Downsizing activity remained flat in October, as employers announced job cuts totaling 37,986 during the month. That was 2.2 percent more than the 37,151 planned layoffs in September, according to the latest job-cuts report released Wednesday by global outplacement firm Challenger, Gray & Christmas, Inc.
October marks the sixth month in the last seven in which fewer than 40,000 job cuts were announced. It was the tenth consecutive month this year that saw fewer job cuts than the same period a year ago. Last month’s total was 32 percent lower than October 2009, when 55,679 job cuts were announced.
Overall, the pace of job cutting is down 62 percent from a year ago, with employers announcing 449,258 job cuts year to date, compared to 1,192,587 over the same period in 2009.
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