Does anyone know of a site that tracks lay offs?

[rvablue]

We all keep hearing in the news about different companies laying people off all over the place.

For some reason that I cannot explain, as she is in a managerial position and a Dem, my sister thinks it's media manipuation.

I know....:WTF:......:banghead:

So, that's why I'm asking. I know I can go through and collect it myself, but I was hoping there is a resource on the net where all of this information is put together, as she is obviously stubbornly deluded and I think it will be more convincing.

Thanks in advance!

[lapfog_1]

1. I was laid off from IBM two months ago

part of over 100 here in Tucson. However, we were all contractors.

I believe world wide, IBM cut it's work force by well over 2000 or more that day, I was told that another location lost 600 contract workers (all from the contracting company I worked for).

But I never heard boo about it in any press report or industry rag.

If anything, a tracking site that adds up layoffs would, I think, under report the actual numbers.

I imagine that just a whole lot of mom and pops have laid off 1 or 2 or 5 employees as the credit crunch progressed. That alone might account for another 100,000 or more.

Not to mention that when a part time employee is laid off, it's not counted in many government statistics.

Also, after the Christmas season is over in another couple of weeks, seasonal workers will go.

[rvablue]

2. Nope. Media didn't report it, not that I heard. I assumed that IBM was still one

of those "healthy" companies....

Sorry about the lay-off. Horrible.

[glowing]

3. And seasonal workers won't be elligible for unemployment.

they won't have worked long enough or will have come from temp agencies. They'll just show up in the food bank lines and on the Food Stamp/ welfare list.

[Xithras]

4. Ironically, it went out of business.

FuckedCompany.Com popped up during the dotcom crunch and survived most of the time since by reporting on layoff and business failures. It was acquired by TechCrunch a while back, and was shut down earlier this year because of crashing revenue. The bad economy killed a site dependent on reporting bad economic news.

There are probably other sites out there that do the same thing, but none have the irreverence that FuckedCompany had.

[lapfog_1]

5. Yeah, that was a great web site.

Too bad it's gone. Comments by the ex-employees were often hysterically funny and "pithy".

It was one of my favorites.

[Xithras]

11. It was often the only way to find out what REALLY happened.

You could always find out the inside story on why a company really folded by visiting FC. A company would lay off hundreds of people and blame "economic conditions", and people would leak details on FC about how the company had actually been entertaining outsourcing companies or something. It operated without fear of libel suits, though more than one was thrown at them.

Yeah, FC's closure was a real loss.

[shanti]

6. here ya go

http://www.sacbee.com/1098/story/1463790.html

well, for california anyway...

[rvablue]

9. Thanks shanti

I'm all way across the country but this is a start and proves that it is everywhere and not merely regional. And how many in CA with high mortgages will start relocating, making it harder to get jobs in the rest of the country.

Thanks! :hi:

[pinqy]

7. The Bureau of Labor Statistics tracks mass layoffs..

Mass Layoff Statistics tracks all layoffs where more than 50 people file UI claims in a 5 week period. This is a monthly report. There is also a quarterly report on extended layoffs (more than 30 days). The stats are by industry and by region, and does not list individual companies.

[havocmom]

8. PM Omaha Steve

he tracks the pulse of matters of labor in America. He is a DU treasure.

[OhioChick]

10. Steve sure is!

:thumbsup: