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Updated on: Feb 2023

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PayPal to lay off , employees

Feb 1, 2023

Google HR loses job while interviewing candidate for a job role

Google recently sacked , employees across departments. The company CEO Sundar Pichai took respo...

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Jan 31, 2023

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Philips to cut jobs in drive to improve profitability

A Dutch multinational conglomerate corporation, Philips will cut nearly jobs in a drive to impr...

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Jan 31, 2023

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EY to layoff hundreds of employees to improve profitability

According to Reuters Reports, One of the largest professional services companies, Ernst amp Young ...

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Jan 29, 2023

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Google layoffs: An employee was fired after his mom died of cancer

Google layoffs: recently, a multinational technology company, Google parent Alphabet announced to sack 12,000 employees. Writing about Google layoffs on social media a Google software engineer has said that he was sacked by his employer just days after he returned to work following his mother’s death. Tommy York, Google, Software Engineer shared a LinkedIn post, “I was laid […]

Jan 27, 2023

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IBM fires nearly 3,900 employees and SAP layoffs 3000 people

IBM and SAP joined the cadre of IT giants planning to layoffs thousands of their employees this year. Both companies reported their respective fourth-quarter earnings ended on Dec. 31. The multinational technology corporation, IBM would lay off 3,900 employees 1.5 percent of its global workforce. On the other hand, SAP is planning to lay off […]

Jan 27, 2023

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This is how Google employees found out that they are laid off

Recently, A multinational technology company, Google parent Alphabet announced the sack of 12,000 employees. The company has already sent the email to the employees in the US. The company is providing the following benefits to the affected employees:- However, Sundar Pichai the CEO of Google also wrote an Email to Employees stating that the company is […]

Jan 25, 2023

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Read Sundar Pichai’s letter firing 12000 Google employees

An American multinational technology company, Google parent Alphabet had announced to sack 12,000 employees. The company has already sent the email to the employees in US. The company is providing the following benefits to the affected employees:- SUNDAR PICHAI’S Email to Employees Googlers, I have some difficult news to share. We’ve decided to reduce our […]

Jan 21, 2023

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Amazon HR Head told employees in an email about more job cuts

Tech giant, Amazon is laying off more than 18,000 employees which was 80% more employees than previously planned. The company has also stopped corporate hiring across. Earlier, Amazon delayed the joining dates for some university graduates until the end of 2023 due to cost-cutting efforts. Earlier, The onboarding of the employees was expected to be completed by […]

Jan 21, 2023

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Wipro sacks freshers, 452 people allegedly fired after internal test

An Indian multinational corporation, Wipro has sacked 452 fresher employees due to poor performance. Wipro fired the employees after taking an internal test. However, the company has waived the training cost spent on the employees. However, the company has not commented on the exact number of layoffs. As per the update the company laid off […]

Jan 20, 2023

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Swiggy lays off 380 employees, CEO letter to employees

An Indian online food ordering and delivery platform, Swiggy lays off 380 employees due to the company’s restructuring exercise. Due to “poor judgment the company has “overhired” employees. The CEO has also explained that the growth rate for food delivery has slowed down. This was against the company’s projections. The company’s CEO said, “We’re implementing […]

Jan 20, 2023

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A startup fired 70% of staff due to reported incorrect financial data

Indian Startup of an online vehicle repair platform, GoMechanic fires nearly 70% of the workforce due to Reported Incorrect Financial Data. Amit Bhasin cofounder GoMechanic shared a LinkedIn post saying, “We founded GoMechanic In 2016 to bridge the gap between process-oriented authorized service centers and cost-effective local workshops for people who were looking for a […]

Jan 20, 2023

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Tencent fires 100 employees for bribery and embezzlement

Asia’s biggest internet company, Tencent Holdings Ltd fired more than 100 employees. The reason behind the termination is violating law and company policies in 2022 including suspected bribery and embezzlement. The number of employees that were sacked was accused of corruption were part of the company’s PCG arm. The PCG arm oversees its mammoth content […]

Jan 18, 2023

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Microsoft to sack 11,000 employees worldwide

An American multinational technology company, Microsoft will sack 11,000 employees worldwide due to the global economic slowdown. The year 2023 has begun on a bad note for tech workers globally. There have been nearly 91 companies that have laid off more than 24,000 tech employees in the first 15 days this month. More than 1,600 […]

Jan 18, 2023

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Amazon HR people turn from hiring to seeking jobs themselves

Bloomberg | Amazon: With job cuts mounting across tech, finance, and other industries, why wait to get fired when you can skip directly to being hired? The move, called “career cushioning,” involves lining up a plan B while still fully employed, especially when job cuts are imminent. This is usually done discreetly — perhaps a networking […]

Jan 16, 2023

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Ola fires 200 people in a fresh round of layoffs

According to Business Today, an Indian multinational ridesharing company, Ola has fired 200 people in a fresh round of layoffs. The layoffs are across Ola Cabs, the ride-hailing business, and Ola Electric, the electric vehicle manufacturing company. Earlier in September, Ola laid off nearly 200 employees across the engineering segment. The company earlier made headlines […]

Jan 13, 2023