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Updated on: Nov 2022
Amazon confirms layoffs and sends emails to impacted employees
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Amazon confirms layoffs and sends emails to impacted employees

Nov 17, 2022

Nearly lakhs employees lost jobs in the last months

Many companies have been laying employees. Most Tech Firms have fired employees due to inflation, mo...

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Nov 16, 2022
Nearly lakhs employees lost jobs in the last months

Amazon to lay off , employees, starting this week

An American multinational technology company focusing on e-commerce, Amazon is planning to lay off n...

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Nov 15, 2022
Amazon to lay off , employees, starting this week

Twitter sacks over , contractual workers without notice

Microblogging and social networking company, after firing about per cent of Twitter workforce, or...

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Nov 14, 2022
Twitter sacks over , contractual workers without notice
After Meta and Twitter, now Amazon to layoff employees
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After Meta and Twitter, now Amazon to layoff employees

According to reports, global e-commerce major, Amazon has announced that the company is freezing new hiring in its corporate workforce sighting due to uncertainty in the global economy. E-commerce major has told employees in some unprofitable units to look for jobs elsewhere in the company. However, the exact number is unclear. As per the WSJ report, the company will be moving to redeploy staff […]

Nov 12, 2022
Indian employees fired by Meta two days after relocating to Canada
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Indian employees fired by Meta two days after relocating to Canada

An American multinational technology conglomerate, Meta has cut over 11,000 jobs, which is nearly 13% of its workforce. It has been reported that the company sacked Indian employees two days after relocating to Canada. Himanshu V was a graduate of the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT Kharagpur). Himanshu V said that he had relocated to Canada for […]

Nov 11, 2022
Communications Manager at Facebook laid off on maternity leave
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Communications Manager at Facebook laid off on maternity leave

Meta has recently laid off over 11,000 jobs which are nearly 13% of its workforce. Anneka Patel is one of the employees affected by the layoffs. Anneka Patel was a Communications Manager at Facebook and has recently been laid off during her maternity leave. She shared her story on her LinkedIn profile. Anneka Patel said on […]

Nov 10, 2022
Cognizant layoffs employees due to failed background checks
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Cognizant layoffs employees due to failed background checks

An American multinational information technology services and consulting company, Cognizant India had reported 6 per cent involuntary attrition in the September ending quarter of FY22, which also includes the sacking of employees due to failed background checks. According to TOI, involuntary attrition can be thought of as a euphemism for sacking. Cognizant India Head Rajesh Nambiar said that […]

Nov 10, 2022
Salesforce has laid off nearly 1000 employees
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Salesforce has laid off nearly 1000 employees

According to CNBC, an American cloud-based software company, Salesforce has laid off hundreds of people this week. However, The company did not share an exact number but said it was less than a thousand. Overall, the technology giant plans to lay off as many as 2,500 workers, reported Protocol. However, The company did not share an […]

Nov 10, 2022
Meta India’s staff on edge after firm sacked over 11,000 employees
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Meta India’s staff on edge after firm sacked over 11,000 employees

An American multinational technology conglomerate, Meta has cut over 11,000 jobs, which is nearly 13% of its workforce. In a letter to employees on Wednesday, CEO Mark Zuckerberg said that layoffs contend with faltering revenue and broader tech industry woes. Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg told hundreds of executives on Tuesday that he was accountable for the company’s downturn. He […]

Nov 10, 2022
Twitter engineer fired for helping coworkers who faced layoffs
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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 was acquired by Elon Musk because he developed a tool to allow workers to save important documents in anticipation of mass layoffs. The former engineer, Emmanuel Cornet in anticipation of mass layoffs developed a Google Chrome extension […]

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

According to the Wall Street Journal reports Mark Zuckerberg-led Meta begins layoffs on Wednesday morning which will affect thousands of employees. According to reports, Meta’s head of human resources, Lori Goler, said “Employees who lose their jobs will be provided with at least four months of salary as severance, the WSJ reported, citing people familiar […]

Nov 9, 2022
Unacademy has slashed 350 employees in another round of layoffs
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Unacademy has slashed 350 employees in another round of layoffs

Ed-tech firm, Unacademy has slashed 350 employees which are 10 percent of its workforce due to harsh economic conditions. According to an internal memo, written by Group cofounder and CEO Gaurav Munjal to employees,” I want to apologize to everyone sincerely since we made a commitment of no layoffs in the organization but the market challenges have forced us […]

Nov 8, 2022
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