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Layoffs in 2024: Google, Microsoft, UPS, More Fire Over 30K Employees in January; Coming Months Can Be Worse
- Friday February 2, 2024
- Written by Akash Dutta, Edited by Ketan Pratap
Wipro became the latest to join the ongoing layoffs by tech companies after reports claimed the company would let go of 1,000 employees. It will join the ranks of Google, Microsoft, Amazon, UPS, PayPal, SAP, Twitch, Discord, Swiggy, Flipkart, and other organisations that have already reduced headcounts by hundreds. The total jobs lost in one month ...
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Amazon Employee Fired After He Complained About Lifting Heavy Boxes On TikTok
- Thursday January 18, 2024
- World News | Edited by Anoushka Sharma
The video in question was posted on December 6 where he said that he worked an extra shift and was given the job of a picker at Amazon warehouse.
- www.ndtv.com
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Amazon CEO Says "Hard To Eliminate 27,000" Roles, But Will Pay Off Well
- Friday April 14, 2023
- World News | Edited by Anoushka Sharma
Andy Jassy stated that the decision to fire 27,000 employees was "hard" but it will benefit the company in the longer run.
- www.ndtv.com
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Big Tech Is Firing Employees by the Thousands. Why? and How Worried Should We Be?
- Friday January 27, 2023
- The Conversation
Since the end of the pandemic hiring spree, large numbers of employees have been fired from major tech companies, including Alphabet (12,000 employees), Amazon (18,000), Meta (11,000), Twitter (4,000), Microsoft (10,000) and Salesforce (8,000). Why exactly led to this massive shakeout? And what does it mean for the industry, and you?
- www.gadgets360.com
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On LinkedIn, Amazon Employees Post They Want New Jobs, Bosses Are Aware
- Tuesday January 17, 2023
- World News | Jo Constantz, Bloomberg
With job cuts mounting across tech, finance and other industries, why wait to get fired when you can skip directly to being hired?
- www.ndtv.com
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"Amazon India Won't Coax Or..." - Clarification Amid Job Cuts Row: Sources
- Friday December 2, 2022
- India News | Reported by Himanshu Shekhar Mishra
Amazon today provided more details about its "Voluntary Separation Program" to the Labour Ministry. Last week, the tech giant informed the government that it has not fired any employees, but some have left under the "Voluntary Separation Program".
- www.ndtv.com
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Amazon Denies Layoffs, Says Some Quit Under "Voluntary" Offer: Sources
- Friday November 25, 2022
- India News | Reported by Himanshu Shekhar Mishra, Edited by Divyanshu Dutta Roy
Denying that it fired any employees, Amazon has said some of them quit under its "Voluntary Disengagement Program", government sources said.
- www.ndtv.com
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Amazon Plans To Lay Off 10,000 Employees As Losses Mount: Report
- Tuesday November 15, 2022
- World News | Edited by Abhimanyu Kulkarni
Amazon is planning to layoff thousands of employees and implement cost-cutting measures as the last few quarters haven't been profitable, according to reports.
- www.ndtv.com
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Amazon Suspends at Least 50 Workers After Employees Protested Against Fire Incident
- Wednesday October 5, 2022
- Associated Press
Amazon has suspended at least 50 warehouse employees who refused to work their shifts following a trash compactor fire at one of its New York facilities, according to union organisers. The company suspended the workers, with pay, on Tuesday, a day after the fire disrupted operations at the Staten Island warehouse that voted to unionise earlier this...
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Amazon Accused of Violating US Labour Law After Union Supporters' Arrests
- Friday February 25, 2022
- Reuters
A group of Amazon workers seeking to form a union in New York filed a charge with US labour regulators after a high-profile organiser and a pair of employees were arrested outside a company warehouse.
- www.gadgets360.com
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Amazon Settles With 2 Employees It Fired Last Year
- Saturday October 2, 2021
- Associated Press
Amazon has settled with two employees it fired last year who publically criticised the company over working conditions of warehouse workers during COVID-19.
- www.gadgets360.com
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Amazon Settles Case With 2 Employees Who Said They Were Wrongly Fired
- Thursday September 30, 2021
- World News | Agence France-Presse
Amazon has reached an agreement with two employees who accused the e-commerce giant of dismissing them in retaliation for their activism, both parties said Wednesday.
- www.ndtv.com
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Amazon Accused of Employing a 'Hire-to-Fire' Policy to Meet Annual 'Unregretted Attrition' Goals: Report
- Friday May 14, 2021
- Edited by Gadgets 360 Newsdesk
Amazon has been accused in a report by its employees of adopting a casual "Hire-to-Fire" policy that pressurises managers to hire people just to fire them to meet their unregretted attrition (URA) goals
- www.gadgets360.com
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Amazon Illegally Fired Employees Critical of Work Conditions, US Labour Board Finds
- Tuesday April 6, 2021
- Reuters
Amazon illegally fired two employees who advocated for better working conditions during the pandemic, the US National Labor Relations Board has found.
