Comments on: Tech layoffs up nearly 75 percent in 2008

Nearly three-quarters of the cuts came during the last six months, bringing unemployment in the industry to levels not seen since 2003, according to a new report.

[Random_Walk]

So you are telling us that the number of computer industry jobs are only 38.7% of what existed last year? This would mean that Microsoft alone would have cut their 95,000 positions down to only 36,765. Microsoft has only said that they are laying off 5,000 people, which means that someone has bad numbers.

I think you need to express your maths better, as your article sounds too sensationalist and unbelievable to be considered true.

[chili_picante]

Random_Walk, you are misreading this article. The number of lay-offs has increased by about 75%, not 75% of IT has been laid off. No doubt, your misreading is because of a poorly written article, with statements such as, "while the telecommunications industry cut 72.5 percent of its positions,? which I hope isn?t true!

[CosterMonger]

boom bust cycles, firing IT is great -- until everything stops working.
This year's job cuts will be next years competition.

[Courtdotorg]

I agree... I also think it's interesting that these companies 'lay-off' thousands of people and then wonder why nobody is buying their products. Duh, nobody is working, they can't afford it. I was laid off from a major telecomm company last April. I still subsribe to their wireless services and I love when they come to my door selling their version of cable. Maybe when I get a job I can afford your lousy fiber optic service. I also love the phone calls regarding my overdue wireless account balance...

Wirless, cable and internet is the fat I will trim first.

[AnkerBS]

So its time to get rid of the H1-B visa scam.I know the tech companies are going to claim that they can't get qualified US workers, but what's really going on is that they don't want to pau US salaries.

Jobless since April!

[WirelessBillCalulator]

Why do they trim the fat off human resources instead of optimizing processes?

A good place to start is wireless bills for ANY business or government entity.

Why?

So many reasons:
Because 22% of contracted 'Peak' minutes go unused, 80% of wireless users overpaying for what they really need.
42% contact their provider with a billing-related service inquiry, with 55% of these contacts attributed to inaccurate charges.
And we all know how lovely it is to spend our hours talking to customer service agents...

There are systems out there, such as MyBillAudit.com that automate the process of auditing and resolving wireless bills.

If we are to have a better economy, we all need to smarten up.

[wwalla]

It seems that http://www.layoffsthisyear.com is trying to keep up with this escalating number of layoffs