In last three months the number of layoffs occurred in tech companies – 60,000 with Hewlett-Packard leading the pack with 24,000 layoffs. Wired is tracking the list on a daily basis which gives how the tech is affected in the sinking economy.
Here is the list of top tech layoffs in September, October, November months of 2008.
| Company Name | Layoff Number | Date | Source Link |
| Hewlett-Packard | 24,600 | 15-Sep | mercurynews.com |
| Sun Microsystems | 6,000 | 14-Nov | AP |
| Motorola | 3,000 | 1-Nov | PC World |
| Gannett | 3,000 | 28-Oct | NYTimes |
| Xerox | 3,000 | 23-Oct | reuters.com |
| Micron Technology | 2,850 | 9-Oct | The AP |
| Virgin Media | 2,200 | 11-Nov | Worldscreen.com |
| Nokia | 1,850 | 11-Nov | Reuters |
| Applied Materials | 1,800 | 12-Nov | PC World |
| Yahoo | 1,500 | 21-Oct | wired.com |
| Nortel Networks | 1,300 | 10-Nov | Vancouver Sun |
| eBay | 1,000 | 6-Oct | wired.com |
| Yahoo | 1,000 | 29-Jan | Cnet |
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