Lawyers were the last profession I thought would be seeing layoffs. I also thought that healthcare was safe, but no. Interesting times, and scary too.

This is from the CA “Employment Development Department Listing of WARN Notices by Company Name – 2009”.

COMMUNITY HOSPITAL OF LOS
GATOS
LOS GATOS 500 4/10/09

AMYLIN PHARMACEUTICALS, INC SAN DIEGO 340 1/9/09

IRVINE REGIONAL HOSPITAL AND
MEDICAL CENTER
IRVINE 510 1/15/09

http://www.edd.ca.gov/Jobs_and_Training/warn/eddwarncn09.pdf

Some large layoffs are in healthcare along with a host of smaller layoffs in the medical/healthcare industry..