A wave of layoffs come at quarter-end

Here's a short list of layoff announcements today/yesterday:

  • Disney -28K
  • Continental AG restructuring may lead to 30K layoffs
  • Shell -9K
  • Marathon Petroleum cutting jobs but number uncertain
  • Dow Chemical cuts 6% of workforce

It's quarter-end so we might be getting more of these announcements now and in Q3 reports.