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Updated on: Feb 2023

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Google laid off an Indian HR person during office video call

Feb 22, 2023

McKinsey to sack employees in one of its biggest layoffs

A global management consulting firm, McKinsey amp Co is planning to cut about , jobs. This is ...

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Feb 22, 2023

Layoffs again HP, Twitter, MyGate to sack hundreds of employees

Layoffs are a tough decision for any company. However, there have been various companies that have b...

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Feb 21, 2023

Ericsson to layoff , jobs in Sweden to reduce cost

A Swedish multinational networking and telecommunications company, Ericsson plans to cut about ,...

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Feb 20, 2023

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Google sacks 453 employees in India

An American multinational technology company, Google laid off 453 employees from various departments in India late at night on Thursday. As per reports, the employees from software developers, backend developers, cloud engineers, and digital marketers have been affected. Few of the employees took on LinkedIn to share their experiences. Recently in January, an American multinational technology company, Google […]

Feb 17, 2023

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KPMG to sack 700 employees due to economic slowdown

A multinational professional services network, and one of the Big Four accounting organizations, KPMG will sack 700 employees due to the economic slowdown of nearly 2 percent of its workforce in the United States. Initially, The job cuts were announced on February 15 by Carl Carande, Vice-Chair of KPMG’s US advisory business. A spokesperson for […]

Feb 16, 2023

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LinkedIn sacks employees in recruitment department: Report

According to reports, a business and employment-focused social media platform, LinkedIn will sack employees in the recruitment department. However, LinkedIn has not commented on the exact number of employees affected by the layoffs. Recently in January, Global tech giant Microsoft announced that it would sack about 5 percent or 10,000 of its workforce amid a […]

Feb 14, 2023

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GoDaddy lays off 8 percent of the workforce

An American publicly traded Internet domain registrar and web hosting company, GoDaddy CEO Aman Bhutani has sacked 8 percent of its workforce. The employees are mainly impacted in the US. The affected employees are from multiple levels in the company and every division. Aman Bhutani, Chief Executive Officer, GoDaddy shared a LinkedIn post saying, “Earlier today, […]

Feb 11, 2023

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Yahoo to lay off 20% staff as it aims to restructure ad tech division

An American multinational technology company, Yahoo is planning to sack more than 20% of its total workforce by end of the year. This is part of a major restructuring of its ad tech division. The Job cuts will impact 1,000 employees this week. However, the company is planning to layoff 50% of Yahoo’s ad tech employees by the end […]

Feb 10, 2023

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TikTok fires its entire India team

According to the ET reports, a short-form video hosting service, TikTok has fired its entire India team. The company has fired 40 people. The move came almost after three years TikTok was banned in India. The app was banned in India along with 300 other Chinese apps over national security issues. The employees that were working […]

Feb 10, 2023

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Disney to layoff 7,000 employees to make business more profitable

An American multinational, mass media and entertainment conglomerate, Disney will layoff 7,000 employees to make business more profitable. The layoffs represent an estimated 3.6% of the company’s global workforce. The effort of the company is to save $5.5 billion in costs and make its streaming business profitable. The company shifts its focus to its core brands and […]

Feb 9, 2023

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Zoom to sack 1300 employees, CEO salary to be reduced by 98%

An American communications technology company, Zoom has announced to sack 1300 employees or roughly 15 percent of the company’s workforce. Additionally, the Zoom CEO’s salary is to be reduced by 98%. The company hired employees as there was an increase in demand due to the pandemic. But as the pandemic is almost over the demand for […]

Feb 8, 2023

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Dell to sack about 6,500 employees from its Global Workforce

According to Bloomberg reports, An American-based technology company, Dell will sack about 6,500 employees which is about 5 percent of its global workforce. In a memo Co-Chief Operating Officer Jeff Clarke said, “The company is experiencing market conditions that “continue to erode with an uncertain future.” “We’ve navigated economic downturns before and we’ve emerged stronger. […]

Feb 6, 2023

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Infosys fires 600 freshers after they fail Internal Test

An Indian multinational information technology company, Infosys has fired 600 freshers after they fail an internal assessment test. Recently, Wipro also sacked 452 fresher employees due to poor performance. The company fired the employees after taking an internal test. However, the company also waived the training cost of Rs.75,000/- for the freshers. According to Business Today a […]

Feb 6, 2023

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Layoffs: Over 1 Lakh employees lost jobs in last month, Jan 2023

Layoffs are a tough decision for any company. However, there have been various companies that have been announcing layoffs. According to trueup.io, so far in 2023, there have been 379 layoffs at tech companies with 113,082 people impacted (3,231 people per day). However, In 2022, there were 1,535 layoffs at tech companies, and 241,176 people were impacted. The actual reason behind the layoffs in the […]

Feb 4, 2023

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IIT graduate lost his job says “Jo hota hai aache k liye hi hota hai”: Byju’s Layoffs

An Indian multinational educational technology company, Byju’s has laid off nearly 1,500 employees in a fresh round of layoffs. The layoffs have affected employees from mainly the design, engineering, and production verticals. Abhishek Ashish a Software Engineer at BYJU’S has also been laid off by the company. He graduated from IIT and this was his first job. He […]

Feb 3, 2023