You never want to be one off those
Layoffs for January 2009 at America’s 500 largest public companies*:
48,462
Jan. 16: Hertz Global Holdings (nyse: HTZ – news – people ) sets out for worldwide restructuring in first quarter of 2009; cuts 4,000 jobs.
Jan. 16: WellPoint (nyse: WLP – news – people ) reduces workforce by 600 and removes 900 open positions.
Jan. 16: [...]