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Layoffs coming, and in large numbers, survey finds

By Mark Bruno

Corporate executives are poised to start making substantial cutbacks in their staffing, according to a new forecast by employment consulting and legal firm Career Protection.

In fact, the firm is predicting a 37% increase in layoffs this year over last, based on a survey of more than 1,300 corporate executives and senior level officials that was conducted earlier this month.

The layoff forecast registers as the worst in the last five years, according to Career Protection officials. They also indicated that the firm has already been “inundated” with inquiries from employees at a number of companies that announced layoffs earlier this month, including Bear Stearns, Chrysler, Citigroup, Ford, Covidien, General Motors, IndyMac and Sprint Nextel.

If there is a silver lining, it’s that the executives surveyed said that they do intend to provide severance packages to employees whose positions are eliminated. Broadly speaking, however, these severance packages will not be as generous as those that have been paid out in recent years, according to the Career Protection survey.

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