Subject:

Layoffs and Downsizing

  • Blogs

    November 1, 2011

    Penninsula Daily News Sold to David Black's Media-Buying Machine--Layoffs Announced

    ​The Peninsula Daily News, one of the last small, community newspaper to boast its own printing facility, is about to lose that unique trait, along with a handful of key staff members as part of a purchase deal with an infamous Canadian media buyer.

  • Blogs

    November 3, 2010

    Citysearch Lays Off Editorial Staff, Aims for (Even More) Mediocrity

    ​Okay, so it's not like Citysearch was ever one of my favorite restaurant "review" sites out there. It's not like I ever put great stock in their pinpoint analysis of where I ought to go for a dozen cupcakes or a wicked girl's night out. And as far as their user-generated reviews went, I lumpe ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 25, 2010

    Mike McGinn Has A New Jobs Plan, But Will It (Or Anything Else) Ever Be Enough?

    ​Standing in front of an MSR tent and Thermarest mattresses at Cascade Designs in SoDo yesterday, Mayor Mike McGinn unveiled the city's plan to distribute $50 million in the form of small loans to local businesses (mostly from private lenders) and use a $20 million federal grant to hire worker ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 29, 2010

    The New York Times Can't Stop Fellating Colleen McBanshee's Delicatesticles

    Here's a photo of the New York Times Dining & Wine section, minutes before being ridden into battle by an orc.​There's a phenomenon that's sweeping the nation: Unemployed white people are bored in record numbers. It's not entirely original; there certainly were plenty of people, bored and whit ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 7, 2010

    Steve Sarkisian Shouldn't Have to Give Up Money to Keep an Employee

    Spare some change, coach?​According to the P-I's Jim Moore, the University of Washington has a problem: it's just let go of the best sports information director its ever had. Budget cuts forced UW to lay off Richard Kilwien, who'd been with the Huskies for the past four years. Getting a pink ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 21, 2010

    Unemployment Is Up; Good Thing We Have a Huge Fund to Pay Benefits

    Seems everyone is jobless these days.​It seems every governmental body or department in the state is going broke. Save one. Washington's unemployment insurance fund is one of the few in the nation that isn't in debt, according to ProPublica, the non-profit investigative journalism site. ProPu ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 5, 2010

    Mike McGinn Sworn Officially Mayor of Seattle After Adorable Swearing-In Ceremony

    Let's forget about campaign promises and forthcoming layoffs for a second and bask in the glory that is the most adorable swearing-in ceremony in Seattle's history. Mayor McGinn's oath of office, administered by his kids Miyo and Cian.

  • News

    December 9, 2009

    Biodiesel Blows Up

    No, not in a good way.

  • News

    September 16, 2009

    Greener, But Not Green Enough

    A troubled taxi company's back on the upswing.

  • Blogs

    April 6, 2009

    Nickels Is Right: Locally Speaking, the Last Recession Was Worse

    In recounting his list of accomplishments in his quasi-job interview with the P-I today, Greg Nickels said something that might raise a few eyebrows: I came into office at a time when we were in a very deep recession. It was actually, locally, worse than the current one. Could the post 9/11, post- ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 1, 2009

    Layoffs Hit Paul Allen's EMP/SFM

    Last week, Paul Allen's Experience Music Project/Science Fiction Museum Hall of Fame and Hall of Fame announced that it had hired a new director, Christina Orr-Cahall. While she has yet to take the reins, when she does, she'll have a few less employees under her charge. "In the last week, a total ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 4, 2009

    A De-Pressing Silence for Bellingham

    Yet another newspaper's press is expected to fall silent in the state this year when the Bellingham Herald begins publishing its paper at the plant of a competitor, the Skagit Valley Herald in Mount Vernon, 30 miles south. The Bellingham paper, owned by McClatchy (which owns the Tacoma News Tribune, ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 10, 2009

    Sen. Murray on the Stimulus Package

    The U.S. Senate passed its version of the stimulus package as pushed by the Obama Administration. It was no surprise that both of Washington's Democratic Senators voted in favor of the $838 billion measure. The House version of the bill is $19 billion less and the difference between the two will be ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 29, 2009

    The News is Bad--But Not That Bad

    Okay, everybody, take a deep breath. The news is bad--but not that bad, at least locally. There was a general sense of panic conveyed by media outlets, including our own, at yesterday's layoff news by both Boeing and Starbucks. But bear in mind that those big layoff figures are national. It was ac ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 29, 2009

    Bezos Has Fourth Quarter Last Laugh

    In your faces, Boeing, Starbucks, and Microsoft! After all the wretched fourth-quarter reports from those local titans (and the layoffs), Amazon.com just announced its ass-kicking results. From AP and Yahoo!: 4Q profit up 9 percent to $225 million4Q revenue up 18 percent to $6.7 billionToday's share ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 6, 2009

    Laid Off? Worried About Being Laid Off? The Church of England Has Just the Prayer For You

    The "Prayer on Being Made Redundant" and the "Prayer for Those Remaining in the Workplace" can be found here.

  • Blogs

    December 1, 2008

    WaMu Axing 3,400

    New owner JPMorgan Chase will ultimately lay off 3,400 Washington Mutual employees in Seattle, a spokesperson tells the Times today. That's more than 80 percent of the 4,300 people WaMu employed here. Most branch workers will keep their jobs, but the Seattle headquarters was the hardest hit by w ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 15, 2008

    More King County Jobs on the Line

    New owner JPMorgan Chase will ultimately lay off 3,400 Washington Mutual employees in Seattle, a spokesperson tells the Times today. That's more than 80 percent of the 4,300 people WaMu employed here. Most branch workers will keep their jobs, but the Seattle headquarters was the hardest hit by w ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 31, 2008

    SBUX: Down, down, down!

