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Salesforce Said to Cut 1,000 Roles While Hiring Salespeople for AI
Salesforce is announcing lay-offs as it prepares to enter a new fiscal year. More than 1,000 roles will be affected and displaced workers will be able to apply for other jobs internally. The company has also been keeping a closer eye on maintaining profit margins after pressure from activist investors in 2023.
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Amazon AGI SF Lab Focused on Developing New Capabilities of AI Agents Established
Amazon announced setting up a new artificial intelligence (AI) laboratory on Monday. Dubbed Amazon AGI SF Lab, the new research lab will be based in San Francisco and focus on developing AI agents with real-world applications. The Seattle-based tech recently hired several top executives from the startup Adept AI Labs and will be seeding the new div...
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Layoffs in 2024: Google, Microsoft, UPS, More Fire Over 30K Employees in January; Coming Months Can Be Worse
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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GameStop Ousts CEO, Posts Bigger-Than Expected Quarterly Loss
Ryan Cohen, the billionaire investor whose bold bet on GameStop made him a hero to meme stock traders, took over as executive chairman on Wednesday after the video game retailer ousted its CEO and posted a bigger-than expected quarterly loss. Investors pushed the stock price down more than 20 percent in after-hours trading, continuing a roller-coas...
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"Wouldn't Revoke": Amazon After It Defers Offer Letters Of Campus Hires
The biggest online retailer in the world spent a substantial portion of last year adjusting to a significant slowdown in e-commerce growth as consumers resumed their pre-pandemic behaviours.
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Job Search Platform Indeed to Cut 2,200 Jobs, CEO to Take 25 Percent Pay Cut
US-based job search platform Indeed said on Wednesday it will cut about 2,200 jobs, or 15 percent of its workforce, joining a host of companies rationalizing their labour force following a pandemic-fuelled hiring boom.
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Apple Avoids Mass Layoffs Amid Ongoing Slowdown Because of Efficient Hiring During the Pandemic: Details
Apple is under less pressure to lay off workers amid the ongoing economic slowdown thanks to cautious hiring during the pandemic, compared to rivals Amazon, Microsoft, and Google that have laid off thousands of workers. While the Cupertino company has frozen hiring in some areas and is keeping a lid on spending, it hasn’t yet resorted to mass lay...
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Big Tech Is Firing Employees by the Thousands. Why? and How Worried Should We Be?
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?
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On LinkedIn, Amazon Employees Post They Want New Jobs, Bosses Are Aware
With job cuts mounting across tech, finance and other industries, why wait to get fired when you can skip directly to being hired?
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"Teammate Leaked Info": Amazon On Sudden Announcement Of 18,000 Job Cuts
Amazon announced Wednesday it will cut more than 18,000 jobs from its workforce, citing "the uncertain economy" and the fact that the retail giant has "hired rapidly over the last several years."
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Apple Continues Hiring for Mixed Reality Headset Project; Listing Hints at 3D World, Video Service: Gurman
Apple is working on a mixed reality headset. The iPhone maker is reportedly hiring engineers for teams working on its AR and VR technology ahead of the rumoured launch of the device in 2023. A job listing has suggested some of the device’s capabilities ahead of its expected debut next year.
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Amazon Freezes Hiring For Corporate Wing Of Its Retail Business
Amazon.com Inc will freeze hiring in its corporate workforce as the e-commerce giant deals with an "unusual macro-economic environment", a company executive said on Thursday.
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Snap Plans to Cut Over 20 Percent Staff, Netflix Hires Two Former Snap Executives: Reports
Snap is reportedly laying off over 20 percent of its workforce in the company’s latest move after losing shares. The company also reportedly confirmed on Tuesday that two of its senior advertising executives have exited. Meanwhile, Netflix has given nod to reports citing that the two former Snap executives will be joining the streaming major for ...
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Viral Photo Shows First Ever Job Listing For Amazon Posted By Jeff Bezos
This week in 1994, Jeff Bezos published a job listing for Amazon's first hire. Back then, Mr Bezos was a little-known entrepreneur who quit his well-paying job to start an e-commerce company.
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Shopify Lays Off 10 Percent Staff as Shopping Boom Fades Post COVID Pandemic
Shopify has decided to lay off 10 percent employees, as the shopping boom that started in COVID pandemic has started to fade gradually. Shopify has also become one among the US tech firms, including Amazon and Facebook, that are experiencing paused hirings or staff cut.
