layoffs

Microsoft Confirms More Job Losses

Software giant Microsoft confirms it is axing more staff, in addition to the 10,000 job losses announced in January

1 year ago

Pokemon Go Developer Niantic Lays Off Quarter Of Workforce

Niantic, developer of popular AR game Pokemon Go, lays off quarter of workforce, cancels two games amidst post-pandemic revenue slowdown

1 year ago

Google Axes Waze Staff Amid Consolidation

Worrying sign for Waze? Six months after Alphabet merged its Waze and Google Maps teams, comes news of Waze layoffs

1 year ago

Reddit To Axe 5 Percent Of Workforce

More layoffs in tech sector, as Reddit confirms it will dismiss approximately 5 percent of its workforce and reduce hiring

1 year ago

Meta Starts Axing Nearly 20 Percent Of Irish Workforce

Nearly 500 jobs are being axed at Meta's international headquarters in Ireland, in its third and final round of layoffs

2 years ago

BT To Cut 55,000 Jobs By 2030

Sign of things to come? BT is cull 55,000 jobs by 2030, and says that a fifth of the roles…

2 years ago

Vodafone To Cut 11,000 Jobs, After Strategic Review

New boss of Vodafone loses little time and confirms 11,000 jobs are to go, as the operator seeks to turn…

2 years ago

LinkedIn To Shutter China Site, Cut 716 Jobs

Microsoft-owned business social network LinkedIn to close remaining China job application service, cut 716 jobs amidst tougher regulation

2 years ago

Meta Lays Off Technical Staffers, In Another Workforce Blow

Second tranche of layoffs begin at Meta Platforms, as engineers and other technical staff are made redundant

2 years ago

Elon Musk Axed 80 Percent Of Staff, Admits Painful Tenure

Musk tells BBC Twitter is now roughly breaking even and advertisers are returning, but admits running platform is “quite painful”

2 years ago

Google Staff In London Walkout Over Job Cuts

Some of Google's 5,000 staff in the UK walkout over dispute about job cuts, mirroring similar walkout in Zurich last…

2 years ago

Virgin Orbit Lays Off 85 Percent Of Staff

Nearly 700 jobs to go at Sir Richard Branson’s rocket company Virgin Orbit Holdings, amid reports it will cease operations

2 years ago

Accenture To Cut 19,000 Jobs, After Lowering Forecasts

Accenture confirms it will axe 19,000 jobs, or 2.5 percent of its workforce, amid “significant economic and geopolitical uncertainty”

2 years ago

Meta To Layoff Another 10,000 Staff

Mark Zuckerberg's 'year of efficiency' continues after he makes “difficult decision” to axe 10,000 jobs, on top of November's 11,000…

2 years ago

New Meta Layoffs ‘Could Match Those of Last Year’

Upcoming layoffs at Meta could reportedly cut same proportion of staff as those announced last November, as company reins in…

2 years ago

Elon Musk Apologises To Sacked Twitter Worker

Musk issues rare apology over sacking of Twitter worker who publicly asked whether he had been fired or not, as…

2 years ago

Musk Apologises After Mocking Fired Twitter Director

Haraldur Thorleifsson asked Elon Musk if he had been fired. Musk mocked him in his reply, but later backtracked and…

2 years ago

Major Twitter Outage Caused By Single Engineer – Report

Cost of conducting mass layoffs? Major Twitter outage this week triggered by just one engineer shutting down free access to…

2 years ago

Meta Planning Thousands More Job Cuts – Report

Zuckerberg's promise of “year of efficiency” at Meta likely to entail more job losses, according to media report

2 years ago

Amazon Pauses Construction At Second HQ In Virginia

Construction on the second phase Amazon's HQ2 in Virginia has been paused, amid cost cutting at the e-commerce giant

2 years ago

Zoom Abruptly Fires President Greg Tomb

After axing 15 percent of its workforce, Zoom abruptly fires President Greg Tomb in a “termination without cause”

2 years ago

Ericsson Pleads Guilty Over Bribery Charges, Axes 8,500 Jobs

Thousands of staff impacted by headcount reduction, as giant telecoms giant pleads guilty to US bribery charges

2 years ago

Waymo Cuts 8 Percent Of Staff

Alphabet's self-driving car division admits it has cut approximately 8 percent of workforce in two rounds of layoffs this year

2 years ago

Twitter Cuts 10 Percent Of Staff, Including #SleepWhereYouWork Exec

Latest round of cuts at Twitter affects 10 percent of staff, incuding executive pictured sleeping on floor last November

2 years ago

Meta Prepping Fresh Round Of Layoffs – Report

Facebook parent Meta is reportedly planning a fresh round of job cuts, after axing more than 11,000 staff last year

2 years ago

Elon Musk Denies Firing Tesla Staff After Unionisation Attempt

Union alleges Tesla fired 30 plus supporters of recent unionisation attempt, but Musk says decision was taken before this

2 years ago

Avaya Files For Chapter 11 Protection, Again

Filing for bankruptcy protection will allow cloud comms provider Avaya to reduce its total debt burden to manageable levels

2 years ago

Yahoo To Lay Off 20 Percent Of Workforce

Job losses to begin at Yahoo with 1,600 staff set to lose their positions, in latest tranche of layoffs impacting…

2 years ago

Zoom Sheds 15 Percent Of Workforce

Post Covid pandemic reality bites as Zoom confirms it will axe 15 percent of its workforce, which impacts 1,300 jobs

2 years ago

Dell To Cut Thousands Of Jobs Amidst PC Demand Slump

PC maker Dell to cut about 6,650 jobs as post-pandemic demand for PCs expected to continue decline through 2023

2 years ago