More proof you brick-n-mortar store owners can’t directly blame the internet/high-tech competition for your demise. Incomplete list of U.S. internet/high-tech/communications job destruction announcements in April 2018:

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California: Maker of “electromechanical and solid state switch gear for aircraft” Leach International-Esterline Power Systems suddenly eliminated 46 jobs in Buena Park.  Social media camera company Snap suddenly eliminated 90 jobs in Venice and Santa Monica.   In Rocklin, Germany based SMA Solar Technology eliminating 51 jobs by the end of June.  Newspaper owner Tronc suddenly laid off more than 12 people at several major newspapers, including people who worked in the digital/online departments.  McClatchy owned The Sacramento Bee laid off 23 people, one of the fired reporters warned “If people think they will continue to get the news for free, they have another thing coming.”  It’s been revealed that Menlo Park based facebook is spending $20-thousand USD per day to provide Mark Zukerberg with security guards! Qualcomm eliminating 1-thousand-5-hundred jobs in San Diego, San Jose and Santa Clara, as part of its “cost reduction plan”, however, a financial adviser told local news media that it was really about boosting Qualcomm’s stock price!  Also in San Diego, neurobiological computer fabric maker KnuEdge issued a shutdown WARN, 30 jobs gone by the end of May.  San Diego based Daybreak Game Company suddenly laid off an undisclosed number of people: “Daybreak confirms we are realigning our workforce to better position our company for the future.”  

Connecticut: Konica Minolta Business Solutions issued a shutdown WARN for its operations in Windsor, 431 jobs gone between July and September!

Florida: The Gulf Coast Voice (Pensacola Voice) halting publication after 54 years, due to the owner retiring and none of her relatives wanting to continue running the newspaper.

Georgia: More than 1-thousand jobs lost in Columbus (Midland/Corporate Ridge) as ATM maker NCR will shut down both factories (NCR is also shutting down a factory in China) between August and October!  Politicians in Georgia say the announcement by NCR was sudden and means NCR violates the deal that gave it taxpayer money to move ops to Georgia, and now it must pay that money back.  NCR administrators would only say that their decision to shutdown factories is to ensure NCR’s future survival.

Illinois: Online shopping service Swap.com issued a layoff WARN, 196 jobs in Bolingbrook gone due to “financial” reasons!

Iowa: In Coralville, taxpayer funded General Dynamics InfoTech (IT) eliminating 112 jobs by July!

Louisiana: Monroe based CenturyLink eliminating at least 1-thousand jobs across the U.S., saying the jobs are considered “redundant”!

Minnesota: SL Montevideo Technology Incorporated (MTI) issued a shutdown WARN for its factory in Montevideo, 110 jobs gone as part of efforts to “help make MTI an even stronger company”!

Nebraska: Charter Communications shutting down its call center (formerly TimeWarner) in Lincoln, 55 jobs lost, possibly in connection to  a recent service upgrade.

New York: NYC based Univision warned “…we have made the very difficult decision to reduce personnel across the company…” in order “…to thrive in the future.”  Synaptics issued a shutdown WARN for its Rochester ops, 40 hardware/software jobs gone by mid-July.  Newsday issued a phase six layoff WARN as part of its shutdown of ops in Melville, a total of 1-thousand-423 jobs affected when the shutdown is complete din October.  Heidenhain shutting down its Electronics Precision Graduations factory in Jamestown, 40 jobs being consolidated to Illinois and Austria. Advertiser Prompt Direct shutting down its Staten Island ops, 49 jobs gone by July.

North Carolina: Germany based solar panel maker Schletter now chapter 11 bankrupt busted in the U.S. after halting production at its factory in Shelby.  More than 1-hundred people suddenly unemployed after not being paid for several pay periods: “Something went wrong with their business, but they didn’t give anybody a heads up, and they left people with unpaid bills.”-Mel Lockhart, owner of janitorial service hired by Schletter

Ohio: Bankrupt Bon Ton’s internet order fulfillment center in West Jefferson shutting down, 330 jobs gone by June!  Online estate sale company EBTH issued a massive layoff WARN for its distribution ops, 203 jobs gone in June!

Oregon: Software company Puppet suddenly laid off less than 20 people (exact number not given) in an attempt to ensure that “investments are focused on our most strategic priorities.”

Pennsylvania: Quad Graphics issued a shutdown WARN for its ops in Hazleton, 167 jobs gone by June!

Vermont: Gray Television Group, the new owners of WCAX-TV, suddenly laid off six people in the name of efficiency.

Washington: Lionbridge Technologies issued a layoff WARN, 119 jobs gone by June, no reason given!  Hearst owned online newspaper Seattle Post-Intelligencer (SeattlePi) continues killing jobs, through layoffs and resignations.  At one time there were 160 employees, now there’s only seven!  

U.S. Tech/Communications breakdown, March 2018: “HARD REALITIES”