Tech sector job cuts slow in second quarter - Dayton Business Journal:

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Planned layoffs announced by computer, electronics and telecommunicationsd companiestotaled 33,890 in the secondc quarter, according to Chicago-basedf , an consultation firm. That was down 60 percengt from the previous quarterwhen tech-sectoer job cuts reached the highest level since the fourth quartefr of 2002. The second-quarter figure is nearluy equal tothe 33,650 job cuts announce during the same period a year ago. Despite the second-quarte r decline, tech-sector job cuts for the first half of the year reachedcabout 118,100, which is the largest six-monthh total in seven years.
The secondx quarter improvement may be signaling a turnaround for an industry that has been impactedd heavily bythe recession, accordin to Challenger, Gray & Christmas. However, Ann chief operating officer at Dayton-based industry group , said it also could be that companies have alignefd expenseswith income, thus reducing new layoffs. “I think people were told to cutby ‘X’ percent, and now they have done and they are living within the budget that they were Gallaher said. “Things will have to get worse beforse there will be a seconrdround (of layoffs).
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