Over the past 2 years or so as the global economy melted down, some companies and industries were certainly hurt much more than others. According to a recent Fortune article I read online, the 15 companies that shed the biggest number of jobs were not surprising, companies like Citibank, TimeWarner, GM and AIG.
But the list also included some (perhaps) surprising ones like Starbucks. Mind you, when you read the article and learn than they closed 800 stores in the US alone, you can start to see where the job losses came from. Perhaps people aren’t drinking as much expensive coffee as they used to when times were better?
After reading the article, it reminded me about a post I’d written a few months back where people try to chase the “hot” jobs or industries. You see the lists on the Net all the time. The “10 hottest jobs,” “10 high paying industries” and stuff like that. When you chase the jobs that are “hot” today by the time you catch up it may no longer be hot.
Plus when you see a fairly diverse list of employers shedding huge numbers of jobs like the Fortune article shows, it’s clear that sometimes the hurt goes around and affects everyone and not just a short select list of companies or industries.
Click here to see the article in full and see the extent of the job losses by company.
