According to inc42, The world’s leading digital skills provider, enabling learners across the globe, Simplilearn laid off 200 employees due to poor performance.
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The layoffs at Simplilearn have impacted employees from the sales, marketing, and operation teams. However, layoffs have been sudden.
While speaking with inc42 an employee said, “These layoffs were unexpected. Although the company cited the reason for this as poor performance, no performance review was conducted earlier.”
“All of it happened suddenly. Now the existing employees are also under high pressure to get more sales,” employees added.
Recently, L&T Technology has sacked 200 employees.
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The company spokesperson said, “We conduct annual performance reviews as a standard process to assess the capabilities of our workforce every year and act appropriately based on skill sets and performance.”
“This is essential for the maintenance of our high standards of service delivery”, the spokesperson further said.
The layoffs are affecting the employees due to performance reviews and additionally, the company is also reducing the overlapping positions.
Indian EdTech Firm, PhysicsWallah (PW) has sacked nearly 120 employees due to a performance review.
Satish Khengre, Chief Human Resources Officer at PhysicsWallah said, “At PW, we regularly assess performance through mid-term and end-term cycles.”
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“For the cycle ending in October, less than 0.8 percent of our workforce, ranging from 70 to 120 individuals with performance concerns—may be asked to transition”, Satish Khengre added.
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Sheenu Pradhan
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