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Updated on: Mar 2023
upGrad, Google & Atlassian to layoff thousands of employees
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upGrad, Google & Atlassian to layoff thousands of employees

The year 2023 is the year of Layoff. In the next round of layoffs soon upGrad, Google, and Atlassian will sack thousands of employees. Atlassian Layoff An Australian software company, Atlassian announces layoffs of 500 employees as a cost-cutting measure. Co-founders billionaire Mike Cannon-Brookes and Scott Farquhar wrote to employees that the company has to […]

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Sacked Twitter employee asks his job status, Elon Musk laughs
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Sacked Twitter employee asks his job status, Elon Musk laughs

The social media company based in San Francisco, Twitter CEO Elon Musk laughed at an employee who was laid off by the company and was unaware of his working status. Tagging Elon Musk in his post, an ex-Twitter employee named Haraldur Thorleifsson wrote, “Dear @elonmusk 9 days ago the access to my work computer was cut, along with […]

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Meta to sack thousands of employees in second round of layoffs
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Meta to sack thousands of employees in second round of layoffs

According to the reports, Meta (formerly named Facebook) has asked its Directors and Vice Presidents to list the names of the employees that can be let go in this round of layoffs. This will be a second round of layoffs. Earlier, The company reportedly conducted ‘quiet layoffs‘ at Facebook 11,000 or about 13 percent of its […]

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Twitter employee who got fired sleeping in office breaks silence
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Twitter employee who got fired sleeping in office breaks silence

Earlier in November 2022, A Viral picture was shared of Twitter employee director of product management Esther Crawford who was seen sleeping on the office floor after working overtime in order to meet the stringent deadline. However, she was fired in a fresh round of layoffs last week. The employee Esther Crawford now breaks the silence over […]

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Zoom fires its President ‘without cause’
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Zoom fires its President ‘without cause’

A communications technology company, Zoom has fired its President Greg Tomb ‘without cause’. However, the company has not shared the reason for the termination. According to reports, Greg Tomb will be entitled to severance benefits that are payable upon a “termination without cause.” Greg Tomb was appointed as President of Zoom in June 2022. Prior to Zoom, […]

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Google layoff experience: Logged out at 11 pm, and received termination mail at 2 am
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Google layoff experience: Logged out at 11 pm, and received termination mail at 2 am

An American multinational technology company, recently Google laid off 453 employees from various departments in India. In January, Google parent Alphabet announced to sack 12,000 employees globally. However, Google’s CEO took responsibility for the layoffs. Post the layoff announcement by the company employees have shared their experiences. Vishal Arora was working with google as Head of Engineering, Platform Services, […]

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Alphabet fires Waymo employees; Citigroup Cuts Hundreds of Jobs
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Alphabet fires Waymo employees; Citigroup Cuts Hundreds of Jobs

The year 2023 started on a Layoff note. Now, Google Parent Company Alphabet, Citigroup, and General Motors have announced fresh layoffs. 107,780 employees were sacked from various companies this year in January 2023. However, in February 2023 the number has reduced to 47,533 impacted employees. And in March to date, 2,070 employees have been sacked. Recently, in […]

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Layoff update: Over 1,50,000 employees are fired in Jan-Feb 2023
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Layoff update: Over 1,50,000 employees are fired in Jan-Feb 2023

The year 2023 started on a Layoff note. In January 2023 alone 107,780 employees were sacked from various companies. However, in February 2023 the number has reduced to 47,533 impacted employees from various companies. The following companies laid off employees in February 2023: Apart from this, companies have also sacked employees based on performance. Uber sacked […]

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Microsoft Indian employee shares heartbreaking story of layoff
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Microsoft Indian employee shares heartbreaking story of layoff

A former Indian Microsoft employee Alisha Acharya has shared a heartbreaking story of layoff. She was working as a technical program manager with the organization for over five years. Alisha Acharya shared a LinkedIn post saying, “Heartbroken. I was impacted by the recent round of layoffs at Microsoft. It took me a few days to […]

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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

The tech giant, Google has not only laid off humans but now even robots are being fired. According to reports, The company’s newest subsidiary, Everyday Robots had trained over a hundred robots that had a single arm and wheels to move around. These robots were responsible to open doors, cleaning cafeteria tables, and sorting trash. […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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