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Updated on: Jan 2023
This is how Google employees found out that they are laid off
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This is how Google employees found out that they are laid off

Recently, A multinational technology company, Google parent Alphabet announced the sack of 12,000 employees. The company has already sent the email to the employees in the US. The company is providing the following benefits to the affected employees:- However, Sundar Pichai the CEO of Google also wrote an Email to Employees stating that the company is […]

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Ex-Microsoft HR lists 3 types of employees at most risk of layoffs
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Ex-Microsoft HR lists 3 types of employees at most risk of layoffs

Recently, Chris Williams, Ex-Microsoft Vice President- Human Resources has come forward to share three categories of employees that are unsafe during layoffs and two categories of employees who are at least at risk during layoffs. Below are the categories of employees who are at least risk:- Profit-making employees: “If you’re an essential part of building the most […]

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NITES seeks Labour Ministry’s intervention in Wipro freshers’ layoff
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NITES seeks Labour Ministry’s intervention in Wipro freshers’ layoff

Recently, an Indian multinational corporation, Wipro sacked 452 fresher employees due to poor performance. The union of IT employees Nascent Information Technology Employees Senate (NITES) said that it ‘strongly condemns the unethical layoffs done by Wipro.’ NITES President Harpreet Singh Saluja said, “For a year these employees were struggling to join the company despite clearing […]

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Ashneer Grover: Why fire people? Founders should take pay cuts
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Ashneer Grover: Why fire people? Founders should take pay cuts

Companies have been laying off employees in 2023 as well. Ashneer Grover Shark Tank India season 1 judge shared his point on layoffs that founders should take pay cuts instead of firing employees. He said in a LinkedIn post, “It’s sad to hear about firings every day. I am thankful that I’ve never had to fire […]

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Is twitter left with 1300 employees? What does Elon Musk say?
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Is twitter left with 1300 employees? What does Elon Musk say?

A media report claimed that in the American social media company, Twitter, about 80 percent of its employees shrunk since Elon Musk took over. The report also claimed that now the headcount is nearly 1,300 working employees. However, Elon Musk issued a clarification tweet correcting the number reported in the article along with additional details. […]

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Companies Layoff over 50,000 employees in 21 days this year 2023
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Companies Layoff over 50,000 employees in 21 days this year 2023

According to media reports on layoff, 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. However, in 2023 January, 154 tech companies reportedly laid off nearly 55,225 in just 21 days. Earlier in November Amazon announced that will be […]

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Read Sundar Pichai’s letter firing 12000 Google employees
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Read Sundar Pichai’s letter firing 12000 Google employees

An American multinational technology company, Google parent Alphabet had announced to sack 12,000 employees. The company has already sent the email to the employees in US. The company is providing the following benefits to the affected employees:- SUNDAR PICHAI’S Email to Employees Googlers, I have some difficult news to share. We’ve decided to reduce our […]

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Amazon HR Head told employees in an email about more job cuts
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Amazon HR Head told employees in an email about more job cuts

Tech giant, Amazon is laying off more than 18,000 employees which was 80% more employees than previously planned. The company has also stopped corporate hiring across. Earlier, Amazon delayed the joining dates for some university graduates until the end of 2023 due to cost-cutting efforts. Earlier, The onboarding of the employees was expected to be completed by […]

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Wipro sacks freshers, 452 people allegedly fired after internal test
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Wipro sacks freshers, 452 people allegedly fired after internal test

An Indian multinational corporation, Wipro has sacked 452 fresher employees due to poor performance. Wipro fired the employees after taking an internal test. However, the company has waived the training cost spent on the employees. However, the company has not commented on the exact number of layoffs. As per the update the company laid off […]

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Swiggy lays off 380 employees, CEO letter to employees
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Swiggy lays off 380 employees, CEO letter to employees

An Indian online food ordering and delivery platform, Swiggy lays off 380 employees due to the company’s restructuring exercise. Due to “poor judgment the company has “overhired” employees. The CEO has also explained that the growth rate for food delivery has slowed down. This was against the company’s projections. The company’s CEO said, “We’re implementing […]

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A startup fired 70% of staff due to reported incorrect financial data
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A startup fired 70% of staff due to reported incorrect financial data

Indian Startup of an online vehicle repair platform, GoMechanic fires nearly 70% of the workforce due to Reported Incorrect Financial Data. Amit Bhasin cofounder GoMechanic shared a LinkedIn post saying, “We founded GoMechanic In 2016 to bridge the gap between process-oriented authorized service centers and cost-effective local workshops for people who were looking for a […]

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