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WhatsApp India boss Abhijit Bose, Meta India public policy head quit

This development comes close on the heels of Meta laying off 11,000 employees worldwide, or about 13 per cent of its workforce, as it battles faltering revenue and broader tech industry woes

WhatsApp India head, Meta Public Policy director step down

Director Public Policy Meta India Rajiv Aggarwal too resigned from his position

TMS Ep302: Meta Inc, NCAP ratings, markets, two-factor authentication

Is Meta Inc severance package a lesson for others? What does it cost to build cars with good NCAP ratings? Will indices scale new highs before 2022 ends? What's two-factor authentication? Answers here

Is the Meta Inc severance package a lesson for others?

Meta's move to expel 13% of its workforce comes with a generous severance package. New Indian companies may be ruthless with severance, but are liberal with the severance packages. What's behind this?

Nearly half of job cuts were in tech, reorg underway: Meta executives

The executives said that the first mass layoff in the social media company's 18-year history affected staffers at every level and on every team, including individuals with high performance ratings

Pandemic boom to layoff crisis: How big tech and startups got it wrong

The world's biggest tech firms, Alphabet and Microsoft have frozen hiring. Facebook parent Meta has laid off 11,000 employees. Watch the video to know what's behind this crisis.

Pandemic boom to season of layoffs: How big tech and startups got it wrong

It is not just Meta which is looking at becoming capital efficient. Alphabet, the parent company of Google and Microsoft have already sent messages that focus will be on increasing productivity

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

Remember when Facebook was celebrated as an agent of global harmony? Now known as Meta Platforms Inc., it is widely reviled as a poisoner of democracy

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