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Topic: job cuts

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.

Meta to lay off more than 11,000 employees globally as Facebook owner battles soaring costs

The company said it would pay 16 weeks of base pay plus two additional weeks for every year of service as a part of the severance package and all remaining paid time off.

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

Why Modi, BJP should worry about bad blood between CEC Gyanesh Kumar and Rahul Gandhi

If there is bad blood between the CEC and the Opposition leaders, it will shake the people’s faith in election results. It’s the worst thing that could happen to Indian democracy.

Navigating Trump’s tariffs is no child’s play. Indian toymakers are losing out on orders, enquiries

Indian toymakers are now exploring new markets, but they want govt to negotiate a trade deal with US soon, introduce incentives and subsidies to make the industry more competitive.

Pakistan signs $1.5 billion deal to sell lethal combat weapons to Sudan’s junta

The deal, believed to be paid for by a third nation, will give the Sudanese Armed Forces access to light attack aircraft, engines, armoured fighting vehicles & unmanned aerial vehicles.

War of IAF, PAF doctrines: As Pakistan obsesses over numbers, India embraces risk, wins

Now that both IAF and PAF have made formal claims of having shot down the other’s aircraft in the 87-hour war in May, we can ask a larger question: do such numbers really matter?