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
Spotify says it's axing 17 per cent of its global workforce, the music streaming service's third round of layoffs this year as it moves to slash costs while focusing on becoming profitable. In a message to employees posted on the company's blog on Monday, CEO Daniel Ek said the jobs were being cut as part of a strategic reorientation. The post didn't specify how many employees would lose their jobs, but a spokesperson confirmed that it amounts to about 1,500 people. Spotify had used cheap financing to expand the business and invested significantly in employees, content and marketing in 2020 and 2021, the blog post said. But Ek indicated that the company was caught out as central banks started hiking interest rates last year. We now find ourselves in a very different environment. And despite our efforts to reduce costs this past year, our cost structure for where we need to be is still too big, he said. Ek said the leaner structure of the company will ensure Spotify's continued ...
Ed-tech, food-related firms are among the sectors which have been worst affected
The FAST unit, which has roughly 600 employees, worked on developing custom chips to equip Meta's devices to perform unique tasks and operate more efficiently
Even if Byju's were to visit their campuses, it is unlikely that students would be keen to sit for their placements, an official aware of the matter said
Any violation will be taken up by the company seriously and may result in appropriate disciplinary and legal action initiated against the employees, according to the internal company document
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