    New owner JPMorgan Chase will ultimately lay off 3,400 Washington Mutual employees in Seattle, a spokesperson tells the Times today. That's more than 80 percent of the 4,300 people WaMu employed here. Most branch workers will keep their jobs, but the Seattle headquarters was the hardest hit by w ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 29, 2008

    "Would You Like to Give Me a Job With Your Coffee?"

    New owner JPMorgan Chase will ultimately lay off 3,400 Washington Mutual employees in Seattle, a spokesperson tells the Times today. That's more than 80 percent of the 4,300 people WaMu employed here. Most branch workers will keep their jobs, but the Seattle headquarters was the hardest hit by w ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 8, 2008

    Here's Who The Times Is Laying Off

    New owner JPMorgan Chase will ultimately lay off 3,400 Washington Mutual employees in Seattle, a spokesperson tells the Times today. That's more than 80 percent of the 4,300 people WaMu employed here. Most branch workers will keep their jobs, but the Seattle headquarters was the hardest hit by w ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 8, 2008

    Here's the Internal Seattle Times Layoff Memo

    New owner JPMorgan Chase will ultimately lay off 3,400 Washington Mutual employees in Seattle, a spokesperson tells the Times today. That's more than 80 percent of the 4,300 people WaMu employed here. Most branch workers will keep their jobs, but the Seattle headquarters was the hardest hit by w ... More >>

  • News

    February 23, 2005

    Media, Justice, Quote

    New owner JPMorgan Chase will ultimately lay off 3,400 Washington Mutual employees in Seattle, a spokesperson tells the Times today. That's more than 80 percent of the 4,300 people WaMu employed here. Most branch workers will keep their jobs, but the Seattle headquarters was the hardest hit by w ... More >>

  • News

    February 9, 2005

    Media, Politics

    New owner JPMorgan Chase will ultimately lay off 3,400 Washington Mutual employees in Seattle, a spokesperson tells the Times today. That's more than 80 percent of the 4,300 people WaMu employed here. Most branch workers will keep their jobs, but the Seattle headquarters was the hardest hit by w ... More >>

  • News

    January 26, 2005

    Tough Times

    The state's biggest newspaper lays it on the line for a union.

  • News

    December 22, 2004

    Retabulation 2004, Media

    The state's biggest newspaper lays it on the line for a union.

  • News

    December 24, 2003

    Boeing Wins

    The state's $3.2 billion offer 'preserves' 800 dream jobs assembling the Dreamliner.

  • News

    January 22, 2003

    Nonprofits on Skid Road

    Traditionally strong organizations like the Casey Foundation are laying off staff and find that their most-reliable donors are down on their luck, too.

  • Arts

    December 18, 2002

    Brokefest

    Traditionally strong organizations like the Casey Foundation are laying off staff and find that their most-reliable donors are down on their luck, too.

  • News

    August 7, 2002

    The Machinists' Last Chance

    Everyone from the governor on down is worried about Boeing's biggest union.

  • News

    March 13, 2002

    Missing children

    The recession and state cuts mean hard times for child-care centers.

  • News

    January 16, 2002

    Tax cuts now!

    Business leaders demand tax relief.

  • News

    December 5, 2001

    Boeing bust

    Massive cuts at the Lazy B will drive unemployment higher.

  • News

    November 21, 2001

    Thanks, media

    Massive cuts at the Lazy B will drive unemployment higher.

  • News

    November 14, 2001

    News Clips— Does staff size matter?

    Massive cuts at the Lazy B will drive unemployment higher.

  • News

    October 10, 2001

    War bucks

    Politicians urge us to spend locally.

  • News

    August 1, 2001

    News Clips— Needle Exchange

    Politicians urge us to spend locally.

  • News

    June 27, 2001

    The New New Economy?

    As Seattle brushes off from the dot-com fallout, other strategies emerge.

  • News

    June 27, 2001

    Mal-content

    Seattle once boasted high-profile news and entertainment sites; now even Microsoft admits they were a mistake.

  • News

    June 27, 2001

    Help [still] wanted

    Seattle's surviving high-tech companies get selective as the pool of employees grows.

  • Diversions

    April 11, 2001

    Encyclopaedia of Evil

    Seattle's surviving high-tech companies get selective as the pool of employees grows.

  • News

    January 31, 2001

    News Clips— Dot killer

    Body count rises as tech layoffs continue

  • News

    January 3, 2001

    Freedom of information

    Why does the Times want to lay off workers?

  • News

    May 17, 2000

    Up the river

    Why does the Times want to lay off workers?

  • News

    March 29, 2000

    Libel lesson

    A UW journalism prof takes a hit—from the press—in a Seattle court.

  • News

    March 15, 2000

    Defame and fortune

    In a Seattle court, freedom of the press is under attackby the press.

  • Arts

    March 3, 1999

    Books Quarterly: All in a Day's Work at Virtual i/O

    Backstabbing, Burn Rates, and Darth Vadar Voice Boxes. Inside the start-up that flamed out.

  • News

    December 9, 1998

    Clueless in Seattle

    Boeing's layoffs announcement hints at management insanity.

  • News

    August 19, 1998

    Adobe

    in, and out

  • Arts

    April 1, 1998

    From LA to SLA

    in, and out

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