>
> Sony- shutdown 25 Dec till 6th Jan 09 in their Bangi plant San Disk- announced layoff 450-500 employees
> Flextronics- 4 days week for Month Nov and Dec.
AMD Penang- announced this morning VSS layoff 500
employees.
Spansion- force to take leave (5 days in this quarter)
> Jabil- planned shut down from Dec 24 to Jan 4, will be 6
> days leave.
> Agilent - planned shut down from Dec 24 to Jan 4, will be 6 days
> leave. Jan 09 might have another shutdown. No increment 2008 review.
> Avago- no plan shutdown as no more in house production,
> hiring freeze.
> ASE- shut down every fortnightly on Monday starting from
> Nov 3.
> Fairchild- planned forced 'Mass Vacation' for 9
> days leave in Feb 08
> INTEL- No increment 2008 review, VSS for those under
> perform and massive cut cost/travel 2009, no shutdown plan
> yet
> Motorola, Penang - Still hiring + profit, suspect got
> government 'look after', Motorola Singapore Cellular
> hone plant closure.. cut 800 job and now waiting for buyer.
> Siltera, Kulim- Propose close down this Malaysian 1st wafer
> fab company, loss RM4 billion in 2008
>
> Malaysian Government expect Singapore plant shutdown and
> job cuts affecting 300,000Malaysian workers jobless
> Globally the Financial sector will see 300,000 to 350,000employees
> losing their job by mid 2009..
>
> Citigroupalready announced 53,000 job cuts on top of the 22,000
> announced earlier (Total 75,000) ST-NXP Wireless cuts 500 jobs
> World-Wide, including subcontractors, from the current total of more
> than 7500 people.
> Flextronics cuts 118 jobs in Limerick,Ireland
> The job cuts were confirmed during this weekend.
> Flextronics has announced that the company will cut around 100 jobs at
> the Limerick plant, said RTE. The reason for the cut backs is due to
> the global economic downturn. Flextronics employs around 300 staff at
> the Limerick facility, which provides warehousing and logistics
> services to a number of companies in the region.
> Dell lays off 700 in Ireland
> The Dell facility in Raheen, Limerick is to layoff 700 temporary
> workers.. Additional to that, Flextronics in Limerick is also rumoured
> to layoff 100 staff. Mary Coughlan, Irish Minister for Enterprise,
> Trade and Employment, met with members of Dell's senior management
> to discuss the future of 3000 employees at the manufacturing
> facility in Limerick.
> STMicro to lay off at Phoenix facility
> Switzerland based chip maker STMicroelectronics is to
> layoff staff at its Phoenix, Arizona facility
> Local news reports state that the chip maker will lay off
> 100 staff. The facility - which currently employs around 850
> staff - will experience an ongoing layoff process.
> A central cites spokesman Mike Michael Markowitz in saying
> that "about 100 of the plant's 850 workers were let
> go this week and that the process would continue".
> Last year, the company announced closure plans for 3
> American chip facilities and that chip manufacturing would
> be transferred to low-cost locations. Staff and management
> hoped for a buyer to keep the plant open.
> Dell workers asked to take unpaid vacation
> Media reports state that CEO Michael Dell - of computer
> giant Dell - has asked employees to consider taking a
> maximum of 5 days unpaid holidays. As reported earlier, Dell
> is currently running a restructuring programme to counteract
> the economic and financial downturn including selling off
> all manufacturing plants and concentrate on R&D.
> This include 8,900 job cuts, voluntary severance packages
> and a global hiring freeze. "We are asking employees on
> a voluntary basis to consider taking off (up to) five days
> ... as unpaid time off as a flexible way to reduce costs for
> the company," the CEO was cited in a Reuters report in
> saying.> Tele-Fonika Kable to cut 900
> Polish based cable and wire producer Tele-Fonika Kable
> plans to lay of 900 employees or 19% of its workforce. The lay offs
> will affect all production units across the group. The company has
> seven plants, of which five are located in Poland, said PB.
> Tele-Fonika Kable also plans to sell parts of its business, however it
> will not close down any plants. The company wishes to optimize
> production process and reduce costs.