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Companies that laid off most workers in 2012
Last updated on: January 8, 2013 10:07 IST
Image: Hat designer Fiona Bennett and her assistants work in Bennett's studio at Potsdamer Street in Berlin.
Photographs: Thomas Peter/Reuters
With the global economy witnessing slow growth in 2012, many companies stopped hiring while some went on a laying off spree.
Let's have a look at some companies that fired most workers in the past year.
Source: 24/7 Wall St
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Image: Hewlett-Packard's Belgian headquarters in Diegem.
Photographs: Thierry Roge/Reuters
Hewlett-Packard
Lost jobs: 27,000 workers laid off
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Image: Workers unpack shipment of Twinkies at a Jewel-Osco grocery store in Chicago. Hostess owns Twinkies.
Photographs: Jim Young/Reuters
Hostess
Lost jobs: 18,500 workers laid off
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Image: American Airlines aircraft stand on the tarmac at Los Angeles International Airport.
Photographs: Lucas Jackson/Reuters
AMR (parent company of American Airlines)
Lost jobs: 13,000 workers laid off
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Image: Traders at the post that trades Citigroup stock on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange.
Photographs: Brendan McDermid/Reuters
Citigroup
Lost jobs: 11,000 workers laid off
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Image: Cases of Pepsi on display for sale in Carlsbad, California.
Photographs: Mike Blake/Reuters
PepsiCo
Lost jobs: 8,700 workers laid off
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Image: A woman shops at Fivimart supermarket in Hanoi, Vietnam.
Photographs: Nguyen Huy Kham/Reuters
Food Lion
Lost jobs: 4,900 workers laid off
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Image: A customer enters a JC Penney Co store in Westminster, Colorado, United States.
Photographs: Rick Wilking/Reuters
JC Penney
Lost jobs: 4,700 workers laid off
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