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Updated on: Sep 2022

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Sep 1, 2022

Meesho shuts down grocery business, cuts jobs

Homegrown social commerce platform Meesho has reportedly shut down its grocery business called Super...

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Aug 29, 2022

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Ford to lay off , employees in India, Canada, US

The automaker, Ford Motors has confirmed that it is cutting about , jobs from its global workfor...

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Aug 23, 2022

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Xiaomi has laid off employees due to revenue drop

The Chinese smartphone manufacturer, Xiaomi has reportedly laid off over employees. The effects ...

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Aug 22, 2022

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HBO Max layoffs 14% of its employees

A premier global media and entertainment company, Warner Bros Discovery (WBD) has laid off nearly 70 workers which are 14 per cent of its workforce at its HBO and HBO Max streaming service. When news of the intended layoffs began appearing a few weeks ago the fans were afraid that original scripted shows would be […]

Aug 20, 2022

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Google is warning its employees about layoffs

Search engine giant, Google has warned its employees about layoffs if the third quarter results are not as expected. According to reports, Google executives have warned workers to either boost performance or prepare to leave. If third-quarter results don’t look up, ‘there will be blood on the streets.’ The report also claimed that Google Cloud sales leadership […]

Aug 16, 2022

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LinkedIn lays off entire global events marketing team: Report

Microsoft-owned professional networking platform LinkedIn is laying off its employees due to the global meltdown. The laid-off employees will be from its global events marketing team. The Insider report said “LinkedIn has laid off “all the employees on the professional social network’s global events marketing team amid continued economic uncertainty“ The affected employees are being encouraged […]

Aug 13, 2022

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Snapchat plans to lay off its employees

The photo-sharing platform, Snapchat will lay off its employees and is in the early stages of planning layoffs. According to a report, the job cuts at Snap are coming after the company posted disastrous quarterly results (Q2) due to poor future forecasts. According to the reports, “It’s currently unclear how many of Snap’s more than 6,000 employees […]

Aug 10, 2022

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Alibaba layoffs nearly 10,000 employees last month

Chinese tech firm Alibaba has fired around 10,000 employees. The layoffs come after Alibaba reported a 50 percent drop in net income in June. These are an effort to cut expenses amid sluggish sales and a slowing economy in the country. The tech company fired more than 9,241 employees during the June quarter. According to […]

Aug 9, 2022

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Walmart layoffs hundreds of corporate employees

The world’s biggest retailer, Walmart (WMT) is laying off about 200 corporate employees. The layoffs are affected due as the retail giant issued a rare profit warning also claiming that inflation has made the average American reduce spending. The layoffs come as consumer confidence dips and inflation reaches record highs. These layoffs are part of a restructuring effort the company […]

Aug 5, 2022

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LEAD, an Edtech platform plans to layoff the workforce

Technology-based school Edtech Platform Lead to layoff the workforce. However, the company has also said that it will not disclose the exact numbers of layoffs. Although according to media reports, the company will lay off nearly 80–90 employees. The layoff will be across sales, marketing, academics, and operations. The organization was started by Sumeet Mehta […]

Aug 5, 2022

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Vedantu lays off another 100 employees after layoffs in May

Edtech firm Vedantu has laid off another 100 employees in a restructuring exercise marking the company’s third round of layoffs since May 2022. The fresh round of layoffs came as a surprise to most of the employees as they believed that there wouldn’t be any more layoffs in the startup. Vedantu told the impacted employees […]

Aug 3, 2022

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Oracle to layoff in US, expected layoffs in Canada, India, & Europe

A cloud technology company that provides organizations around the world with computing infrastructure and software, Oracle Corp has started to lay off employees in the United States. Post-Covid many companies across the globe are laying off employees due to economic slowdown. The layoffs at Oracle will affect employees at its offices in the San Francisco Bay […]

Aug 2, 2022

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Amazon has laid off 1 lakh workforce

The e-commerce company, Amazon has slashed its direct workforce by nearly 1 lakh, the largest sequential drop in its history, primarily at its fulfillment centres and distribution network. The e-commerce behemoth still employs over 15 lakh people, the highest in the tech world. These layoffs are the results as Amazon said that it sees stabilization in […]

Aug 1, 2022

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Ola to layoff about 1,000 employees, shifts focus to electric mobility

As Ola ramps up its hiring for the electric mobility business, the urban mobility firm is in the process of firing nearly 1,000 employees, according to Economic Times report. As per earlier reports, the company was laying off around 400-500 employees, while the annual appraisals for many staff were yet to be formalized. However, the final figure […]

Jul 29, 2022

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Shopify is laying off about 1,000 employees globally

A leading global commerce company, Shopify has announced that it will lay off 10 percent of its workforce citing an internal memo sent by CEO Tobi Lütke. Sumiran (Sumi) Anand, Senior Technical Recruiter, Shopify, shared the post on LinkedIn, “Hello everyone, it’s me again! Impacted by Shopify layoffs this time and ready to bounce back. A little […]

Jul 28, 2022