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Updated on: Mar 2023
Alphabet fires Waymo employees Citigroup Cuts Hundreds of Jobs
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Alphabet fires Waymo employees Citigroup Cuts Hundreds of Jobs

Mar 3, 2023

Layoff update Over ,, employees are fired in Jan-Feb

The year started on a Layoff note. In January alone , employees were sacked from var...

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Mar 2, 2023
Layoff update Over ,, employees are fired in Jan-Feb

Microsoft Indian employee shares heartbreaking story of layoff

A former Indian Microsoft employee Alisha Acharya has shared a heartbreaking story of layoff. She wa...

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Mar 1, 2023
Microsoft Indian employee shares heartbreaking story of layoff

Google has not only laid off humans but now robots are being fired

The tech giant, Google has not only laid off humans but now even robots are being fired. According t...

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Mar 1, 2023
Google has not only laid off humans but now robots are being fired
Google laid off a star performer in Hyderabad
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Google laid off a star performer in Hyderabad

Technology and search giant, Google has sacked 12,000 employees globally including laying off 453 employees from various departments in India. Many laid-off employees have been sharing their stories on LinkedIn but this time a ‘star performer’ has been laid off in Hyderabad. In a post, Harsh Vijayvargiya said, “I never thought my #Firstpost would be regarding #layoffs Saturday Morning […]

Feb 27, 2023
Twitter employee who was found sleeping on office floor gets fired
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Twitter employee who was found sleeping on office floor gets fired

Earlier in November 2022, A Viral picture was shared by Twitter’s director of product management Esther Crawford who was seen sleeping on the office floor after working overtime in order to meet the stringent deadlines, she is fired now in a fresh round of layoffs of 50 employees. She was clicked wrapped in a sleeping […]

Feb 27, 2023
Ericsson to sack 8,500 employees in the largest layoff in industry
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Ericsson to sack 8,500 employees in the largest layoff in industry

Swedish multinational networking and telecommunications company, Ericsson to sack 8,500 employees. This is one of the largest layoffs in the industry. Chief Executive Borje Ekholm said in the memo, “The way headcount reductions will be managed will differ depending on local country practice…” “In several countries, the headcount reductions have already been communicated this week,” Borje Ekholm’s memo added. […]

Feb 25, 2023
Uber announces to sack of employees based on performance
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Uber announces to sack of employees based on performance

Amid the layoffs wave, American mobility service provider company, Uber will sack employees on the ground of a ‘more rigorous approach’ to performance reviews. However, Uber is not using the term “layoff” to describe the recent terminations and has stated that it will fill the affected roles with new hires. The company said, “Uber job […]

Feb 23, 2023
Google laid off an Indian HR person during office video call
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Google laid off an Indian HR person during office video call

An American multinational technology company, Google laid off 453 employees from various departments in India. As per reports, the employees from software developers, backend developers, cloud engineers, and digital marketers have been affected. Few of the employees took on LinkedIn to share their experiences. Recently in January, Google parent Alphabet announced to sack 12,000 employees. The company CEO took responsibility for the […]

Feb 22, 2023
McKinsey to sack 2000 employees in one of its biggest layoffs
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McKinsey to sack 2000 employees in one of its biggest layoffs

A global management consulting firm, McKinsey & Co is planning to cut about 2,000 jobs. This is in one of its biggest rounds of layoffs. The company’s job cuts could affect more than 4% of the workforce. McKinsey & Co currently employs nearly 44,000 employees. The headcount of the company has grown up from 28,000 […]

Feb 22, 2023
Layoffs again: HP, Twitter, MyGate to sack hundreds of employees
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Layoffs again: HP, Twitter, MyGate to sack hundreds of employees

Layoffs are a tough decision for any company. However, there have been various companies that have been announcing layoffs. Now, the leading companies HP, Twitter, and MyGate sacking hundreds of employees. HP An American multinational information technology company, HP has announced that it will lay off around 100 employees in Israel. The company has cut major […]

Feb 21, 2023
Google fired an employee to launch its own venture within notice period
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Google fired an employee to launch its own venture within notice period

Recently, An American multinational technology company, Google parent Alphabet announced to sack 12,000 employees. Henry Kirk worked as a manager at Google for eight years. He has decided to start his venture with six former colleagues who had also been laid off.  Henry Kirk, Engineering Manager (Senior TLM), iOS/Android, Google shared a LinkedIn Post saying, “I have […]

Feb 21, 2023
Ericsson to layoff 1,400 jobs in Sweden to reduce cost
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Ericsson to layoff 1,400 jobs in Sweden to reduce cost

A Swedish multinational networking and telecommunications company, Ericsson plans to cut about 1,400 jobs in Sweden. Additionally, Ericsson will be cutting more jobs that will be affecting several thousand people in other countries in the coming days. The company had earlier announced plans to cut costs by 9 billion crowns ($880 million) by the end of […]

Feb 20, 2023
Infosys in trouble for firing freshers
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Infosys in trouble for firing freshers

An Indian multinational information technology company, Infosys fired 600 freshers after they failing in an internal assessment test. However, Infosys co-founder Kris Gopalakrishnan has said that layoffs aren’t desirable, but can’t be avoided. Infosys co-founder Kris Gopalakrishnan said the layoffs have been disheartening. The IT industry currently employs 5 lakh people. The industry has been continuously adding […]

Feb 18, 2023
Google sacks 453 employees in India
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Google sacks 453 employees in India

An American multinational technology company, Google laid off 453 employees from various departments in India late at night on Thursday. As per reports, the employees from software developers, backend developers, cloud engineers, and digital marketers have been affected. Few of the employees took on LinkedIn to share their experiences. Recently in January, an American multinational technology company, Google […]

Feb 17, 2023
KPMG to sack 700 employees due to economic slowdown
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KPMG to sack 700 employees due to economic slowdown

A multinational professional services network, and one of the Big Four accounting organizations, KPMG will sack 700 employees due to the economic slowdown of nearly 2 percent of its workforce in the United States. Initially, The job cuts were announced on February 15 by Carl Carande, Vice-Chair of KPMG’s US advisory business. A spokesperson for […]

Feb 16, 2023