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Updated on: Nov 2023
Nokia to slash 14,000 jobs to save costs
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Nokia to slash 14,000 jobs to save costs

According to Reuters, Finnish multinational telecommunications, information technology, and consumer electronics corporation, Nokia is planning to slash 14,000 jobs to save costs. The layoffs are about 16% job cuts at the high end. The report also stated that Nokia expects to reduce its employee base to between 72,000 and 77,000 employees, from 86,000. The Q3 […]

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After LinkedIn, KPMG lays off about 6% of deal advisory staff in UK
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After LinkedIn, KPMG lays off about 6% of deal advisory staff in UK

As reported by Business Today, A multinational professional services network, and one of the Big Four accounting organizations, KPMG is planning to sack nearly 100 jobs in its deal advisory business in the UK. The layoffs at the organization are expected to impact around 6 percent of the 1,700 KPMG deal advisory team in the UK. […]

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LinkedIn lays off 668 roles: Read Email Sent to Employees
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LinkedIn lays off 668 roles: Read Email Sent to Employees

Microsoft-owned LinkedIn announced to sacking of 668 employees across the engineering, product, talent, and finance teams. The company said, “Talent changes are a difficult, but necessary and regular part of managing our business. The changes we shared with our team today will result in a reduction of approximately 668 roles across our engineering, product, talent, and […]

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Bizongo to lay off 15% of its employees
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Bizongo to lay off 15% of its employees

The AI-powered vendor digitization and embedded financing platform company, Bizongo is to lay off 15% of its employees or 50 employees. A Bizongo spokesperson said, “We are driving sharper focus towards key business goals and in lieu of this, we have reallocated our people.” “Parting ways with people is never easy and these are difficult […]

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Companies Layoffs in 2023, How Affected HR Recruitment Teams
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Companies Layoffs in 2023, How Affected HR Recruitment Teams

So far in 2023, there have been 1,618 layoffs at tech companies with 361,343 people impacted (1,304 people per day). In 2022, there were 1,557 layoffs at tech companies and 243,318 people impacted (667 people per day). During these layoffs, companies have also sacked the HR recruitment teams. The move of layoffs is part of a larger trend of tech companies cutting jobs and slowing hiring […]

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An employee gets 37 Lakhs after being sacked for Menopause
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An employee gets 37 Lakhs after being sacked for Menopause

Karen Farquharson worked at the engineering firm Thistle Marine a female employee from Scotland has been rewarded with over 37,000 pounds (approximately Rs. 37,15,281) in compensation. Karen Farquharson the employee had quit her job after her boss said that she uses menopause as an “excuse for everything.” She had sued the company for unfair dismissal and harassment. […]

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Foodpanda cuts staff in Asia-Pacific amid potential partial sale
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Foodpanda cuts staff in Asia-Pacific amid potential partial sale

A subsidiary of Delivery Hero, Foodpanda has planned to cut staff in Asia-Pacific amid a potential partial sale. The company has not disclosed the exact number of layoffs and departments that have been impacted by the job cuts. According to CNBC, Jakob Sebastian Angele, APAC CEO of Foodpanda, said on Thursday in a letter shared with […]

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Byju’s defers to pay laid-off employees full & final settlements
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Byju’s defers to pay laid-off employees full & final settlements

Earlier in June, An Indian multinational educational technology company, Byju’s had laid off over 1,000 employees across various departments, including mentoring, logistics, training, sales, post-sales, and finance. According to Money Control report, Edtech Major said in a mail to the laid-off employees, “This is to inform you that the full and final settlement amount will be […]

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FedEx announces layoff, Citigroup prepares for job cuts
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FedEx announces layoff, Citigroup prepares for job cuts

According to reports, An American multinational conglomerate holding company FedEx will sack a few employees in the IT and finance departments. These layoffs will be part of a realignment and streamlining exercise. Earlier, in February the company FedEx Corp laid off more than 10 percent of its global management staffers as the delivery company faced […]

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Alphabet, Google’s parent company lays off hundreds of employees
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Alphabet, Google’s parent company lays off hundreds of employees

The tech giant Google’s parent company Alphabet will be laying off hundreds of employees from its global recruiting team. As per the media reports, the layoff continues amid slow hiring. Moreover, the company is actively assisting affected employees in their search for alternative roles, both within Alphabet and in other organizations. Alphabet is the first “Big […]

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UBS to cut 100 jobs in Asia, Chargebee lays off 10% workforce
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UBS to cut 100 jobs in Asia, Chargebee lays off 10% workforce

UBS Group AG is cutting Asia wealth-management jobs in the low hundreds, just months after completing its takeover of rival Credit Suisse as the bank responds to muted client activity and China’s slowing economy. According to various media reports, UBS plans to cut a minimum of 100 positions, including roles such as relationship managers in Hong […]

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Barclays plans layoffs, Goldman Sachs to sack underperformers
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Barclays plans layoffs, Goldman Sachs to sack underperformers

According to a Reuters report, Barclays is planning to cut hundreds of jobs across its trading and investment bank divisions. British lending group is planning to remove about 5% of client-facing staff in the trading division along with some dealmakers globally, as well as restructure teams within its UK consumer-banking unit. A Barclays spokesperson said, […]

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