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Updated on: Dec 2022

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Adobe sacked employees, majorly from the sales team

Dec 8, 2022

Vedantu cuts jobs, leadership takes pay cut

Edtech major Vedantu has laid off another employees. This is nearly . percent of the company ...

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Dec 8, 2022

Latest news: Vedantu cuts jobs, leadership takes pay cut - SightsIn Plus

Morgan Stanley cuts about , jobs, of its workforce

An American multinational investment management and financial services company, Morgan Stanley will ...

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Dec 8, 2022

Latest news: Morgan Stanley cuts about , jobs, of its workforce - SightsIn Plus

PepsiCo to layoff hundreds of staff at headquarters

An American multinational food, snack, and beverage company, PepsiCo Inc is planning to lay off hund...

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Dec 8, 2022

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Amazon is on the urge of the biggest layoff including top executives

Amazon is on the urge of the biggest layoff including top executives in the company since it was founded. Expected to slash 20,000 employees from the workforce. Entering 2023 within a few days might not be as fun for Amazon employees and tech employees across the industry as organizations are making adjustments through layoffs as […]

Dec 6, 2022

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OYO is in the process of laying off employees

The tech-based Indian multinational Oyo Hotels and Homes Pvt. Ltd has announced a huge business restructuring leading to 600 job cut reducing 10% of its employee base. In a statement, Oyo said the firm is undergoing a transformational process to align its business more competitively. The statement by Oyo Chief Executive Office Ritesh Agarwal also […]

Dec 5, 2022

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Hiring platform Hirect sacked 40% of the workforce

A leading job portal in India, Hirect has sacked nearly 200 people which is 40 percent of the total workforce. Hirect laid off these employees due to organizational restructuring and a strategic change in its business model. The company has become a victim of the slowdown in new hiring. The Co-founder and CEO of Hirect Raj […]

Nov 29, 2022

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US firm laid off nearly 2,700 people when they were ‘asleep’

A leader in the furniture industry and one of the largest furniture producers in the United States, United Furniture Industries has laid off approximately 2,700 workers. Most of the sacked employees from the company live in northeast Mississippi. The laid-offs came just days before the Thanksgiving holiday. However, The company sent a memo via email and […]

Nov 28, 2022

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Railways fired one ‘non-performer or corrupt official’ every 03 days

According to PTI, the Railways has weeded out one “non-performer or corrupt official” every three days in the past 16 months, officials said. Two senior-grade officers were sacked on Wednesday, sources said. Around 139 officials from the Indian Railways have been asked for Voluntary Retirement Scheme (VRS). The Indian Railway has agreed on a salary […]

Nov 26, 2022

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HP to cut at least 4,000-6000 jobs

An American multinational information technology company, HP is planning to lay off nearly 4000 to 6,000 employees. This layoff is nearly around 12 percent of the company’s global workforce. HP currently employs nearly 50,000 people as of December 2021. The company has planned this layoff up till the end of fiscal 2025. “We had a […]

Nov 23, 2022

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Google plans to fire 10,000 poor performing employees

An American multinational technology company, Google is planning to fire nearly 10,000 employees. The layoffs will be on the grounds of ‘poor performance’. The layoffs are nearly 6% of the total workforce. Google will use a ranking system and the lowest-ranked employees are expected to be fired from the company. Since 2017 the company has […]

Nov 22, 2022

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Zomato laying off nearly 3% of staff due to cost-cutting

Indian multinational restaurant aggregator and food delivery company, Zomato has confirmed that the company is laying off under 3 percent of its staff across the organization. The company said that the layoffs are based on regular performance. Earlier, Zomato Ltd confirmed on Friday that its co-founder, Mohit Gupta has resigned from the company. Mohit resigned after about […]

Nov 19, 2022

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Cisco to lay off over 4,000 employees

An American-based multinational digital communications technology conglomerate corporation, Cisco will be laying off more than 4,000 employees. According to a report in Silicon Valley Business Journal, the company is laying off nearly 5 percent of its workforce. The company has described this as a “rebalancing” act while “rightsizing certain businesses.” Cisco Chief Financial Officer Scott Herren […]

Nov 19, 2022

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Amazon confirms layoffs and sends emails to impacted employees

An American multinational technology company focusing on e-commerce, Amazon has confirmed the layoffs at the company. However, The company did not reveal the exact number of employees laid off however as per the earlier reports 10,000 employees or 3 percent of its workforce were expected to be laid off. Impact on India Team These cuts […]

Nov 17, 2022

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Amazon to lay off 10,000 employees, starting this week

An American multinational technology company focusing on e-commerce, Amazon is planning to lay off nearly 10,000 employees. The layoffs will be starting as soon as this week. The employees will be affected in its corporate and technology sectors. This layoff will affect nearly three percent of Amazon’s corporate employees and less than one percent of its global […]

Nov 15, 2022

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Twitter sacks over 4,400 contractual workers without notice

Microblogging and social networking company, after firing about 50 per cent of Twitter workforce, or about 3,800 employees, now Elon Musk has laid off over 4,400 contractual workers without Notice. Separate reports from Platformer and Axios have shared the information through a series of tweets saying, “company sources tell me that yesterday Twitter eliminated ~4,400 of its ~5,500 […]

Nov 14, 2022