The number of the employees laid off by the major big companies in the world untill Apr. 20, 2001.
(From The Associated Press)
Daimler Chrysler: 26,000
Motorola: 22,000
Nortel: 20,000
Lucent: 16,000
Ericsson:15,300
Delphi Automotive Systems: 11,500
Verizon: 10,000
Procter & Gamble: 9,600
Cisco: 8,500
Solectron: 8,200
Wachovia: 7,000
Sara Lee: 7,000
Honeywell: 6,500
ADC: 6,000 - 7,000
Whirlpool: 6,000
J.C. Penney: 5,300
Compaq: 5,000
Intel: 5,000
Supervalu: 4,500
Xerox: 4,300
The Walt Disney: 4,000
Textron: 3,600
Schawb: 3,400
Kodak: 3,000 - 3,500
HP: 3,000
Gateway: 3,000
TI: 2,500
ShopKo Stores: 2,500
Standard Register: 2,400
Sears: 2,400
Electrolux: 2,000
Winstar: 2,000
Visteon: 1,800
Service Merchandise: 1,750
PPG: 1,500
Timken: 1,500
American Greetings: 1,500
Amzaon.com: 1,300
3Com: 1,200
Freightliner: 1,085
Norfolk Southern: 1,100 - 2,000