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Updated on: Mar 2023
Google has not only laid off humans but now robots are being fired
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Google has not only laid off humans but now robots are being fired

Mar 1, 2023

Google laid off a star performer in Hyderabad

Technology and search giant, Google has sacked , employees globally including laying off em...

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Feb 27, 2023
Google laid off a star performer in Hyderabad

Twitter employee who was found sleeping on office floor gets fired

Earlier in November , A Viral picture was shared by Twitters director of product manageme...

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

Ericsson to sack , employees in the largest layoff in industry

Swedish multinational networking and telecommunications company, Ericsson to sack , employees. T...

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Feb 25, 2023
Ericsson to sack , employees in the largest layoff in industry
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
LinkedIn sacks employees in recruitment department: Report
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LinkedIn sacks employees in recruitment department: Report

According to reports, a business and employment-focused social media platform, LinkedIn will sack employees in the recruitment department. However, LinkedIn has not commented on the exact number of employees affected by the layoffs. Recently in January, Global tech giant Microsoft announced that it would sack about 5 percent or 10,000 of its workforce amid a […]

Feb 14, 2023
A couple lost their Jobs for abusing their minor domestic help
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A couple lost their Jobs for abusing their minor domestic help

A Couple in Gurugram has recently lost their Jobs for abusing and torturing their 17 years old minor domestic help. The domestic help was based out of Ranchi in Jharkhand and she was hired through a placement agency. The police arrested Manish Khattar and his wife Kamaljeet Kaur. Manish Khattar was arrested immediately but Kamaljeet Kaur was […]

Feb 13, 2023
IIT graduate laid off by Microsoft gets overwhelming support from Twitter
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IIT graduate laid off by Microsoft gets overwhelming support from Twitter

In January 2023 Microsoft announced to sack 11,000 employees worldwide due to the global economic slowdown. An IIT graduate took to Twitter to share his post about being laid off by Microsoft. Koustuv Saha shared a tweet, “I am laid off from @MSFTResearch MTL. It hasn’t quite sunk in, but it has hit my confidence to lose […]

Feb 13, 2023