- www.gadgets360.com
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Layoffs in 2024: Google, Microsoft, UPS, More Fire Over 30K Employees in January; Coming Months Can Be Worse
- Friday February 2, 2024
- Written by Akash Dutta, Edited by Ketan Pratap
Wipro became the latest to join the ongoing layoffs by tech companies after reports claimed the company would let go of 1,000 employees. It will join the ranks of Google, Microsoft, Amazon, UPS, PayPal, SAP, Twitch, Discord, Swiggy, Flipkart, and other organisations that have already reduced headcounts by hundreds. The total jobs lost in one month ...
- www.gadgets360.com
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Amazon Employee Fired After He Complained About Lifting Heavy Boxes On TikTok
- Thursday January 18, 2024
- World News | Edited by Anoushka Sharma
The video in question was posted on December 6 where he said that he worked an extra shift and was given the job of a picker at Amazon warehouse.
- www.ndtv.com
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Amazon CEO Says "Hard To Eliminate 27,000" Roles, But Will Pay Off Well
- Friday April 14, 2023
- World News | Edited by Anoushka Sharma
Andy Jassy stated that the decision to fire 27,000 employees was "hard" but it will benefit the company in the longer run.
- www.ndtv.com
-
Big Tech Is Firing Employees by the Thousands. Why? and How Worried Should We Be?
- Friday January 27, 2023
- The Conversation
Since the end of the pandemic hiring spree, large numbers of employees have been fired from major tech companies, including Alphabet (12,000 employees), Amazon (18,000), Meta (11,000), Twitter (4,000), Microsoft (10,000) and Salesforce (8,000). Why exactly led to this massive shakeout? And what does it mean for the industry, and you?
- www.gadgets360.com
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On LinkedIn, Amazon Employees Post They Want New Jobs, Bosses Are Aware
- Tuesday January 17, 2023
- World News | Jo Constantz, Bloomberg
With job cuts mounting across tech, finance and other industries, why wait to get fired when you can skip directly to being hired?
- www.ndtv.com
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"Amazon India Won't Coax Or..." - Clarification Amid Job Cuts Row: Sources
- Friday December 2, 2022
- India News | Reported by Himanshu Shekhar Mishra
Amazon today provided more details about its "Voluntary Separation Program" to the Labour Ministry. Last week, the tech giant informed the government that it has not fired any employees, but some have left under the "Voluntary Separation Program".
- www.ndtv.com
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Amazon Denies Layoffs, Says Some Quit Under "Voluntary" Offer: Sources
- Friday November 25, 2022
- India News | Reported by Himanshu Shekhar Mishra, Edited by Divyanshu Dutta Roy
Denying that it fired any employees, Amazon has said some of them quit under its "Voluntary Disengagement Program", government sources said.
- www.ndtv.com
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Amazon Plans To Lay Off 10,000 Employees As Losses Mount: Report
- Tuesday November 15, 2022
- World News | Edited by Abhimanyu Kulkarni
Amazon is planning to layoff thousands of employees and implement cost-cutting measures as the last few quarters haven't been profitable, according to reports.
- www.ndtv.com
-
Amazon Suspends at Least 50 Workers After Employees Protested Against Fire Incident
- Wednesday October 5, 2022
- Associated Press
Amazon has suspended at least 50 warehouse employees who refused to work their shifts following a trash compactor fire at one of its New York facilities, according to union organisers. The company suspended the workers, with pay, on Tuesday, a day after the fire disrupted operations at the Staten Island warehouse that voted to unionise earlier this...
- www.gadgets360.com
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Amazon Accused of Violating US Labour Law After Union Supporters' Arrests
- Friday February 25, 2022
- Reuters
A group of Amazon workers seeking to form a union in New York filed a charge with US labour regulators after a high-profile organiser and a pair of employees were arrested outside a company warehouse.
- www.gadgets360.com
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Amazon Settles With 2 Employees It Fired Last Year
- Saturday October 2, 2021
- Associated Press
Amazon has settled with two employees it fired last year who publically criticised the company over working conditions of warehouse workers during COVID-19.
- www.gadgets360.com
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Amazon Settles Case With 2 Employees Who Said They Were Wrongly Fired
- Thursday September 30, 2021
- World News | Agence France-Presse
Amazon has reached an agreement with two employees who accused the e-commerce giant of dismissing them in retaliation for their activism, both parties said Wednesday.
- www.ndtv.com
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Amazon Accused of Employing a 'Hire-to-Fire' Policy to Meet Annual 'Unregretted Attrition' Goals: Report
- Friday May 14, 2021
- Edited by Gadgets 360 Newsdesk
Amazon has been accused in a report by its employees of adopting a casual "Hire-to-Fire" policy that pressurises managers to hire people just to fire them to meet their unregretted attrition (URA) goals
- www.gadgets360.com
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Amazon Illegally Fired Employees Critical of Work Conditions, US Labour Board Finds
- Tuesday April 6, 2021
- Reuters
Amazon illegally fired two employees who advocated for better working conditions during the pandemic, the US National Labor Relations Board has found.
- www.gadgets360.com