Layoff Roundup

There have been a lot of reports about layoffs in the startup and digital media space, so we’ve rounded up of many of them here.  Let us know if you’ve heard of any others.  I’ll point out that most of these reports are outside of the DC area, and also point out that I have not heard of many people being laid off in the DC area.  We’ve heard of a few acquisitions in the DC market in the last few weeks.

‘Zappos layoff turns into lovefest’ (Valleywag)

‘At Zappos, careers live by the Twitter, die by the Twitter’ (Valleywag)

‘Google’s New York sublets could spell layoffs’ (Valleywag)

‘BitTorrent axes CEO, 18 employees’ (Valleywag)

‘(Solid Cactus) E-commerce company sacks 40, posts cruise photos’ (Valleywag)

‘Razorfish Lays Off in New York, Acquires Agency in Spain’ (ClickZ)

‘Digital Not Loayoff-Proof, But Coping’ (Media Week) - “Razorfish laid off close to 40 staffers.”

‘Spot Runner CEO lays off 115′ (Valleywag)

‘Serena Software lays off 90′ (Valleywag)

‘LinkedIn to start layoffs today?’ (Valleywag)

‘LinkedIn founder cancels trip for layoffs’ (Valleywag)

‘Dell Encouraging Employees to Take Unpaid time Off to Cut Costs’ (Gizmodo)

‘After firing, Second Life maker insists they’re hiring’ (Valleywag)

‘Google herds contractors into “zones”‘ (Valleywag)

‘Sun Microsystems to Lay Off 350′ (GigaOM)

‘Aliph CEO spends$500,000 on new furniture before layoffs’ (Valleywag)

‘Jason Calcanis lays off 13 at Mahalo’ (Valleywag)

‘Tough times, hard decisions’ (Jason Calcanis)

‘Nortel’s Death by 1300 Cuts’ (All Things Digital)

‘Time to Quit? Layoff Memos From Time, Sports Illustrated, People and Fortune’ (All Things Digital)

‘More Time Inc. Layoffs: 92 Jobs in Marketing, Sales’ (All Things Digital)

‘AdReady trims jobs, tries to extend cash’ (TechFlash)

Update, November 16, 2008:
‘Rearden Commerce cuts 50 people’ (Valleywag)

‘Yahoo Layoffs Set for December 10 (An, No, Jerry Yang Is Not Leaving Too’ (All Things Digital)

‘Yahoo Mass Firings December 10, Still Too Few’ (Silicon Alley Insider)

‘Layoffs? They’re going to Disneyland!’ (Valleywag) “Six apart…just laid off 16 of its 200 employees.  And its top executives took a 15 percent paycut.”

‘Valley Developer Gets Fired, Goes Postal, Kills Three’ (Silicon Alley Insider)

‘A Sad Day In Sillicon Valley’ (Tech Crunch)

‘Layoff prompts killings at Silicon Valley tech firm’ (VentureBeat)

‘Jobster slashes staff by 38 percent’ (TechFlash) “About 15 people are losing their jobs.”

Lots of reports out there.  Rather than continue to update this post we’ve just added links to Layoff Trackers that we’ve found to the blogroll under a new category: ‘Job Market’.