At a recent conference, attended by both new graduates and professionals with many years of work experience, each person who commented on the job-search experience indicated that it was a gut-wrenching process.
While the company declined to comment on the job cuts, government officials in Dublin were informed on Monday as management began notifying staff.
HP declined to comment on the job cuts and refused to say how many staff it employs in the UK and whether or not they would be affected.
Unlike Jeffrey Lurie, his counterpart in Philadelphia, who last week suggested that Andy Reid would be fired if the Eagles finished an "unacceptable" 8-8 again, Johnson would not comment on the job security of his coach and general manager, citing his policy.
BBC Wales has asked the Unite union to comment on the job losses.
An Apple spokesperson declined to comment on the job ads, or Apple's plans in Russia.
BAE would not comment on the job cuts, but said it had reviewed operations to ensure it was performing "efficiently".
Amazon wouldn't comment on the job posting but why, oh why would you hire a senior wine buyer if the senior wine buyer wasn't going to buy some wine?
When emailed, Jan Sorken of Microsoft's Mobile Devices unit stated that while he couldn't comment on the job listing, or even if the next version of Windows Mobile will be Linux-based, he would admit that due to the unique nature of the Windows Mobile OS, that "any established underlying OS is on the table at this point.
Commenting on the job cuts, Tomas Qvist, head of human resources at Ericsson, said in a statement: "We must ensure that we can continue to execute on our strategy to maintain our market leadership, invest in R&D and meet our customers' needs.
A relative who is an engineer with a "very nice job" and a "gorgeous condo" in a provincial city, Matloff says, commented on the current "terrible" job market for new college graduates.
