Cisco, the largest maker of the routers and switches that direct internet traffic, has been grappling with sluggish demand and supply-chain constraints in its mainstay business
Major IT firms such as Intel, Microsoft, Intuit, among others have laid off 124,517 employees across the globe till July this year
The Delhi High Court sarcastically noted it’s a relief the cops didn’t blame rainwater for the students’ deaths at Rau’s IAS, contrasting it with an SUV driver’s arrest. The case has been transferred
Intel, which is scheduled to report second-quarter earnings Thursday, has about 110,000 employees, excluding workers at units that are being spun out
The layoffs have impacted employees across Chennai, Bengaluru and Hyderabad
Microsoft has laid off its internal team dedicated to diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) due to 'changing business needs'
CNN is eliminating approximately 100 jobs and plans to debut its first digital subscriptions before the end of the year as the news network leans into reshaping its business. In a memo sent to staff on Wednesday, CNN CEO Mark Thompson said noted that it's cutting just 100 jobs out of a total workforce of approximately 3,500. He said that open roles were closed wherever possible in order to minimise the total layoffs. Media organisations, including CNN have struggled to grow audiences and revenue, and have sought to diversify what they're offering to customers. Thompson said that CNN's digital strategy must be ambitious enough to deliver the audiences and the revenue we need to maintain our unique journalistic firepower and succeed as a business. The executive said CNN will create subscription-ready products that offer news, analysis and context in new formats. He emphasised that there will be an effort to keep users on CNN.com's website longer and finding ways to get them to return
After receiving the Labour Ministry's rap over the alleged termination of an employee, the Paytm management on Wednesday appeared before the regional labour commissioner and agreed not to recover the joining bonus from the worker, according to official sources. Official sources said Paytm has also agreed to make the notice period payment to the said employee. However, they didn't reveal the name of the employee who got the relief. An email sent to Paytm on the issue did not elicit a response. Official sources, meanwhile, said the employee has accepted the exit offer made by Paytm, in the presence of the Regional Labour Commissioner (Central), Bengaluru. They also said following the parleys, the grievance has been resolved to the satisfaction of both sides. They further informed that the Regional Labour Commissioner (Central), Bengaluru, acted swiftly in the matter, following a complaint filed by an employee regarding alleged termination practices at Paytm, and immediately issued
The development comes amid reports that Paytm may announce up to 20% layoffs in the current financial year amid regulatory setbacks imposed by the RBI
In May alone, 39 companies laid off a total of 9,742 employees as economic uncertainties continue to impact the tech sector's workforce
ByteDance, the owner of TikTok, did not say how many employees would be affected. Bloomberg had earlier reported there would be 450 jobs cut.
Fintech firm One97 Communications, owner of Paytm brand, is laying off an undisclosed number of employees and claimed that it is providing outplacement support for their smooth transition, according to a company statement. Paytm's sales employee headcount in March 2024 quarter dropped by about 3,500 to 36,521 personnel on a quarter-on-quarter basis, mainly due the impact of the Reserve Bank of India's ban on services of Paytm Payments Bank. "One97 Communications Limited (OCL) is providing outplacement support to employees which have resigned as a part of the restructuring efforts by the company. "The company's human resource teams are actively collaborating with over 30 companies that are currently hiring, and providing assistance to employees who have opted to share their information, facilitating their immediate outplacement," the company said on Monday. Paytm, however, did not not disclose the number of employees impacted by the restructuring. "Paytm is also disbursing bonuses
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
Global tech layoffs 2024: As many as 89,333 employees have been laid off across 306 tech companies in 2024 so far
Telstra had more than 31,000 employees as of August 2023 according to its annual report
Google CEO Sundar Pichai said the company will need to be 'very, very disciplined' about hiring more employees throughout the year
Air India Express fired 25 cabin crew members and demanded others to either return to work by 4 pm on Thursday or face termination
According to Air India Express CEO Aloke Singh, more than 100 cabin crew members had reported sick just before their rostered flight duty since Tuesday night
Simpl says it has laid out a 'comprehensive growth plan' while having a 'razor-sharp focus on profitability'
Out of the total 200 job cuts, nearly 50 were removed from the California-based engineering team as the company now looks to hire cheap labour as part of its cost-cutting exercise