Tag Archives: San Jose

Misery Loves Company! (Nov. 7, 2008)

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Mattel Cuts 1,000 Jobs, Barbie Plans to Go Back to College and Get Her Master’s

Toy maker Mattel said Thursday it’s cutting 1,000 positions worldwide. Barbie will now work on her master’s degree in French literature while Tickle Me Extreme Elmo begins his career in furry porn. 

 Maxim Integrated Products Closes San Jose Facility, Scantily-Clad Starlets Laid Off

Maxim Integrated Products will probably close its San Jose, Calif. and Dallas fabrication facilities after its titillating articles and hot photo shoots failed to bring more profits in the third-quarter. Continue reading

July 31: Misery Loves Company!

Monster Cable Products Inc. in Brisbane, CA is laying off 130 employees

The employees will then have to outwit/run the Chupacabra.

Port of Oakland Laying Off 625

Radioactive Chinese toys and poison pet food suffer.

22,000 Possibly Laid Off by State, Mostly at DMV

DMV workers will have to wait in long lines at EDD.

Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft Lays Off 96 Lawyers

Finance lawyers find little work when no one has money.

New Zealand Builder Says Business is Great!

It pisses off the 11 workers who he laid off last week.

Xilinx Inc. is laying off 131 in San Jose

That xux.