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Over the past year, unemployment has been on the near-constant rise. Every time I turn around it seems as though some other company is cutting 20% of its work force. Many of the larger companies, however, are doing something to try to ease the layoffs …

In an attempt to help offset falling revenue, Toyota has cut pay for its United States executives and will begin offering buyouts for almost 18,000 employees. The employee buyout is 10 weeks of pay, plus 2 weeks of pay for every year that they have …

Best Buy has posted a 77 percent 3Q profit loss this year and it fears consumer spending will get worse.
As a precautionary measure, Best Buy has begun to offer employee buyouts for corporate employees and cut capital spending by 50%. In 2009, it also plans …