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Facing deportation, sacked workers on US visas say Meta abandoned them

The affected workers have now created a WhatsApp group to share their concerns. A majority of the about 300 people in the group are from India, the report said

Facebook parent Meta laid off Indian techies within 2-3 days of joining

Some of the Indian techies, who switched to social media major Meta after quitting their stable jobs just two-three days ago, are among the 11,000 people laid off by the company. Facebook has laid off 11,000 employees across the globe to cut down cost. An IT professional Neelima Agarwal, who joined Meta two days back posted on social media platfrom Linkedin, that she is among the people who have lost their jobs. "Relocated to Canada from india just a week back and joined meta 2 days ago after going through such a long visa process. But the unfortunate sad day has come and i got laid off," she said. Neelime had left her two-year old job at Microsoft Office in Hyderabad to join Meta, according to her LinkedIn profile. After working for over three years at Amazon office in Bengaluru, Vishwajeet Jha said he joined Meta three days back and has been laid off now. "I joined Meta three days back after waiting for the long visa process. Thanks to all the folks who made that transition smo

Meta's Indian employees go all out on Twitter after lay-off email

The number of layoffs in India could not be confirmed

Meta layoffs hit India teams; number of affected employees unclear

The worst lay-off in the global tech industry by Meta, that saw 11,000 employees being shown the door, has hit India teams too, albeit marginally, reliable sources said on Wednesday.

Facebook users face problems with 'Ads Manager' in India: Reports

In October this year, Facebook was unavailable to roughly 3.5 billion users in the world for six hours

Facebook parent Meta slashes workforce by 11,000, Zuckerberg takes blame

Meta CEO Zuckerberg says post-Covid scenario didn't meet expectations

Twitter's current travails with advertisers bring focus on brand safety

Focused approach to media targeting, using third-party verification tools among measures advertisers are adopting

After layoffs, Meta offers immigration assistance to H-1B visa holders

The H-1B visa is a non-immigrant visa that allows US companies to employ foreign workers in speciality occupations that require theoretical or technical expertise

Meta lays off 11,000 employees across board after disappointing earnings

Employees who lose their jobs would be provided at least four months of salary as a severance, according to some reports

Facebook parent Meta Inc to begin widespread job cuts starting today

The cuts are expected to affect about 10% of the company, which employed more than 87,000 as of Sept. 30, according to Insider.

5 habits of successful cos: From thinking long-term to competing fairly

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Meta Platforms' India staffers on edge over layoff media reports

The global tech giant is struggling, but its India unit is performing rather well

After Twitter, Meta Platforms likely to fire thousands of employees

Will be first broad headcount reduction in the tech giant's 18-year history

LIVE: Court orders blocking Congress' Twitter for copyright infringement

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Ukraine's President Zelensky wants Iran punished for helping Russia

"If it was not for the Iranian supply of weapons to the aggressor, we would be closer to peace now," Zelensky said Sunday evening in his daily address

Top headlines: Meta prepares for mass-layoff, Musk calls back fired workers

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Google India and Facebook India's combined revenue up 77 per cent in FY22

In 2021, the two companies earned Rs 23,212 crore through online ads. It rose to Rs 41,115 crore in 2021-22

Ajit Mohan quits as head of Meta India; Manish Chopra interim chief

Meta Platforms announced that Ajit Mohan, Vice President and Managing Director of its India unit has stepped down from his role to pursue another opportunity outside of the company

Randi Zuckerberg bats for more women to participate in Web3, crypto

Zuckerberg also toured several startup and venture capital offices and met many investors and founders in Bengaluru

Ajit Mohan steps down as Meta India head, may join social media firm Snap

Manish Chopra, director and head of partnerships at Meta India, will take over on an interim capacity