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Tech layoffs fall in October as IT industry shows signs of stabilising

October's layoff numbers reveal a continuing decline, maintaining the trend established in previous months and marking one of the lowest points for layoffs since 2023

Tech layoffs 2024: Over 100,000 IT jobs cut in second half of the year

Tech layoffs 2024: Major IT firms such as IBM, Cisco, and Microsoft have laid off over 100,000 employees across the globe in the second half of 2024

Cisco's second 2024 layoff: 5,600 jobs cut, shifts focus to AI growth

Earlier in the year, Cisco reduced its workforce by 4,000 employees in a previous round of layoffs that took place in February

Samsung India to lay off 200+ executives amid slowing growth, challenges

Samsung India currently employs around 2,000 executives, meaning the layoff will affect 9-10% of its managerial workforce

Tech layoffs 2024: Tech companies lay off over 27,000 employees in August

Tech layoffs: Major IT firms such as Intel, IBM, and Cisco have laid off over 27,000 employees across the globe in August 2024

Tech layoffs 2024: IT companies lay off 100,000 employees till July 2024

Major IT firms such as Intel, Microsoft, Intuit, among others have laid off 124,517 employees across the globe till July this year

Microsoft faces backlash over DEI team layoffs amid diversity commitments

Microsoft has laid off its internal team dedicated to diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) due to 'changing business needs'

Tech layoffs: 98,000 impacted as Apple, Google, others continue job cuts

In May alone, 39 companies laid off a total of 9,742 employees as economic uncertainties continue to impact the tech sector's workforce

Tech job cut: Microsoft lays off 1,000 employees from mixed reality team

Majority of the jobs cut have been within Microsoft's Strategic Missions and Technologies organisation, which aims to sell the company's cloud software and server rentals for businesses

Tech layoffs 2024: Over 9,500 employees lose job across 39 companies in May

Global tech layoffs 2024: As many as 89,333 employees have been laid off across 306 tech companies in 2024 so far

Why are jobs so scarce today? What's ahead?

In the past one year and continuing, there have been layoffs galore; typically aggressive tech companies are shying away from recruiting from campuses, and it is said >

To cut costs, Indian tech companies expanding into smaller cities

The change also comes as state governments offer stamp duty concessions, land benefits, subsidised power and other incentives to bring jobs to smaller cities

Layoffs by Indian tech startups dip 60% in Jan-March this year, says report

Tech startups let go of more than 2,000 workers in the first quarter as funding capital reduced

Cisco latest firm to announce job cuts; 2024 tech layoff tally hits 35,000

US firm Cisco system said that it's been hit by a temporary "pause" in orders from customers who are busy installing equipment they've already acquired

Artificial intelligence driving more layoffs than companies want to admit

Experts struggle to get an accurate picture of just how many jobs are being eliminated as AI rapidly advances

Wipro on job cuts: Aligning business, talent to changing market environment

After startups and Big Tech, layoff season may have begun at the $245 billion Indian IT industry

85 technology companies show exit door to over 23K employees this year

According to the layoff tracker layoffs.fyi, 85 companies have already handed pink slips to 23,770 employees in 2024. This is on the back of 2,62,595 employees being sacked by 1,187 companies last yr

Salesforce to lay off around 700 employees across company: Report

With this, Salesforce has become the fourth tech major to trim its workforce in 2024 after Google, Twitch and Amazon

Microsoft lays off 1,900 Activision Blizzard, Xbox employees: Report

Blizzard President Mike Ybarra and Chief Design Officer Allen Adham are also leaving the company, while a previously announced survival game by Blizzard has been canceled, the report said

Citigroup lays off more bosses as CEO Fraser addresses MDs: Report

The bank last week said it would cut 20,000 jobs over the next two years, after a fourth quarter marred by one-off charges that resulted in a $1.8 billion loss