2001 February 2001 *Amazon Lay Off 1,300 Employees 2012 August 2012 *Google decision to lay off 4,000 people from its Motorola Mobility unit 2013 February 2013 *J.C. Penney finished the fiscal year with 43,000 job cuts 2014 July 2014 *Microsoft 18,000 job cuts in the next year October 2014 *HP 55,000 cuts 2015 JANUARY 2015 *J.C. Penney to Shut 40 Stores, Cut 2,250 Jobs March 2015’’ *Malaysia Airlines is laying off a third of staff *RBS 14,000 jobs to be cut in U.S.A. and Asia *Target Several thousand jobs within the next two years as part of a $2 billion cost-savings plan