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Updated on: Feb 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

Feb 13, 2023

IIT graduate laid off by Microsoft gets overwhelming support from Twitter

In January  Microsoft announced to sack , employees worldwide due to the global economic sl...

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

Kris Gopalakrishnan Infosys co-founder Layoffs cant be avoided

According to business today, Infosys co-founder Kris Gopalakrishnan has said that layoffs aren...

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Feb 11, 2023
Kris Gopalakrishnan Infosys co-founder Layoffs cant be avoided

GoDaddy lays off percent of the workforce

An American publicly traded Internet domain registrar and web hosting company, GoDaddy CEO Aman Bhut...

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Feb 11, 2023
GoDaddy lays off percent of the workforce
IT companies to layoff 2500 freshers who fail to screen tests
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IT companies to layoff 2500 freshers who fail to screen tests

According to a mint report, IT services companies are to layoff 2500 freshers for failing screening tests. Recently, the top two IT-Major have sacked 1052 employees who failed to qualify for the internal tests. However, this is an indicator that there are concerning headwinds in the coming quarters. According to reports, the layoffs will be […]

Feb 11, 2023
Yahoo to lay off 20% staff as it aims to restructure ad tech division
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Yahoo to lay off 20% staff as it aims to restructure ad tech division

An American multinational technology company, Yahoo is planning to sack more than 20% of its total workforce by end of the year. This is part of a major restructuring of its ad tech division. The Job cuts will impact 1,000 employees this week. However, the company is planning to layoff 50% of Yahoo’s ad tech employees by the end […]

Feb 10, 2023
TikTok fires its entire India team
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TikTok fires its entire India team

According to the ET reports, a short-form video hosting service, TikTok has fired its entire India team. The company has fired 40 people. The move came almost after three years TikTok was banned in India. The app was banned in India along with 300 other Chinese apps over national security issues. The employees that were working […]

Feb 10, 2023
Disney to layoff 7,000 employees to make business more profitable
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Disney to layoff 7,000 employees to make business more profitable

An American multinational, mass media and entertainment conglomerate, Disney will layoff 7,000 employees to make business more profitable. The layoffs represent an estimated 3.6% of the company’s global workforce.  The effort of the company is to save $5.5 billion in costs and make its streaming business profitable. The company shifts its focus to its core brands and […]

Feb 9, 2023
Fiancé got sacked by Microsoft: Woman asks “Marry him or not”?
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Fiancé got sacked by Microsoft: Woman asks “Marry him or not”?

The major companies laid off employees including Infosys, Amazon, Google, Microsoft, Byju’s, Wipro, and Salesforce laid off a maximum number of workers globally. According to trueup.io, so far in 2023, Stay up-to-date on the latest layoffs across big tech, tech unicorns, and startups. So far in 2023, there have been 379 layoffs at tech companies with 113,082 people impacted (3,056 people per day). In 2022, […]

Feb 8, 2023
Zoom to sack 1300 employees, CEO salary to be reduced by 98%
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Zoom to sack 1300 employees, CEO salary to be reduced by 98%

An American communications technology company, Zoom has announced to sack 1300 employees or roughly 15 percent of the company’s workforce.  Additionally, the Zoom CEO’s salary is to be reduced by 98%. The company hired employees as there was an increase in demand due to the pandemic. But as the pandemic is almost over the demand for […]

Feb 8, 2023
Dell to sack about 6,500 employees from its Global Workforce
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Dell to sack about 6,500 employees from its Global Workforce

According to Bloomberg reports, An American-based technology company, Dell will sack about 6,500 employees which is about 5 percent of its global workforce. In a memo Co-Chief Operating Officer Jeff Clarke said, “The company is experiencing market conditions that “continue to erode with an uncertain future.” “We’ve navigated economic downturns before and we’ve emerged stronger. […]

Feb 6, 2023
Infosys fires 600 freshers after they fail Internal Test
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Infosys fires 600 freshers after they fail Internal Test

An Indian multinational information technology company, Infosys has fired 600 freshers after they fail an internal assessment test. Recently, Wipro also sacked 452 fresher employees due to poor performance. The company fired the employees after taking an internal test. However, the company also waived the training cost of Rs.75,000/- for the freshers. According to Business Today a […]

Feb 6, 2023
Layoffs: Over 1 Lakh employees lost jobs in last month, Jan 2023
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Layoffs: Over 1 Lakh employees lost jobs in last month, Jan 2023

Layoffs are a tough decision for any company. However, there have been various companies that have been announcing layoffs. According to trueup.io, so far in 2023, there have been 379 layoffs at tech companies with 113,082 people impacted (3,231 people per day). However, In 2022, there were 1,535 layoffs at tech companies, and 241,176 people were impacted. The actual reason behind the layoffs in the […]

Feb 4, 2023
IIT graduate lost his job says “Jo hota hai aache k liye hi hota hai”:  Byju’s Layoffs
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IIT graduate lost his job says “Jo hota hai aache k liye hi hota hai”:  Byju’s Layoffs

An Indian multinational educational technology company, Byju’s has laid off nearly 1,500 employees in a fresh round of layoffs. The layoffs have affected employees from mainly the design, engineering, and production verticals. Abhishek Ashish a Software Engineer at BYJU’S has also been laid off by the company. He graduated from IIT and this was his first job. He […]

Feb 3, 2023
Workday, GNIDA, & Tinder Layoff employees
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Workday, GNIDA, & Tinder Layoff employees

Due to economic uncertainty companies like Workday, Greater Noida industrial development authority, and Tinder are laying off employees. According to media reports on layoffs, In the first half of the year 2022 that is from January to June, various companies laid off nearly 44,257 employees in the tech sector. A tech layoff tracker points out that 106,950 […]

Feb 2, 2023
FedEx CEO’s message to employees on 10% Job cuts
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FedEx CEO’s message to employees on 10% Job cuts

An American multinational conglomerate holding company, FedEx has announced that the company is cutting more than 10% of its global management employees. The job cuts at FedEx are due to the shipping slowdown. This is the second round of layoffs at the company in less than a year. FedEx employs 550,000 employees globally. The following is a […]

Feb 2, 2023