Seattle's high-tech layoff counter: 16,600 jobs lost and counting |
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It's been a tough month for workers in the Seattle area high-tech industry, with cuts at big companies like Microsoft and small startups like Cozi. We've been tracking them all along, which isn't necessarily a fun part of the job.
We've tabulated some 16,650 layoffs since we started keeping track back in early October, including the 15,000 workers who are slated to lose jobs at Boeing and Microsoft. That compares to more than 22,000 cuts during the dot com bust era. If you can't stomach to look at the list below, let us reassure you. Tomorrow, we'll tell you about some tech companies that are actually hiring amid this downturn. First, the layoff numbers.
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