Top 10 Layofs of 2009 (Industry)

[Argentium]

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I know we love to talk doom and gloom here, and this article found its way into my inbox, so I thought I'd share.

1. Pfizer - 19,500 2. Merck - 16,000
3. Johnson & Johnson - 8,900
4. AstraZeneca - 7,400
5. GlaxoSmithKline - 6,000
6. Eli Lilly - 5,500
7. Teva Industries - 1,090
8. Sepracor - 940
9. King Pharmaceuticals- 770
10. Sanofi-Aventis - 750

Read more: http://www.fiercepharma.com/special-reports/top-10-layoffs-2009#ixzz0ZDvPqdaR

For a whopping total of ... 58,800. Though most of them are probably sales Just goes to show you, you aren't safe anywhere! Don't get a PharmD, the world is ending!!!

 

[StaviZFingerZ]

uhh.... the bulk of laid off people are in marketing..

 

[297point1]

What I find staggering is that Pfizer and Merck together are LAYING OFF more people (35,500) than WORK at Bristol-Myers Squibb (~30,000).

Times, they are a-changin.