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Salesforce to cut 10% of its workforce, pare offices as sales slow

Salesforce, the largest private-sector employer in its hometown of San Francisco, has almost tripled its workforce in the past four years

TikTok owner ByteDance slashes thousands of jobs across multiple depts

The New Year will now be critical for ByteDance, as it faces political uncertainties amid national security concerns over TikTok in the US

Goldman Sachs to unveil fresh job cuts in a matter of weeks, says CEO

Top managers have been asked to identify potential cost-reduction targets, and no final job-cut number has been determined

For tech industry, 2022 was a year of mass layoffs; 2023 likely to be worse

The tech layoffs this year have exceeded the job cuts the sector faced globally during the financial crisis of 2008-2009 triggered by the Lehman Brothers' collapse

Youth employment remains the Achilles' heel in the Indian labour market

Conditions improving, but high unemployment rate in 15-29 age group a challenge for policymakers

PayU gives pink slip to 150 employees, no plans of 'major downsizing'

The layoffs were undertaken to realign the teams locally

Over 60% job seekers depressed over layoffs, not giving best in current job

About 65 per cent of jobseekers (more than 6 in 10) in India feel that the ongoing layoffs may hinder their willingness to go the extra mile in their jobs, a report showed on Thursday

Chip-maker Micron to layoff 10% of its workforce under restructure plan

Chip-maker Micron has announced that it will reduce its workforce by about 10 per cent in 2023 in response to challenging industry conditions

Elastic to expand in India after global layoffs, says CEO Ashutosh Kulkarni

Founded in 2012, the $5 billion company provides enterprise search, observability, and security through its flagship offering ELK Stack

Twitter hit with dozens of legal complaints by laid-off employees

The arbitration demands accuse Twitter of sex discrimination, breach of contract, and illegally terminating employees who were on medical or parental leave

Xiaomi may cut 10% of its workforce amid Covid lockdowns in China

Earlier reports claimed that Xiaomi may cut 15 per cent of its workforce amid Covid lockdowns in China and rough global macroeconomic conditions

Those hired during pandemic 'facing lower productivity': Salesforce Co-CEO

Salesforce is reportedly preparing for another round of layoffs amid leadership changes

Goldman Sachs plans to lay off hundreds of employees: Report

Global investment bank Goldman Sachs is reportedly planning to lay off hundreds of employees at its consumer business

SaaS major Freshworks lays off 90 employees globally; 60 in India

The company's founder chief executive, Girish Mathrubootham too termed it as a structural change, rather than a company-wide layoff

Bucking the trend, IT companies in India to increase hiring in 2023: Survey

India is going to be an overall employment gainer in 2023 due to a stable geographical, economic and political foundation: Randstad

The Washington Post announces layoffs, including some from the newsroom

As layoffs deepen across industries, The Washington Post has announced it will cut jobs amounting to a 'single-digit percentage' from its 2,500-strong workforce

Twitter must tell fired workers about severance lawsuit, says US judge

Filed by a handful of workers, the suit alleges Twitter failed to give the required 60 to 90 days notice about the mass layoffs and is shortchanging the former employees on severance pay

Online education company for IT services Pluralsight lays off 400 employees

Online education company for IT professionals, Pluralsight, which was recently valued at more than $1 billion has announced to lay off 20 per cent of its global workforce, about 400 employees

White-collar workers turn to gig jobs in search of better work-life balance

The demand for the white-collar gig workforce in the previous quarter has gone up seven times as compared to the same period last year

Layoff fallout: Outplacement firms have their hands full with flood of CVs

Tough trade-off: Companies want job guarantee for people they've laid off, but on a bargain