layoffs
- Technology
Indian-origin Vishal Garg’s Better.com lays off real estate team
San Francisco: The embattled online mortgage lender Better.com, run by controversial Indian-origin CEO Vishal Garg, has reportedly laid off its real estate team and has shut down this unit. The company is…
- Technology
Reddit lays off nearly 90 employees, reduces fresh hiring
San Francisco: Social discussion platform Reddit is laying off at least 90 employees and reducing fresh hiring as part of restructuring plans to cut costs, a media outlet reported. According to The…
- Technology
Job search engine ZipRecruiter lays off 270 employees globally
San Francisco: Job search engine ZipRecruiter has announced to reduce its global headcount by approximately 270 employees, which represents approximately 20 percent of the company’s total number of employees. The company said…
- Technology
Nearly 2K Amazon employees set for walkout against return-to-work, layoffs
San Francisco: Around 2,000 Amazon employees were set to participate in a walk-out in front of Amazon’s Spheres building in the heart of its headquarters in Seattle protesting against layoffs and return-to-work…
- Business
Rolls-Royce set to slash 3K jobs to streamline business: Report
London: Luxury car and jet engine manufacturer Rolls-Royce is reportedly planning to slash thousands of jobs, around 3,000 ‘non-manufacturing employees’, as it aims to cut costs and streamline operations. According to The…
- Technology
Meta global layoffs hit India, top executives among those asked to go
New Delhi: Meta’s (formerly Facebook) third round of job cuts that affected 6,000 employees globally has hit several employees in India, including senior executives. According to reports, Avinash Pant, director of marketing…
- Technology
Layoffs coming: Verizon warns customer service employees
San Francisco: US telecom carrier Verizon has warned its customer service employees about impending layoffs as part of “restructuring” and “streamlining” measures. Over 6,000 employees received a pre-recorded message from the company…
- Technology
Audio streaming platform SoundCloud sacks 8% of workforce
San Francisco: Audio streaming platform SoundCloud has reportedly laid off 8 percent of its workforce as it seeks profitability amid global macroeconomic conditions. The decision mainly affects employees in the US, reports…
- Technology
Microsoft’s healthcare AI subsidiary Nuance undergoing layoffs: Report
San Francisco: Speech-recognition company Nuance Communications, acquired by Microsoft for $19.7 billion, is undergoing layoffs as it focuses on its healthcare business. Nuance CEO Mark Benjamin notified employees about the job cuts…
- Business
PlayStation-backed studio Deviation Games faces layoffs
San Francisco: US-based video game development studio Deviation Games, which is working on a new AAA PlayStation exclusive title, has reportedly been hit by layoffs. According to VideoGamesChronicle, citing sources, about 90…
- Business
Rapid continues downsizing efforts, lays off additional 70 workers
San Francisco: The US-based startup Rapid (previously known as RapidAPI), which built out an API (Application Programming Interface) marketplace, has laid off another 70 employees less than two weeks after letting go…
- Technology
Amazon shuts down health-focused Halo division, lays off employees
New Delhi: Amazon has shuttered its health-focused Halo division and discontinued Halo Band, Halo View, and Halo Rise devices which are no longer available on its website. The company has also laid…
- Business
Sundar Pichai took home $226 mn in 2022 amid layoffs at Google
San Francisco: Amid job cuts at Google’s parent company Alphabet, its CEO Sundar Pichai took home a whopping compensation of nearly $226 million in 2022. According to the tech giant’s filing with…
- Technology
Twitter rival Koo lets go 30% of staff over course of the year amid global slowdown
New Delhi: Homegrown Twitter rival Koo on Thursday said that it has let go 30 per cent of its workforce over the course of the year amid the current global meltdown. The…
- World
Amazon, Google CEOs ‘hint’ at more layoffs amid economic meltdown
New Delhi: As tech layoffs continue unabated in 2023, Amazon and Google CEOs have hinted at more layoffs as the companies continue to evaluate business. In a letter to company shareholders, Amazon…
