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Updated on: Jul 2022
EdTech company WhiteHat Jr lays off 300 staff
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EdTech company WhiteHat Jr lays off 300 staff

WhiteHat Jr, an Indian online educational technology company has laid off 300 employees due to cost cuts. This is the latest company among the startups globally to lay off its workforce due to the market downturn. This comes at the back of mass layoffs, restructuring, and shutdowns in the Edtech sector. The employees from the sales and […]

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Udaan lays off 180-200 staff nearly 5% of its workforce to cut costs
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Udaan lays off 180-200 staff nearly 5% of its workforce to cut costs

Business-to-business (B2B) e-commerce startup Udaan has laid off 5 percent of its workforce, or 180-200 employees. The company has termed the layoff as “unusual” and called it an “efficiency enhancement exercise”. Udaan said the layoffs have happened across various department functions. The company had an employee strength of around 4,000 before the layoffs. The company added that […]

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Netflix lays off 300 employees in cost-cutting drive
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Netflix lays off 300 employees in cost-cutting drive

The world’s leading streaming entertainment service, Netflix has laid off 300 employees which is about 4% of its workforce. Netflix in the second round of job cuts aimed at lowering costs after the streaming giant lost subscribers. Earlier, the company had laid off 150 workers due to slowing revenue growth. Netflix lays off 300 employees in […]

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Tesla lays off head of LGBTQ+, diversity lead
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Tesla lays off head of LGBTQ+, diversity lead

Amid CEO Elon Musk’s “woke mind virus” concerns, Electric vehicle company, Tesla has laid off both the President and a Lead involved in diversity and inclusivity programs at the company of its LGBTQ+ community. While they were let go as part of a broader wave of layoffs, it comes amid several comments CEO Elon Musk […]

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Tesla Sued By Former Employees Over ‘Mass Layoff’
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Tesla Sued By Former Employees Over ‘Mass Layoff’

Two former Tesla employees have filed a lawsuit against the electric vehicle giant. The employees were laid off from the Nevada Gigafactory. The lawsuit alleges the company’s decision to lay off more than 500 workers during May and June. Further, it stated that the employees laid off without due notice constitutes a breach of the workers’ rights. […]

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Social commerce Citymall lays off 191 employees
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Social commerce Citymall lays off 191 employees

The Gurugram-based Social commerce CityMall is slashing 191 jobs as it looks to better navigate the sharp reversal in the markets. The layoff impacts at least 30% of the three-year-old startup’s workforce. The startup said two months ago that it had over 500 employees. The Company said on Layoffs, “191 of our employees will be parting […]

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Unacademy lays off 150 employees from its PrepLadder team
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Unacademy lays off 150 employees from its PrepLadder team

The Edtech platform, Unacademy has recently fired a small fraction of its workforce which is 150 employees (2.6% of the workforce). The workforce has been asked to leave as part of a performance improvement programme (PIP). These layoffs currently affected the PrepLadder team that is based out of Chandigarh. This is the company’s second round […]

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Tesla Begins 10% Staff Layoff; Employees Confirm on Linkedin
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Tesla Begins 10% Staff Layoff; Employees Confirm on Linkedin

Elon Musk, CEO of electric vehicle maker Tesla has called for the layoff of 10 percent of the company’s white-collar workforce in an internal company email on June 3. Tesla employees are sharing their pain on social media and said that the layoffs appear to have started last week and have accelerated since then. It […]

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Crypto exchange company Coinbase to cut nearly 1100 jobs
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Crypto exchange company Coinbase to cut nearly 1100 jobs

Cryptocurrency exchange company Coinbase Global Inc has announced that it will slash nearly 18% of its workforce which is about 1,100 jobs. This move has come as a result of reining costs amid volatile cryptocurrency market conditions. The company earlier informed this month that it would extend its hiring freeze for the future and cancel several […]

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Rupeek lays off 200 employees due to cost cuts
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Rupeek lays off 200 employees due to cost cuts

Bengaluru-based gold loan provider Rupeek has laid off around 200 employees from its workforce across multiple teams. The company has laid off nearly 10-15% of its workforce. The reason behind the layoffs is tough macro conditions and a funding crunch. The company’s founder and CEO Sumit Maniyar told employees about the decision through an email. […]

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Info Edge-backed startup Udayy shuts down, lays off all employees
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Info Edge-backed startup Udayy shuts down, lays off all employees

Info Edge-backed Edtech startup, Udayy has reported shutting down. This has caused the startup in laying off all its hundred employees. The co-founder of Udayy Saumya Yadav said, “This comes on the back of kids moving back to schools in the post-pandemic world.” “Udayy was witnessing the post-pandemic world for the first time. As the kids […]

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Indiabulls social commerce app Yaari layoffs 60% of staff
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Indiabulls social commerce app Yaari layoffs 60% of staff

Indiabulls owned social commerce application, Yaari has laid off 150 employees which is nearly 60% of its total workforce. According to sources, the company has decided to merge it with another Indiabulls company Dhani Services. The layoffs reportedly happened in the supply support, customer support, business development, and marketing verticals. The company did not extend […]

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