Meta lays off employees across platforms including WhatsApp, Instagram
- 17-Oct-2024
Meta is laying off employees across units including Instagram, WhatsApp and Reality Labs, the Verge reported on Wednesday, citing people familiar with the matter. A Meta spokesperson told Reuters in a statement that a few of its teams were making changes to align with their long-term strategic goals and location strategy. “This includes moving some […]
Apple lays off more than 600 staff
- 05-Apr-2024
Apple has laid off more than six hundred employees, according to data from a California state agency, the first known post-pandemic job cuts at the iPhone juggernaut. The California-based company was largely spared from last year’s massive rounds of job cuts at Amazon, Meta, Google and other tech giants after a major hiring spree during […]
Twitter lays off at least 50 in relentless cost cuts
- 26-Feb-2023
Elon Musk’s Twitter Inc laid off dozens of employees on Saturday in what is at least the eighth round of job cuts since Musk took over the social network in late October, the Information reported. The job cuts impacted multiple engineering teams, including those supporting advertising technology, the main Twitter app as well as technical […]
Amazon lays off some devices unit staff as it targets 10,000 cuts
- 17-Nov-2022
Amazon.com Inc on Wednesday said it has laid off some employees in its devices group as a person familiar with the company said it still targeted around 10,000 job cuts, including in its retail division and human resources. The announcement, Amazon’s first since media outlets including Reuters reported its layoff plans on Monday, heralded a […]
Netflix lays off 300 employees in cost-cutting drive
- 24-Jun-2022
Netflix Inc said it laid off 300 employees, or about 4% of its workforce, in the second round of job cuts aimed at lowering costs after the streaming giant lost subscribers for the first time in more than a decade. The move mostly affected its US workforce and came after the company cut 150 jobs […]
Saudi Binladin Group lays off 77,000 workers: report
- 02-May-2016
RIYADH: One of Saudi Arabia's most powerful firms, the Saudi Binladin Group, has laid off 77,000 foreign workers, a Saudi daily reported on Monday, citing an anonymous company official.






