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Updated on: Nov 2022
After Meta and Twitter, now Amazon to layoff employees
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After Meta and Twitter, now Amazon to layoff employees

Nov 12, 2022

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

Communications Manager at Facebook laid off on maternity leave

Meta has recently laid off over , jobs which are nearly of its workforce. Anneka Patel is o...

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Nov 10, 2022
Communications Manager at Facebook laid off on maternity leave

Cognizant layoffs employees due to failed background checks

An American multinational information technology services and consulting company, Cognizant India ha...

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Nov 10, 2022
Cognizant layoffs employees due to failed background checks
Salesforce has laid off nearly 1000 employees
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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
Meta India’s staff on edge after firm sacked over 11,000 employees
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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
Twitter engineer fired for helping coworkers who faced layoffs
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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
Mark Zuckerberg-led Meta begins layoffs today
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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
Unacademy has slashed 350 employees in another round of layoffs
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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
Brainly layoffs nearly entire Indian team
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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
Fired by error, Twitter asks some laid-off workers to come back
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Fired by error, Twitter asks some laid-off workers to come back

The microblogging and social networking service, Twitter has sacked close to 3,700 people. Some of those who were laid off have been asked to return as they were fired by error. Others were let go before management realized that their work and experience may be necessary to build the new features Elon Musk envisions, the people […]

Nov 7, 2022
Meta planning massive layoffs this week: report
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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
Twitter has fired the majority of employees in India
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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
Accenture has fired employees due to fake documents
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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
Udaan fires nearly 1,000 employees in the second round of layoffs
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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
Twitter employee sleeping on office floor; Musk to cut 50% of jobs
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Twitter employee sleeping on office floor; Musk to cut 50% of jobs

A Viral picture shared by a Twitter employee shows his manager sleeping on the office floor at Twitter’s San Francisco headquarters. The photo was taken after Elon Musk purchased Twitter. It was reported that the microblogging company, Twitter told its staff that the company has set tasks so that it can be seen who works hard in […]

Nov 3, 2022