硅谷 。 裁员 。人人自危

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九月,Nvidia宣布裁员6%,360人。NeoMagic裁员90%,90人。Adzilla裁员99%,90人。

十月,eBay裁员10%,1500人。SkyRider裁员99%。Strongmail裁员25%,30人。Teslamotors裁员18%,69人。popolar media裁员10人。Actel裁员10%,60人。Yahoo裁员10%,1500人。Pillar Data Systems裁员30%,150人。

十一月,AMD裁员500人;Cadence裁员650人;Intersil裁员150人;Circuit City裁员800人。Sun Micro高调裁员6000人。

从笔者的消息渠道,Cisco今年被评上的Bottom 5的战友们估计也是难逃一劫。另外,笔者相信大量的startup(初创公司)也都将要面临倒闭和裁员。否则看不见春天的来临。。。。。。

从下面的列表,读者可以发现从8月份以来的已经宣布裁员的各公司名单(数据来自TechCrunch)。

  • 总被裁员人数(从2008年8月): 63,825人。公司202家。
公司 日期 地址 人数 比例 消息来源
Sun Microsystems November 14, 2008 USA 5,000 15% Yahoo finance
ForbesAutos.com/ForbesTraveler.com November 14, 2008 New York, NY   99% SAI
Broadlight November 13, 2008 Israel 9 10% TheMarker
BT November 13, 2008 London 1,000 6% Bloomberg
Shopzilla.com November 13, 2008   30 10% TechCrunch
Orckit November 12, 2008 Israel 90 36% Calcalist
CompuGen November 12, 2008 Israel 20 30% Globes
National Semiconductor November 12, 2008   330 5% EEtimes
Thumbplay November 12, 2008 New York, NY 15 20% Silicon Alley
AdReady November 11, 2008 Seattle   25% TechFlash
Metacafe November 11, 2008 USA & Israel 11 15% Globes
Curent TV November 11, 2008 Los Angeles 40 10% B-Net
CondeNet November 11, 2008        
Orbitz Worldwide, Inc. November 10, 2008 Chicago, Illinois 160 10% Barron’s
Nortel November 10, 2008   1,300   Yahoo
Camtek November 10, 2008 Israel 60 13% TheMarker
Sun Microsystems November 10, 2008 Worldwide 200   TechFlash
Sky MobileMedia November 9, 2008 Israel 16   Ynet
mywaves.com November 7, 2008 Sunnyvale, CA 5 20% TechCrunch
BitTorrent November 7, 2008 San Francisco 18 50% New York Times
Zappos November 6, 2008   128 8% Zappos
ST-NXP Wireless November 6, 2008   500   EE Times Article
SPSS November 5, 2008     10% Research Live
Veoh November 5, 2008 San Diego, CA 20 18% TechCrunch
AMD November 5, 2008 Global 500 3% Yahoo
Pontis November 4, 2008 Israel 14 17% Calcalist
Anadigics November 4, 2008   100 15% EEtimes
LinkedIn November 4, 2008 Mountain View, Ca 36 10% TechCrunch
Tektronix November 4, 2008 Eugene, Oregon 150   Associated Press
Sentrigo November 3, 2008 Israel 7   VC Cafe
Allegran November 3, 2008 London 17 70% Online Personals Watch
Circuit City November 3, 2008 U.S.   17% WSJ
SuperDerivatives November 3, 2008 Israel 50 16% Calcalist
Modu November 2, 2008 Israel 54 7% Ynet
DVTel November 2, 2008 Israel 12 8% TheMarker
Surf Communications November 2, 2008 Israel 20 33% TheMarker
Conde Nast (Portfolio) October 31, 2008 New York, NY 32 20% WSJ
YouSendit October 31, 2008 Campbell, CA 14 20% VentureBeat
Aliph (Jawbone) October 31, 2008 San Francisco, CA 25 30% Cnet
Sugar Publishing October 30, 2008 San Francisco, CA 9 11% TechCrunch
Electronic Arts October 30, 2008   600 6% Kotaku
Microsoft/Razorfish October 30, 2008 New York 40 2% TechFlash
IncrediMail October 30, 2008 Israel 13 10% Globes
Compuware Corporation October 30, 2008 Detroit 300 5% The Detroit News
MobileMax October 30, 2008 Israel 5 20% TheMarker
ColorChip October 30, 2008 Israel 16 33% Ynet
Qwest October 29, 2008   1,200 3% Bloomberg
NewACT October 29, 2008 Israel 15 33% TheMarker
Intrepid Learning October 29, 2008 Seattle 10 5% TechFlash
BlogRush October 29, 2008     99% The Inquisitr
Mate October 29, 2008 Israel 10 20% Calcalist
