China’s Baidu starts layoffs after reporting third-quarter loss – sources
- 28-Nov-2025
BEIJING: China’s Baidu started layoffs this week that will hit multiple business units, six sources briefed on the matter said, as the company struggles with intensifying competition in artificial intelligence and declining advertising revenue. The move by the company, which runs China’s largest search engine, comes shortly after it reported a third-quarter loss on November […]
US weather agency plans to fire 1,000 in second round of cuts
- 10-Mar-2025
The US government agency that provides weather forecasts is planning another round of mass layoffs as part of President Donald Trump’s plan to thin the ranks of the US civil service, a person familiar with the plan said on Sunday. The planned layoffs of 1,029 workers at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration follow 1,300 […]
Layoffs at tech firms are a boon for this sector!
- 13-Feb-2023
Big agricultural and construction equipment manufacturers in the American Midwest are on a mission to lure Silicon Valley tech workers who have been caught up in a wave of hiring freezes and layoffs, executives told Reuters. Mass layoffs at major tech firms have opened the talent pipeline for Illinois-based Deere & Co. – the world’s […]
US media rocked by layoffs amid economic gloom
- 22-Jan-2023
From CNN to the Washington Post, US media are facing tough times, as a series of outlets have announced layoffs this winter amid fears of an economic downturn. Vox Media, owner of the Vox and The Verge websites as well as the landmark New York Magazine and its online platforms, announced Friday it was letting […]
Google parent Alphabet to lay off 12,000 workers
- 20-Jan-2023
Google’s parent Alphabet is cutting about 12,000 jobs, or 6% of its workforce, it said in a staff memo Friday, as the technology sector reels from layoffs and companies stake their futures on artificial intelligence (AI). Alphabet’s shares were up nearly 3% in pre-market trading. The cuts come at a delicate moment for the U.S. […]
Twitter plans further layoffs
- 19-Jan-2023
Twitter Inc plans to lay off 50 workers in the social media site’s product division in the coming weeks, news site Insider reported on Wednesday, citing two people familiar with the company. The layoffs, which come six weeks after top boss Elon Musk reportedly told staff that there would not be further retrenchment, could reduce the company’s […]
Amazon layoffs to extend into 2023
- 18-Nov-2022
Amazon.com said on Thursday there would be more role reductions as its annual planning process extends into next year and leaders continue to make adjustments. “Those decisions will be shared with impacted employees and organizations early in 2023”, said Andy Jassy, who became the company’s Chief Executive Officer in 2021, in a letter to Amazon employees. Jassy […]
Meta will begin laying off employees on Wednesday morning
- 09-Nov-2022
Meta Platforms will begin laying off employees on Wednesday morning, Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg told hundreds of executives on Tuesday, the Wall Street Journal reported. Zuckerberg appeared downcast in Tuesday’s meeting and said he was accountable for the company’s missteps and his overoptimism about growth had led to overstaffing, the report added, citing people familiar with the matter. He described broad cuts and […]
Twitter layoffs to start Friday, company tells staff in an email
- 04-Nov-2022
Twitter will tell employees by email on Friday about whether they have been laid off, temporarily closing its offices and preventing staff access, following a week of uncertainty about the company’s future under new owner Elon Musk. The social media company said in an email to staff that it will alert employees by 9 a.m. […]
Twitter tells employees there are no plans for layoffs
- 21-Oct-2022
Twitter Inc has clarified to staff that there are no plans for company-wide layoffs since it signed a deal to be acquired by billionaire Elon Musk, after a media outlet reported that Musk is considering layoffs at the company. Twitter General Counsel Sean Edgett emailed employees on Thursday saying the company does not plan layoffs, […]