September Layoffs Surge 93% as Hewlett-Packard Slashes 30,000 Jobs

September layoffs surged as U.S.-based employers announced plans to slash 58,877 jobs. According to the global outplacement consultancy Challenger, Gray & Christmas, September layoffs were up 43% from August. The total was also up 93% from September 2014, when 30,477 planned layoffs were announced. Here's which sectors, and companies, were hardest hit... Tags: 2015 layoffs , layoff total , Layoffs in September , layoffs this month , Q3 layoffs , September layoffs , U.S. layoffs , U.S. September layoffs To get full access to all Money Morning content, click here About Money Morning: Money Morning gives you access to a team of ten market experts with more than 250 years of combined investing experience – for free . Our experts – who have appeared on FOXBusiness, CNBC, NPR, and BloombergTV – deliver daily investing tips and stock picks, provide analysis with actions to take, and answer your biggest market questions. Our goal is to help our millions of e-newsletter subscribers and Moneymorning.com visitors become smarter, more confident investors. Disclaimer: © 2015 Money Morning and Money Map Press. All Rights Reserved. Protected by copyright of the United States and international treaties. Any reproduction, copying, or redistribution (electronic or otherwise, including the world wide web), of content from this webpage, in whole or in part, is strictly prohibited without the express written permission of Money Morning. 16 W. Madison St. Baltimore, MD, 21201. The post September Layoffs Surge 93% as Hewlett-Packard Slashes 30,000 Jobs appeared first on Money Morning - We Make Investing Profitable .