Gannett October 28, 2008 Mclean, VA 3,000 10% Reuters
W2 (Racepoint Group and Digital Influence Group) October 28, 2008 San Francisco, Boston, Washington, D.C., London 30 20% Mass High Tech
Mind CTI October 28, 2008 Israel 7   TheMarker
Olista October 27, 2008 Israel 15 30% TheMarker
Revision3 October 27, 2008 San Francisco, CA 10 30% TechCrunch
Discretix October 27, 2008 Israel 10 10% TheMarker
yoomba October 27, 2008 Israel 10 50% TheMarker
Starhome October 27, 2008 Israel 10 4% TheMarker
Nova October 27, 2008 Israel 30 11% TheMarker
BroadSoft October 24, 2008 Gaithersburg, MD 12   GigaOM
Helium, Inc. October 24, 2008 Andover, MA 18 30% TechCrunch
Avid Technology October 23, 2008 Worldwide 500 20% Yahoo Finance
Haute Secure October 23, 2008 Seattle 3 50% TechCrunch
WeatherBug October 23, 2008 Germantown, MD 43 20% TechCrunch
RightMove October 23, 2008 London, England 60 20% Associated Press
Bamboo Media casting October 23, 2008 Israel 10 50% Calcalist
Mercent October 22, 2008 Seattle 6 12% Seattle Times
Dell October 22, 2008 Round Rock, Texas 8,900 10% Reuters
TicketMaster October 22, 2008 New York, NY 300 5% Billboard.biz
Axcelis Technologies October 22, 2008 Beverly MA 200 14% Gloucester Times
Manhattan Associates October 21, 2008 Across US 150 6% Reuters
Ruckus Wireless October 21, 2008 Sunnyvale 9 6% Mercury News
Widgetbox October 20, 2008 San Francisco, CA   20% TechCrunch
Eons October 20, 2008 Boston, MA 8 24% Boston Globe
Meraki October 20, 2008 San Francisco, CA 10 20% TechCrunch
Softchoice October 20, 2008 Across North America 62 6% The Star
Texas Instruments October 20, 2008 Dallas, TX 650 2% Forbes
Zillow October 17, 2008 Seattle, WA 35   TechCrunch
Heavy October 17, 2008 New York, NY 12   Silicon Alley Insider
Appcelerator October 17, 2008 Atlanta, GA 6   CNET
Micronic Laser Systems AB October 17, 2008 San Jose 26   EE Times
Adbrite October 16, 2008 San Francisco, CA 40   TechCrunch
Zivity October 16, 2008 San Francisco, CA 7   TechCrunch
MPC October 16, 2008 Nampa ID and North Sioux City SD 80 11% Boise Channel 2 News
Popular Media October 16, 2008 San Francisco 10   TechCrunch
Strongmail October 15, 2008 Redwood City, CA 30 25% DirectMag
Comverse October 15, 2008 Israel 150   TheMarker
ClayValet October 14, 2008 Seattle 3 99% TechFlash
Lenovo October 14, 2008 Morrisville, North Carolina 50 3% China Tech News
Cisco Systems October 13, 2008 Richardson, TX 129   Dallas Business Journal
Seesmic October 10, 2008 San Francisco, CA 7   TechCrunch
EQO Communications October 9, 2008 Vancouver BC 23 66% Rob Lewis
Infopia October 6, 2008 Salt Lake City, UT 12 10% Auction Bytes
Entellium October 4, 2008 Seattle, WA 100 99% Seattle Times
Gawker Media October 3, 2008 New York, NY 19 14% New York Times
Micron Technology October 1, 2008 Idaho 1,500 10% Idaho Statesman
Adzilla September 30, 2008 Brisbane CA 90 99% MediaPost Publications
Autobytel September 26, 2008 IRVINE, Calif 75 33% Kelsey Blog
Nvidia September 18, 2008 Santa Clara, CA 360 6% NetworkWorld
ChannelAdvisor September 12, 2008 Morrisville, NC 70 20% Triangle Business Journal
(4个打分, 平均:5.00 / 5)

雁过留声

“硅谷 。 裁员 。人人自危”有17个回复

  1. 陈怀临 于 2008-11-15 1:45 下午

    我个人建议,华为应该花重金,利用这次机会,吸纳数据通信领域的高中同学!机会很好。。。

  2. woodzltc 于 2008-11-15 2:17 下午

    对身处其中的老中有什么建议吗?都回国?还是到学校再躲一躲?明年也许会好些?

