In the midst of more job cut announcements, Fortune publishes its
annual list of best companies to work for (and some are actually hiring).
The magazine's annual list of the
best companies for people to work for is
both a refreshing moment in the middle of gloom, but also a reminder that even
good companies can suffer bad times. But the big news of the list is that
perennial best company Google has slipped from the top of the list (just down
to number four), having been replaced by NetApp, a storage and data management solutions
company with a U.S. workforce of about 5,000 employees.
Sadly, on the same day as Fortune published their report,
the list of companies announcing layoffs continued, with Microsoft announcing today it will
cut 5,000 jobs over the next 18 months, while United Airlines stated that it will
cut an 1,000 additional jobs by the end of 2009. Huntsman Corp. said it will cut
1,175 jobs by the end of the year, Intel announced job cuts of 6,000, and Eaton Corp.
stated it will cut 5,200 jobs.
Other companies that have announced job cuts since the start of 2009 include:
Alcoa Inc. -- 15,000 jobs
Boeing -- 4,500 jobs
Cessna Aircraft -- 2,000 jobs
Dell -- 1,900-3,000 jobs
EMC Corp. --2,400 jobs
Hertz Global Holdings -- 4,000 jobs
MeadWestvaco Corp. -- 2,000 jobs
The best news from Fortune's Best Companies? A number of them are
actually hiring! See the list here:
20
Employers Who Are Hiring.
