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Updated on: Dec 2022
US firm laid off nearly 2,700 people when they were ‘asleep’
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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 […]

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

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HP to cut at least 4,000-6000 jobs
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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 […]

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Google plans to fire 10,000 poor performing employees
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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 […]

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

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Cisco to lay off over 4,000 employees
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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 […]

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Amazon confirms layoffs and sends emails to impacted employees
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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 […]

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Amazon to lay off 10,000 employees, starting this week
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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 […]

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Twitter sacks over 4,400 contractual workers without notice
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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 […]

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After Meta and Twitter, now Amazon to layoff employees
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After Meta and Twitter, now Amazon to layoff employees

According to reports, global e-commerce major, Amazon has announced that the company is freezing new hiring in its corporate workforce sighting due to uncertainty in the global economy. E-commerce major has told employees in some unprofitable units to look for jobs elsewhere in the company. However, the exact number is unclear. As per the WSJ report, the company will be moving to redeploy staff […]

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Indian employees fired by Meta two days after relocating to Canada
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Indian employees fired by Meta two days after relocating to Canada

An American multinational technology conglomerate, Meta has cut over 11,000 jobs, which is nearly 13% of its workforce. It has been reported that the company sacked Indian employees two days after relocating to Canada. Himanshu V was a graduate of the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT Kharagpur). Himanshu V said that he had relocated to Canada for […]

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Cognizant layoffs employees due to failed background checks
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Cognizant layoffs employees due to failed background checks

An American multinational information technology services and consulting company, Cognizant India had reported 6 per cent involuntary attrition in the September ending quarter of FY22, which also includes the sacking of employees due to failed background checks. According to TOI, involuntary attrition can be thought of as a euphemism for sacking. Cognizant India Head Rajesh Nambiar said that […]

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