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Amazon to lay off , employees, starting this week

Nov 15, 2022

Twitter sacks over , contractual workers without notice

Microblogging and social networking company, after firing about per cent of Twitter workforce, or...

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Nov 14, 2022

Twitter sacks over , contractual workers without notice

After Meta and Twitter, now Amazon to layoff employees

According to reports, global e-commerce major, Amazon has announced that the company is freezing new...

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Nov 12, 2022

After Meta and Twitter, now Amazon to layoff employees

Indian employees fired by Meta two days after relocating to Canada

An American multinational technology conglomerate,nbspMetanbsphas cut over , jobs, which is...

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Nov 11, 2022

Indian employees fired by Meta two days after relocating to Canada

Industry

Communications Manager at Facebook laid off on maternity leave

Meta has recently laid off over 11,000 jobs which are nearly 13% of its workforce. Anneka Patel is one of the employees affected by the layoffs. Anneka Patel was a Communications Manager at Facebook and has recently been laid off during her maternity leave. She shared her story on her LinkedIn profile. Anneka Patel said on […]

Nov 10, 2022

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Cognizant layoffs employees due to failed background checks

An American multinational information technology services and consulting company, Cognizant India had reported 6 per cent involuntary attrition in the September ending quarter of FY22, which also includes the sacking of employees due to failed background checks. According to TOI, involuntary attrition can be thought of as a euphemism for sacking. Cognizant India Head Rajesh Nambiar said that […]

Nov 10, 2022

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Salesforce has laid off nearly 1000 employees

According to CNBC, an American cloud-based software company, Salesforce has laid off hundreds of people this week. However, The company did not share an exact number but said it was less than a thousand. Overall, the technology giant plans to lay off as many as 2,500 workers, reported Protocol. However, The company did not share an […]

Nov 10, 2022

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Meta India’s staff on edge after firm sacked over 11,000 employees

An American multinational technology conglomerate, Meta has cut over 11,000 jobs, which is nearly 13% of its workforce. In a letter to employees on Wednesday, CEO Mark Zuckerberg said that layoffs contend with faltering revenue and broader tech industry woes. Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg told hundreds of executives on Tuesday that he was accountable for the company’s downturn. He […]

Nov 10, 2022

Industry

Twitter engineer fired for helping coworkers who faced layoffs

As per Reuters, A former Twitter Inc engineer has accused the company of firing him days after it was acquired by Elon Musk because he developed a tool to allow workers to save important documents in anticipation of mass layoffs. The former engineer, Emmanuel Cornet in anticipation of mass layoffs developed a Google Chrome extension […]

Nov 9, 2022

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Mark Zuckerberg-led Meta begins layoffs today

According to the Wall Street Journal reports Mark Zuckerberg-led Meta begins layoffs on Wednesday morning which will affect thousands of employees. According to reports, Meta’s head of human resources, Lori Goler, said “Employees who lose their jobs will be provided with at least four months of salary as severance, the WSJ reported, citing people familiar […]

Nov 9, 2022

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Unacademy has slashed 350 employees in another round of layoffs

Ed-tech firm, Unacademy has slashed 350 employees which are 10 percent of its workforce due to harsh economic conditions. According to an internal memo, written by Group cofounder and CEO Gaurav Munjal to employees,” I want to apologize to everyone sincerely since we made a commitment of no layoffs in the organization but the market challenges have forced us […]

Nov 8, 2022

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Brainly layoffs nearly entire Indian team

The world’s largest peer-to-peer learning community, Brainly has laid off several employees globally including nearly 30 team members from its India team. The five retained employees from the Indian team have been working from home and working for the last five years. However, globally the exact number of layoffs could not be commented on. The company […]

Nov 8, 2022

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Meta planning massive layoffs this week: report

The social media and technology company, Meta is planning to lay off thousands of employees this week. However, the exact number of people to be fired is still unclear. Facebook-parent, Meta will become the latest tech firm to scale back its workforce. Most recently, Twitter laid off thousands of its employees across the globe. The […]

Nov 7, 2022

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Twitter has fired the majority of employees in India

According to an internal memo sent to Twitter employees, the new management under Elon Musk has begun conducting layoffs Friday morning. Twitter has fired the majority of its over 200 employees in India as part of mass layoffs across the globe ordered by its new owner Elon Musk who is looking to make his $44-billion acquisition work. […]

Nov 6, 2022

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Accenture has fired employees due to fake documents

A global professional services company and IT major, Accenture in India has fired a few employees as they presented fake documents and experience letters to obtain jobs with the organization. Accenture in India said in a statement, “We have discovered an effort to use documentation and experience letters from fraudulent companies to obtain offers of […]

Nov 6, 2022

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Udaan fires nearly 1,000 employees in the second round of layoffs

India’s largest b2b eCommerce platform, Udaan has announced the second round of layoffs due to macroeconomic conditions. About 10% of the company’s 3000-permanent workforce will be impacted by the layoff. These layoffs will affect nearly 1,000 employees. However, the employees that are fired 300-350 were on the company payroll while the remaining are likely to be on […]

Nov 6, 2022