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TopicJob cuts

Topic: job cuts

Why are Washington Post’s foreign correspondents around the world tweeting Save The Post?

‘We in New Delhi want to keep doing our jobs,’ wrote Washington Post India bureau chief Pranshu Verma.

LinkedIn cuts over 700 jobs, phases out China app as demand wavers

Microsoft-owned LinkedIn, which has 20,000 employees, has grown revenue each quarter during the last year, but it joins other major tech companies including its parent in laying off workers.

Accenture to fire 19k staff, about 2.5% of workforce, amid worsening global economic outlook

More than half of the layoffs will affect staff at its non-billable corporate functions, the IT company said, sending its shares up more than 4% before the bell.

Big tech’s laid off over 2.6 lakh people since 2022. Why Indian industry will face limited impact

Pandemic-driven enthusiasm around digitisation & technology drove companies to go on hiring spree, which came to screeching halt towards later part of 2022, as workforce reductions started.

Silicon Valley’s honeymoon with wealth is ending. Employees are packing bags

Meta, Twitter, Google, Microsoft, Apple, Netflix, and Patreon have fired employees in droves. And funding is drying up for tech startups in India too.

Disney cuts 4,000 more jobs, workforce shrinks by over a tenth since Covid hit

The number of layoffs in the first half of 2021 went up to 32,000. Most of these job cuts were at Disney’s parks and experiences, which were forced shut due to the pandemic.

Disney slashes 28,000 workers in one of biggest layoffs of Covid era

The belt-tightening move affects Disney's theme-park, cruise-line and retail businesses, and includes executives and salaried employees.

Raymond is cutting jobs as people are not wearing suits, business clothes due to WFH

Raymond is reducing jobs, rents, and marketing costs to decrease expenses by as much as 35% for 2020-21, Gautam Hari Singhania says.

Covid has led to companies downsizing. Three things you can do to avoid being laid off

Good work is simply not enough to stay employed, especially during a crisis. These are the times when your professional relationships play an important role.

Swiggy could shut many of its cloud kitchens, lay off over 500 workers as sales slump

Layoffs are likely to take place next month from the cloud kitchens across 10 tier 1 and tier 2 cities, which operate Swiggy-owned Homely and The Bowl Company.

On Camera

Youth Congress, your foolish protest helped the Modi govt climb out of the AI summit hole

In tactical terms, the shirtless protest was worse than a self-goal. Suddenly, the fiascos of the AI Summit were forgotten, and the Youth Congress’s disruption became the issue.

In the West, there’s anxiety. In India, optimism—Rishi Sunak says India poised to be leader in AI

On Wednesday, the former UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak was speaking in New Delhi at a Carnegie & Observer Research Foundation event on AI.

MoD, IAF agree on some exemptions to HAL for Tejas Mk1A, but no compromise on ‘must-have’ capabilities

IAF is fine with accepting the aircraft with 'must-haves', even if some other steps remain pending, which may take at least another year, it is learnt.

No country is ever fully sovereign. Cold War era taught India its real meaning

India’s fraught neighbourhood places multiple constraints on its strategic choices. It leaves no time to take a deep breath, lean back and reset.