2008年12月4日,美国电信运营商AT&T宣布,由于当前美国经济动荡,该公司计划裁员12000人,约占员工总数的4%,预计今年第四季度需要支出约6亿美元遣散费。早在2008年11月17日,花旗集团宣布,计划在2009年初之前裁减5.2万人,约占员工总数的14%,旨在降低成本。即便如此,花旗可能仍难避免 On December 4, 2008, US telecom operator AT & T announced that due to the current economic turmoil in the United States, the company plans to lay off 12,000 people or about 4% of the total workforce and expects to spend about $ 600 million in severance payments in the fourth quarter of this year. As early as November 17, 2008, Citigroup announced plans to reduce by 52,000 people by the beginning of 2009, accounting for about 14% of the total number of employees, aimed at reducing costs. Even so, Citi may still be hard to avoid