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Updated on: Nov 2022
Meta Indias staff on edge after firm sacked over , employees
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Meta Indias staff on edge after firm sacked over , employees

Nov 10, 2022

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 wa...

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Nov 9, 2022
Twitter engineer fired for helping coworkers who faced layoffs

Mark Zuckerberg-led Meta begins layoffs today

According to the Wall Street Journal reports Mark Zuckerberg-led Meta begins layoffs on Wednesday mo...

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Nov 9, 2022
Mark Zuckerberg-led Meta begins layoffs today

Unacademy has slashed employees in another round of layoffs

Ed-tech firm, Unacademy has slashed employees which are percent of its workforce due to harsh...

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Nov 8, 2022
Unacademy has slashed employees in another round of layoffs
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
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
Amazon holds hiring in corporate workforce due to slow economy
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Amazon holds hiring in corporate workforce due to slow economy

An American multinational technology company focusing on e-commerce, Amazon has announced the company will be freezing all its new hiring in its corporate workforce. Amazon has taken this step due to global economic uncertainty. The company’s CEO Andy Jassy has been looking for ways to cut costs across the company. Beth Galetti, Amazon’s senior vice […]

Nov 4, 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
Twitter staff told to work 12-hour shifts, 7 days a week, Reports
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Twitter staff told to work 12-hour shifts, 7 days a week, Reports

According to reports, The microblogging and social networking service, Twitter staff at the company have set tasks so that it can be seen who works hard in Musk’s team. The teams of Twitter’s engineers have been assigned coding projects to be completed over the weekend. Twitter managers have told some staff to work 12-hour shifts, […]

Nov 2, 2022
Byju’s founder writes emotional note to fired staff
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Byju’s founder writes emotional note to fired staff

According to India Today, An Indian multinational educational technology company, BYJU’s recently announced layoffs of 2,500 employees or 5 percent of its total workforce. There have been different reports circulating for the organization, According to the Karnataka State IT/ITeS Employees Union (KITU), Byju was firing staff at its Bengaluru headquarters. Followed by Byju’s employees met V Sivankutty, Kerala labour […]

Nov 2, 2022
Elon Musk asked to prepare a list of Twitter employees to be sacked
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Elon Musk asked to prepare a list of Twitter employees to be sacked

On October 4, Musk agreed to proceed on his originally proposed terms, and a Delaware Chancery Court judge gave the two sides until Oct. 28 to wrap up the deal. That deadline was met, and now Musk, who is CEO of both Tesla Inc. and SpaceX, also controls Twitter, a service he uses often but criticizes […]

Oct 31, 2022
Byju’s employees in Bengaluru allege forceful resignations
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Byju’s employees in Bengaluru allege forceful resignations

An Indian multinational educational technology company, Byju’s is firing staff at its Bengaluru headquarters according to the Karnataka State IT/ITeS Employees Union (KITU). According to KITU Secretary Sooraj Nidiyanga, the company management has asked their employees to either voluntarily resign or face termination. Byju’s HR team is forcing its employees to resign. The company’s HR division is asking its […]

Oct 31, 2022
Alphabet plans to cut headcount growth and moderate the hiring
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Alphabet plans to cut headcount growth and moderate the hiring

The parent company of Google, Alphabet is planning to cut staff recruitment and hiring in Q4 of 2022 and the coming year, 2023. This decision came into force as the Q3 revenue grew at its slowest pace in more than two years. These things were said during the company’s earnings conference call on October 25. […]

Oct 27, 2022