tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31288646.post339765250683310249..comments2024-01-09T13:37:49.995+08:00Comments on A recruiter diary: Google to lay off 100 full-time recruiters!Joe Neithamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02955214876857219000noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31288646.post-33585340267567151132009-01-23T16:28:00.000+08:002009-01-23T16:28:00.000+08:00Hey Joe,Thanks for the heads-up. Now I have one ce...Hey Joe,<BR/><BR/>Thanks for the heads-up. Now I have one centralised place to look for such news, even if it is a bit depressing. Actually there is another collection of such information in a job board forum (I won't mention which), but I thought it is not that appropriate for a job board to collect and broadcast such message.<BR/><BR/>Just a side note - are you no Twitter? Mine is <A HREF="http://www.twitter.com/classifiedpost" REL="nofollow">here</A>.<BR/><BR/>And sorry for the previous comment, I think something went wrong with my HTML formatting.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31288646.post-21445045610896860392009-01-22T20:12:00.000+08:002009-01-22T20:12:00.000+08:00Hi Razlan,I agree with you, such news are too depr...Hi Razlan,<BR/>I agree with you, such news are too depressing and thats one reason why I kind of avoid publishing too many related news, Google as mentioned is an exception!<BR/>Btw, we already have couple of industrious folks with blogs on Singapore retrenchment news, one such blog is Singapore Retrenchment Blog (http://retrenchment-blog.breaking.sg/)Joe Neithamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02955214876857219000noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31288646.post-78439806929571897292009-01-22T11:32:00.000+08:002009-01-22T11:32:00.000+08:00Google is not the only one who is doing this - alt...Google is not the only one who is doing this - although it is the only one I know laying off recruiters in such a big scale. But consider these big boys as well, <A HREF="http://www.fuckedstartups.com/2009/01/16/oreilly-media-slashed-14-of-workforce/" REL="nofollow">O'Reilly Media</A>, <A HREF="http://www.fuckedstartups.com/2009/01/21/microsoft-expected-to-cut-jobs/" REL="nofollow">Microsoft</A> and <A HREF="Clear%20Channel" REL="nofollow">http://media-indiana.com/archives/27</A>.<BR/><BR/>I even thought of tracking layoffs in Singapore to monitor the trend, but the mere idea of it depresses the best in us, don't you agree?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com