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Updated on: Jan 2023
Google employees write to VP HR on fear of layoffs
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Google employees write to VP HR on fear of layoffs

Jan 4, 2023

Most laid off tech workers find new jobs in months

According to the recent survey report, by the Wall Street Journal The ZipRecruiter sai...

Survey & Report
Jan 2, 2023
Most laid off tech workers find new jobs in months

Failed background checks are new normal, will be a year of layoffs?

The year became a topic of discussion for layoffs based on two grounds which are Failed Backgro...

Industry
Dec 30, 2022
Failed background checks are new normal, will be a year of layoffs?

Google to layoff of employees in with poor performance

As per reports, Google is expected to layoff percent of employees in . The employee which will...

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Dec 27, 2022
Google to layoff of employees in with poor performance
Micron to layoff 5,000 employees in 2023
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Micron to layoff 5,000 employees in 2023

A world leader in innovative memory solutions, Micron will be laying off nearly 5000 or 10% of its employees.   The company said that the industry is experiencing the “most severe imbalance between supply and demand in both DRAM and NAND in the last 13 years.” Micron Technology announced results for its first quarter of fiscal 2023, […]

Dec 22, 2022
Smartphone maker Xiaomi to layoff 10% employees
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Smartphone maker Xiaomi to layoff 10% employees

A Chinese designer and manufacturer of consumer electronics and related software, home appliances, and household items company Xiaomi Corp has started laying off workers in several units of its smartphone and internet services business. The layoffs will be affecting nearly 10% of the total workforce. The latest layoff could affect thousands of workers many of the employees have […]

Dec 20, 2022
Which is best bet amid the layoff trend: Capgemini or Infosys?
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Which is best bet amid the layoff trend: Capgemini or Infosys?

Layoffs are difficult for companies, but 2023 has been a year of layoffs. Top tech companies have either frozen the hiring process or laid off employees. Being hired by any IT companies the new employees need to choose between Capgemini vs Infosys or any other company there are many parameters. Infosys The company’s headcount stood at […]

Dec 19, 2022
Virtusa forced employees to resign; seek government intervention
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Virtusa forced employees to resign; seek government intervention

A global provider of Digital Business Transformation, Digital Engineering, and Information Technology (IT) outsourcing services, Virtusa Group has laid off employees and has forcefully asked them to resign from December 11. The company has sacked hundreds of employees from Chennai and the UNITE has sought government intervention in this matter. The employees from across India were […]

Dec 19, 2022
Google CEO Pichai has no ‘reassuring words’: didn’t deny job cuts
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Google CEO Pichai has no ‘reassuring words’: didn’t deny job cuts

Amid layoffs and retrenchment across various sectors most recently, as per TOI, an American multinational technology company, Google CEO has admitted that the future is unpredictable. The development of either layoff or hiring slowdown comes after IT companies, crypto exchanges, and financial firms cut out jobs and slow down the hiring process due to slow global economic growth caused by […]

Dec 14, 2022
Twitter staff was sacked, Cos didn’t see Musk’s email at weekend
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Twitter staff was sacked, Cos didn’t see Musk’s email at weekend

According to reports, an American social media company, Twitter has sacked nearly 100 employees after employees Didn’t See Musk’s Email at the Weekend. Some Twitter employees lost access to work systems after they failed to sign Elon Musk’s anti-leaking pledge on Saturday because they didn’t check their emails over the weekend. Musk wrote in his […]

Dec 14, 2022
Goldman to cut hundreds of consumer banking staff
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Goldman to cut hundreds of consumer banking staff

A leading global investment banking, securities, and investment management firm, Goldman Sachs will be sacking hundreds of employees. According to reports, the company is planning to cut at least 400 jobs as it looks at restructuring its struggling consumer business. According to reports, The job cuts at Goldman Sachs’ will be affecting the underperforming employees. […]

Dec 13, 2022
Salesforce to layoff employees in a fresh round of layoffs
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Salesforce to layoff employees in a fresh round of layoffs

An American cloud-based software company, Salesforce will be laying off employees in a fresh round of layoffs according to Protocol reports. It was unclear when the layoffs would begin the discussions on the plan remain ongoing. Salesforce, however, told media publications that the layoffs affected “less than a thousand” employees. According to Protocol reports, Salesforce […]

Dec 12, 2022
Is 2022 a year of layoffs? Companies layoff nearly 70,000+ people
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Is 2022 a year of layoffs? Companies layoff nearly 70,000+ people

Layoffs are a difficult decision for companies but 2022 has been a year of layoffs. Top tech companies have either frozen the hiring process or laid off employees. Below is the list of companies that Laid off employees Amid layoffs and retrenchment across various sectors in the country including in IT, Minister Bhupender Yadav has […]

Dec 12, 2022
Layoffs are illegal if not carried out as per Law: Labour Minister
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Layoffs are illegal if not carried out as per Law: Labour Minister

There have been retrenchment and layoffs across various sectors in the country including in IT, Minister Bhupender Yadav has said that Layoffs are deemed illegal if not carried out as per Industrial Disputes (ID) Act. Minister Bhupender Yadav said, “Further, any retrenchment and lay-off are deemed to be illegal which is not carried out as […]

Dec 9, 2022
Twitter sued for targeting women in layoffs
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Twitter sued for targeting women in layoffs

The micro-blogging platform, Twitter has been hit by yet another lawsuit. A recent lawsuit is been filed for targeting female employees during the layoff process.  The lawsuit has been filed on the grounds that the company is violating federal and California laws banning workplace sex discrimination. However, during the layoffs, the company laid off 57% of its […]

Dec 9, 2022
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 […]

Dec 8, 2022