Major IT firms such as Intel, Microsoft, Intuit, among others have laid off 124,517 employees across the globe till July this year
Microsoft has laid off its internal team dedicated to diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) due to 'changing business needs'
In May alone, 39 companies laid off a total of 9,742 employees as economic uncertainties continue to impact the tech sector's workforce
It says the decision is in "continuation of our organisation-wide efforts to become fiscally prudent" and to achieve profitability by mid-2025
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
Roles in sales, operations and engineering, consulting and "go to market" strategy were some of the positions cut
Global tech layoffs 2024: As many as 89,333 employees have been laid off across 306 tech companies in 2024 so far
Tech startups let go of more than 2,000 workers in the first quarter as funding capital reduced
Sales growth at AWS, the largest seller of rented computing power and data storage, slowed to a record low last year as corporate customers cut spending and delayed technology modernization projects
With the industry facing low demand, several of the large IT firms have been looking at ways to cut costs
Mozilla last cut a significant number of jobs four years ago at the height of the Covid-19 pandemic
Experts struggle to get an accurate picture of just how many jobs are being eliminated as AI rapidly advances
After startups and Big Tech, layoff season may have begun at the $245 billion Indian IT industry
PayPal, which employed around 29,900 workers at the end of 2022, announced a similar round of cuts last January. The latest move will affect about 2,500 workers
PayPal's CEO announced the laying off of around 2500 employees this year, which is 9 per cent of its global workforce, to 'right-size' the company
With this, Salesforce has become the fourth tech major to trim its workforce in 2024 after Google, Twitch and Amazon
Google CEO Sundar Pichai's remarks followed a day after the tech giant handed pink slips to around 1,000 employees in the advertising sales team in the first layoff wave of 2024
Google aims to enhance support for small & medium businesses by restructuring its ad team through job cuts, as well as using AI to enhance efficiency
A few hundred roles are being eliminated in the company's Devices and Services team, with the majority in the 1P AR hardware team, the company said
The fintech giant's parent company, One 97 Communications, is working towards reducing its staff expenses by 10-15% over the ongoing financial year