  3. 中兴之象 于 2008-11-15 7:45 下午

    华为估计没那个雄心了.

  4. 匿名 于 2008-11-15 8:34 下午

    现在华为社招只招高端人才了,华为网站投简历

  5. 陈怀临 于 2008-11-15 9:27 下午

    以我的阅历,明年的Q1和Q2是会更差,而不是更好。硅谷大面积的裁员还没有来到。。。。。。

    事情才刚开始。

  6. 中兴之象 于 2008-11-16 4:34 上午

    4楼:
    什么叫”现在华为社招只招高端人才了,华为网站投简历”

    小弟桑梓在内地,打算投奔它,给他投简历,没人理呀.

    小弟也自认是高端人才.

  7. 匿名 于 2008-11-16 5:40 上午

    内部推荐最好,我是听华为人说的。社招对于一般资历的现在控制较严格,而且基本冻结,当然不排除个别产品线,但是对于它急需的高端人才还是需要的。这也有运气的成分,最近华为离职的人很少了,大家都很老实。

  8. 明天再来 于 2008-11-16 6:41 上午

    回中兴之象:
    的确基本是冻结了5年以下工作经验的人的招聘,校园招聘名额也减少了不少。冬天嘛,肯定是有影响的。

  9. 陈怀临 于 2008-11-16 8:23 上午

    我也在修改简历,准备投给华为。不知华为是否会要我。例如,你不是写文章拿华为说事吗,这次就非重金把你招进来。让你挂上华为的badge。。。

  10. Hi 于 2008-11-16 9:27 上午

    你这数据应该注明引自TechCrunch吧

  11. 吴京华案件最新动态 : 弯曲评论 于 2008-11-16 11:35 上午

    [...] 硅谷 。 裁员 。人人自危 [...]

  12. 经济危机下的硅谷:杀人案发生在这个阳光的下午 : 弯曲评论 于 2008-11-16 11:42 上午

    [...] 硅谷 。 裁员 。人人自危 [...]

  13. 匿名 于 2008-11-16 6:43 下午

    有些人不愿回国,是因为给孩子喝毒奶粉,所以宁愿刷盘子做小工也不能回来。
    G20,胡锦涛去开会,外媒评论他是只微笑不承诺,当然是肥水不流外人田了,先自救了

  14. 匿名 于 2008-11-16 10:39 下午

    看了CCTV2对话节目,一个金融专家(美籍华人)讲的,他家附近在硅谷附近,说那里依然很繁荣,看来寒流对于美国人或者硅谷人的反映各有不同。
    有一个观点值得分享,他认为美国房价没有还跌到底,他的观点是房价大跌的只是50万以下的房子,50-150万区间的房子下跌较小,高档房没有降价,而部分地区的房子如纽约和洛杉矶由于国外购房者的加入,房价坚挺。
    房价到了底部的判断,是高档住宅也出现了大量的银行屋和政府拍卖房就是真正的见底了。
    穷人在节衣缩食,中产阶级在深入简出。
    还有一感想就是,公司员工不要买自己公司的股票,至少不要把所有的银子放到一个盘子里,原因是当公司倒闭时不但是丢了工作还会使自己的名义资产一名不值,一无所有。

  15. 匿名 于 2008-11-16 10:43 下午

    想抄底买房,现在不是最好时机,还要看。至于中国过去投资抄底,更要谨慎。房价低迷要持续4、5年

  16. 开心果 于 2008-11-17 7:32 上午

    啊!!
    现在进华为这么难啊?有高层推荐会好些吗?

  17. 匿名 于 2008-12-15 9:50 下午

    SPSS 在中国倒是很大度呀!又是笼络中国地方政府,又是免费赠送上百套软件软件给政府用,不知道SPSS有没有提前预测到自己的公司会连续亏损,甚至濒临倒闭呢?真是一个莫大的讽刺呀!号称预测分析,怎就预测不了自己也会走到这一步,用自己的软件建个模,分析预测一下,早点采取预防呢?