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Updated on: Apr 2023
IT company cuts workforce of global team read founder email
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IT company cuts workforce of global team read founder email

Apr 13, 2023

Google rolls back its COVID vaccine policy, Pichai on mass layoffs

Earlier Google had announced to elimination or reduction of several perks, including some of the com...

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Apr 12, 2023
Google rolls back its COVID vaccine policy, Pichai on mass layoffs

Practo sacks employees Tips entering startups during layoffs

Healthtech startup Practo has sacked nearly employeesnbspdue to Performance Issues. As a...

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Apr 10, 2023
Practo sacks employees Tips entering startups during layoffs

Google Amazon offering upto year salary to leave voluntarily

According to the reports of the Business Standard, Both the tech companies Google amp Amazon have ...

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Apr 7, 2023
Google Amazon offering upto year salary to leave voluntarily
Microsoft HR boss wrote a legendary memo 30 years ago on “employee perks” & “cost-cutting”
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Microsoft HR boss wrote a legendary memo 30 years ago on “employee perks” & “cost-cutting”

Steven Sinfosky, the former President of Microsoft’s Windows business shared the memo on Twitter on Tuesday. His tweet says, “One of the most famous memos in all of Microsoft history was a first memo about cost-cutting which came about in 1993 (see early 90s recession). “Mike Murray, leading HR, wrote the memo “Shrimp and Weenies“—before MS, Mike […]

Apr 7, 2023
Amazon to plans to cut Stock Awards & fire hundreds of employees
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Amazon to plans to cut Stock Awards & fire hundreds of employees

The e-commerce technology company, Amazon has recently announced to sack more than 100 employees from its gaming division.  The company is ongoing efforts to restructure and streamline its operations resulting in layoffs. The company’s Games VP Christoph Hartmann wrote a memo to staff and informed them about the job cuts. Christoph Hartmann wrote, “After evaluating […]

Apr 6, 2023
Virgin Orbit COO calls out company leadership for failures
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Virgin Orbit COO calls out company leadership for failures

According to the CNBC reports, Recently, Small-satellite launch provider Virgin Orbit was ceasing its operations. The company failed to secure a funding plan. Virgin Orbit is looking to sell assets in its bankruptcy filing. Hence, The company laid off 675 employees nearly 85% of its workforce. The company’s chief operating officer (COO) Tony Gingiss has […]

Apr 5, 2023
‘Rollercoaster of emotions,’ says Microsoft employee fired after 25 yrs of job
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‘Rollercoaster of emotions,’ says Microsoft employee fired after 25 yrs of job

The year 2023 started off with the layoff note. Many Tech companies have sacked lakhs of employees. Recently, Microsoft conducted another round of layoffs which affected 10,000 employees. Among the affected employees who lost their jobs a woman named Ann Pfeiffer has shared her experience. The company has fired the employee after over 25 years of service. […]

Apr 5, 2023
McKinsey & Company to slash 1,400 jobs this week
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McKinsey & Company to slash 1,400 jobs this week

According to a Bloomberg report, Consulting giant McKinsey & Company is embarking on a rare round of major job cuts, with plans to eliminate about 1,400 jobs this week. The job cut is nearly 3% of the total workforce. The company is laying off employees due to a global economic downturn. The company is restructuring […]

Mar 29, 2023
Employee sacked for reheating food in the company’s microwave
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Employee sacked for reheating food in the company’s microwave

The year 2023 started on a layoff note. So far in 2023, there have been 708 layoffs at tech companies with 211,140 people impacted (2,427 people per day). In 2022, there were 1,535 layoffs at tech companies 241,176 people were impacted. There can be many reasons behind sacking an employee. Companies are laying off employees due to poor performance, cost-cutting, or due to economic uncertainty. […]

Mar 28, 2023
GitHub sacks entire engineering team in India
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GitHub sacks entire engineering team in India

Microsoft-owned, AI-powered developer platform GitHub has sacked its entire engineering team operating in India. This has affected nearly 100 employees. Gergely Orosz, Tech writer has shared the information through a Tweet, “What I am hearing: GitHub’s India engineering team is no more. Yesterday, the complete dev team was let go at once. We’re talking of […]

Mar 28, 2023
Flipkart’s Chief People Officer confirms no mass layoffs at Flipkart
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Flipkart’s Chief People Officer confirms no mass layoffs at Flipkart

The e-commerce company Flipkart Krishna Raghavan, the Chief People Officer has said that there will be no mass layoffs in the company. In the conversation with mint Krishna Raghavan told that the company will not be offering salary hikes to senior management officials and also would not lead to any job cuts. Additionally, the company will not delay […]

Mar 27, 2023
IT services companies plan to cut 5% of the BFSI workforce
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IT services companies plan to cut 5% of the BFSI workforce

The US and European banks are currently facing a financial crisis. This will adversely affect India’s many IT services companies including Tata Consultancy Services (TCS), Wipro, HCL, and Infosys. The reports suggested that the regional banks in the US account for 2-3 percent of their total revenue. However, TCS, Infosys, and Mindtree may have an exposure of 10-20 basis […]

Mar 25, 2023
No end to layoffs! READ heartbroken CEO’s message on layoffs
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No end to layoffs! READ heartbroken CEO’s message on layoffs

There is no end to layoffs recently an American worldwide employment website, Indeed has sacked 2,200 employees roughly 15% of the workforce. The company’s severance package will have some additions based on role and location, but under the severance agreement employees will receive: Indeed CEO Chris Hyams wrote, “I am heartbroken to share that I have made […]

Mar 25, 2023
Amazon posted nearly 25000 openings for 7798 approved positions
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Amazon posted nearly 25000 openings for 7798 approved positions

According to Insider reports, Amazon team of the Web Services Department (AWS) had posted 24,988 open positions, but only 7,798 of those positions were approved to be filled. The company posted over three times the number of job openings approved in 2022. This indicates Amazon’s over-hiring employees and the error has ever caused mass layoffs within […]

Mar 24, 2023
Meta former employee was paid Rs 1.5 crore salary to do nothing
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Meta former employee was paid Rs 1.5 crore salary to do nothing

A former Meta employee Madelyn Machado shared a video on TikTok revealing how she had nothing to do especially in the recruiting space at social media platform Meta for six months straight. And she also revealed that she was getting paid $190,000 (roughly Rs 1.57 crore) annually.  In the Video (Click here to watch the […]

Mar 24, 2023