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  • WordPress' parent company to lay off hundreds of employees, read CEO’s memo

    WordPress' parent company to lay off hundreds of employees, read CEO’s memo

    The layoffs, affecting over 280 employees across 90 countries, are part of a restructuring effort aimed at enhancing agility, breaking down inefficiencies, and focusing on product quality.

  • Nokia announces job cuts, to lay off more than 2,000 employees

    Nokia announces job cuts, to lay off more than 2,000 employees

    Nokia is eliminating nearly 2,000 positions in Greater China. Furthermore, the company is also looking to cut an additional 350 jobs in Europe

  • Read: Xbox chief’s leaked memo on hundreds of job cuts in Microsoft’s gaming division

    Read: Xbox chief’s leaked memo on hundreds of job cuts in Microsoft’s gaming division

    Microsoft to cut around 650 jobs in Xbox division

  • Apple’s ‘last resort’ is here: Why the company laid off 700 employees 

    Apple’s ‘last resort’ is here: Why the company laid off 700 employees 

    Apple was the one tech company that didn't announce mass layoffs. That was till now. Close to 700 employees have been asked to leave as two high-profile projects have reportedly been shelved

  • AWS cuts several hundred jobs in sales and marketing teams globally

    AWS cuts several hundred jobs in sales and marketing teams globally

    The email was sent out to the employees by Matt Garman, SVP, Sales & Marketing at AWS, Amazon Inc’s cloud division.

  • Bengaluru techie posts about ‘recession in tech,’ gets laid off a day later

    Bengaluru techie posts about ‘recession in tech,’ gets laid off a day later

    A Bengaluru techie who tweeted about his unease with the current state of the IT industry had his worst fears realised when he was laid off just a day later.

  • Tech employees face brutal start to 2024 as layoffs continue

    Tech employees face brutal start to 2024 as layoffs continue

    According to data from Layoffs.fyi, a layoff-tracking website, a total of 10,963 employees have been let go by 63 tech companies.

  • Google employee loses job of 19 years overnight: ‘It’s fine because…’

    Google employee loses job of 19 years overnight: ‘It’s fine because…’

    A software engineer who spent nearly two decades at Google was among the hundreds of employees who lost their jobs when the tech giant announced cuts on Wednesday

  • Tech layoffs: Why program managers and CXOs are still out in the cold and jobless

    Tech layoffs: Why program managers and CXOs are still out in the cold and jobless

    Moneycontrol spoke to multiple techies, especially those in program manager roles, to get a sense of the difficulties they have been facing since being laid off in mass culls.

  • Amazon laid him off, then tried to re-hire him 4 times. Why he always refused

    Amazon laid him off, then tried to re-hire him 4 times. Why he always refused

    A former Amazon employee claims the company has tried to re-hire him four times since he was arbitrarily laid off, but he refuses to join the organisation again.

  • Tech layoffs: Ex-Amazon employee sacked after return from maternity leave

    Tech layoffs: Ex-Amazon employee sacked after return from maternity leave

    Tech layoffs: The layoffs at Amazon have left a trail of displaced employees seeking new opportunities.

  • Woman laid off by Amazon rejoins same team after 4 months

    Woman laid off by Amazon rejoins same team after 4 months

    The woman has been re-hired at Amazon, joining the Social Marketing team, her old team, in a new role as a Product Marketing Manager.

  • Meta to start its latest round of mass layoffs next week

    Meta to start its latest round of mass layoffs next week

    The social media giant's CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced in March that the company planned to eliminate 10,000 positions by the end of May.

  • LinkedIn layoffs: Microsoft-owned firm cuts 700 jobs, phases out China app

    LinkedIn layoffs: Microsoft-owned firm cuts 700 jobs, phases out China app

    LinkedIn has become the latest tech company to cut jobs. The Microsoft-owned social media network on Monday announced it would slash 716 roles and phase out its local jobs app in China.

  • Tech layoffs didn't impact education loan repayments in FY23: Crisil

    Tech layoffs didn't impact education loan repayments in FY23: Crisil

    The non-performing assets (NPAs) of the NBFCs in education loans -- over 90 per cent of which are foreign students -- have remained below 0.5 per cent, Crisil said on Thursday.

  • Microsoft-owned GitHub lays off over 140 employees in India

    Microsoft-owned GitHub lays off over 140 employees in India

    The company has offered employees two months of salary and separate severance pay based on their experience and length of service with GitHub.

  • Current wave of tech layoffs won't be reversed any time soon

    Current wave of tech layoffs won't be reversed any time soon

    Layoffs at tech companies look more permanent than knee-jerk and an added worry is the structural change as their biggest client, banking, tightens its purses

  • Microsoft India: AI Will Show Up In Our Workplaces | Anant Maheshwari, President, Microsoft India

    Microsoft India: AI Will Show Up In Our Workplaces | Anant Maheshwari, President, Microsoft India

    "AI is the start of an era," Anant Maheshwari, President, Microsoft India, said speaking with Moneycontrol on Generative AI, widescale layoffs, and why technology will remain a key arena for investors. Watch!

  • Google layoffs hit even robots who cleaned tables, opened doors

    Google layoffs hit even robots who cleaned tables, opened doors

    Google is shutting down a team that trained over 100 robots to open doors, clean cafeteria tables and sort trash at offices.

  • Laid-off Google employees building startup: 'Pretty bummed out, but...'

    Laid-off Google employees building startup: 'Pretty bummed out, but...'

    Google layoffs: After being terminated, a senior manager thought he was ready to do something of his own. Then, he asked some trusted former colleagues to come on board.

  • Moneycontrol Selects: Top stories this afternoon

    Moneycontrol Selects: Top stories this afternoon

    Our specially curated package of the most interesting articles of the day will help you stay at the top of your game

  • Google India lays off over 400 employees: Report

    Google India lays off over 400 employees: Report

    Google announced in January that it will cut 12,000 jobs around the world, because of changed economic realities.

  • LinkedIn is laying off employees. They are now looking for jobs on same platform

    LinkedIn is laying off employees. They are now looking for jobs on same platform

    The layoff’s impacted LinkedIn’s Indian employees as well. Microsoft, LinkedIn's parent company, has also announced mass layoffs.

  • Google engineer laid off during vacation with family: Report

    Google engineer laid off during vacation with family: Report

    Google sacked 12,000 people across departments and seniority levels, leaving workers struggling to process the abrupt change.

  • Funding to Indian startups sinks to a 5-year-low in January as funding winter worsens

    Funding to Indian startups sinks to a 5-year-low in January as funding winter worsens

    At least 15 startups, including the most-funded unicorns, let go of close to 3,000 employees in January, taking the total tally of layoffs to more than 20,000 since the start of 2022​

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