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Layoffs: HR News, Trends & Workplace Insights

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Updated on: Dec 2022
Intel sets out unpaid leaves for 3 months to employees, starts layoff
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Intel sets out unpaid leaves for 3 months to employees, starts layoff

Intel offering 3 months of unpaid leave to employees as a result of cost-cutting measures. The chipmaker company is also laying off its employees to curb losses. Factory and manufacturing workers globally are being given time off options as a step to retain their talent base. In the aftermath of macroeconomic conditions, this aggressive […]

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Digital company HealthifyMe announces layoff: 142 people slashed
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Digital company HealthifyMe announces layoff: 142 people slashed

India’s leading health tech start-up, HealthifyMe announced the layoff of 142 employees. The step is taken as a matter of growing concern for the firm to manage its cost. The firm also offered 2 months’ package to separated employees with 2 weeks per year worked at the firm. The firm is undergoing an evolution with […]

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Adobe sacked 100 employees, majorly from the sales team
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Adobe sacked 100 employees, majorly from the sales team

Adobe has reportedly laid off 100 employees but the firm confirms that the layoff is not companywide. The organization carried out the layoff process to reduce its expenses. Quick insights As per the 2022 financial reports of Adobe, the firm hired 28,700 workers. Adobe said that the company made a transition to support critical initiatives […]

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Vedantu cuts 385 jobs, leadership takes 50% pay cut
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Vedantu cuts 385 jobs, leadership takes 50% pay cut

Edtech major Vedantu has laid off another 385 employees. This is nearly 11.6 percent of the company workforce. The Job cuts will affect the workforce from sales, HR, and content teams. This is the fourth round of layoffs undertaken by the edtech unicorn in 2022. Vedantu’s co-founders and a few members of the leadership team […]

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Morgan Stanley cuts about 1,600 jobs, 2% of its workforce
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Morgan Stanley cuts about 1,600 jobs, 2% of its workforce

An American multinational investment management and financial services company, Morgan Stanley will lay off about 2% of its workforce. This affect about 1,600 positions workforce. The job cuts will affect workforce reductions at Goldman Sachs Group Inc and Citigroup Inc. The bank has more than 81,000 employees worldwide as of September 30. Morgan Stanley is making modest […]

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PepsiCo to layoff hundreds of staff at headquarters
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PepsiCo to layoff hundreds of staff at headquarters

An American multinational food, snack, and beverage company, PepsiCo Inc is planning to lay off hundreds of workers from its headquarters in the North American snacks and beverages division. “The overall US labour market remains historically tight, with employers competing for a limited pool of labor and bidding up wages despite an uncertain economic outlook,” the report […]

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Amazon is on the urge of the biggest layoff including top executives
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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 […]

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OYO is in the process of laying off employees
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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 […]

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Hiring platform Hirect sacked 40% of the workforce
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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 […]

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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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