY | — |
| Lehman Brothers WARN | March 12, 2008 | 600 | — | New York, NY | — |
| TLC Health Care WARN | March 12, 2008 | 107 | — | Lake Success, NY | — |
| Henkel WARN | March 12, 2008 | 51 | — | Olean, NY | — |
| Lehman Brothers WARN | March 12, 2008 | — | — | New York, NY | — |
| Harry M. Stevens, LLC doing business as ARAMARK Sports and Entertainment WARN | March 4, 2008 | 303 | — | Uniondale, NY | — |
| Cardinal Health 200, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Cardinal Health WARN | March 3, 2008 | 60 | — | Montgomery, NY | — |
| Westech Building Products WARN | March 3, 2008 | 56 | — | Holmes, NY | — |
| Robeco Investment Management WARN | February 28, 2008 | 115 | — | New York, NY | — |
| TeleTech Niagara Falls SDC WARN | February 26, 2008 | 340 | — | Niagara Falls, NY | — |
| Boscov's Department Store WARN | February 26, 2008 | 122 | — | Nanuet, NY | — |
| Aramark Management Services Limited Partnership WARN | February 26, 2008 | 22 | — | New York, NY | — |
| Wachovia WARN | February 20, 2008 | 55 | — | New York, NY | — |
| SkyWest Airlines WARN | February 20, 2008 | 8 | — | Johnson, NY | — |
| Vanity Fair Brands WARN | February 13, 2008 | 62 | — | New York, NY | — |
| PELCO WARN | February 11, 2008 | 80 | — | Orangeburg, NY | — |
| Tech Valley Printing WARN | February 7, 2008 | 150 | — | Watervliet, NY | — |
| Transervice Logistics WARN | February 4, 2008 | 110 | — | Central Islip, NY | — |
| CBS Studios WARN | February 1, 2008 | 74 | — | New York, NY | — |
| Altria Group, Inc. and Altria Client Services, Inc. formerly known as Altria Corporate WARN | January 30, 2008 | 440 | — | New York, NY | — |
| Ocean Logistics WARN | January 30, 2008 | 251 | — | Central Islip, NY | — |
| Interpharm WARN | January 30, 2008 | 79 | — | Hauppauge, NY | — |
| Interpharm WARN | January 30, 2008 | — | — | Yaphank, NY | — |
| Sandoz WARN | January 23, 2008 | 193 | — | Laurelton, NY | — |
| Federal Reserve Bank of New York WARN | January 23, 2008 | 128 | — | Oriskany, NY | — |
| Metro One WARN | January 7, 2008 | 172 | — | Hauppauge, NY | — |
| Penny Curtiss Baking Co., Inc. a wholly owned subsidiary of Penn Traffic WARN | January 4, 2008 | 174 | — | Syracuse, NY | — |
| IFMG Securities WARN | January 3, 2008 | 170 | — | Purchase, NY | — |