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Salesforce Said to Cut 1,000 Roles While Hiring Salespeople for AI
Salesforce is announcing lay-offs as it prepares to enter a new fiscal year. More than 1,000 roles will be affected and displaced workers will be able to apply for other jobs internally. The company has also been keeping a closer eye on maintaining profit margins after pressure from activist investors in 2023.
-
Amazon AGI SF Lab Focused on Developing New Capabilities of AI Agents Established
Amazon announced setting up a new artificial intelligence (AI) laboratory on Monday. Dubbed Amazon AGI SF Lab, the new research lab will be based in San Francisco and focus on developing AI agents with real-world applications. The Seattle-based tech recently hired several top executives from the startup Adept AI Labs and will be seeding the new div...
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Layoffs in 2024: Google, Microsoft, UPS, More Fire Over 30K Employees in January; Coming Months Can Be Worse
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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GameStop Ousts CEO, Posts Bigger-Than Expected Quarterly Loss
Ryan Cohen, the billionaire investor whose bold bet on GameStop made him a hero to meme stock traders, took over as executive chairman on Wednesday after the video game retailer ousted its CEO and posted a bigger-than expected quarterly loss. Investors pushed the stock price down more than 20 percent in after-hours trading, continuing a roller-coas...
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"Wouldn't Revoke": Amazon After It Defers Offer Letters Of Campus Hires
The biggest online retailer in the world spent a substantial portion of last year adjusting to a significant slowdown in e-commerce growth as consumers resumed their pre-pandemic behaviours.
-
Job Search Platform Indeed to Cut 2,200 Jobs, CEO to Take 25 Percent Pay Cut
US-based job search platform Indeed said on Wednesday it will cut about 2,200 jobs, or 15 percent of its workforce, joining a host of companies rationalizing their labour force following a pandemic-fuelled hiring boom.
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Apple Avoids Mass Layoffs Amid Ongoing Slowdown Because of Efficient Hiring During the Pandemic: Details
Apple is under less pressure to lay off workers amid the ongoing economic slowdown thanks to cautious hiring during the pandemic, compared to rivals Amazon, Microsoft, and Google that have laid off thousands of workers. While the Cupertino company has frozen hiring in some areas and is keeping a lid on spending, it hasn’t yet resorted to mass lay...
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Big Tech Is Firing Employees by the Thousands. Why? and How Worried Should We Be?
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?
-
On LinkedIn, Amazon Employees Post They Want New Jobs, Bosses Are Aware
With job cuts mounting across tech, finance and other industries, why wait to get fired when you can skip directly to being hired?
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"Teammate Leaked Info": Amazon On Sudden Announcement Of 18,000 Job Cuts
Amazon announced Wednesday it will cut more than 18,000 jobs from its workforce, citing "the uncertain economy" and the fact that the retail giant has "hired rapidly over the last several years."
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Apple Continues Hiring for Mixed Reality Headset Project; Listing Hints at 3D World, Video Service: Gurman
Apple is working on a mixed reality headset. The iPhone maker is reportedly hiring engineers for teams working on its AR and VR technology ahead of the rumoured launch of the device in 2023. A job listing has suggested some of the device’s capabilities ahead of its expected debut next year.
-
Amazon Freezes Hiring For Corporate Wing Of Its Retail Business
Amazon.com Inc will freeze hiring in its corporate workforce as the e-commerce giant deals with an "unusual macro-economic environment", a company executive said on Thursday.
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Snap Plans to Cut Over 20 Percent Staff, Netflix Hires Two Former Snap Executives: Reports
Snap is reportedly laying off over 20 percent of its workforce in the company’s latest move after losing shares. The company also reportedly confirmed on Tuesday that two of its senior advertising executives have exited. Meanwhile, Netflix has given nod to reports citing that the two former Snap executives will be joining the streaming major for ...
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Viral Photo Shows First Ever Job Listing For Amazon Posted By Jeff Bezos
This week in 1994, Jeff Bezos published a job listing for Amazon's first hire. Back then, Mr Bezos was a little-known entrepreneur who quit his well-paying job to start an e-commerce company.
-
Shopify Lays Off 10 Percent Staff as Shopping Boom Fades Post COVID Pandemic
Shopify has decided to lay off 10 percent employees, as the shopping boom that started in COVID pandemic has started to fade gradually. Shopify has also become one among the US tech firms, including Amazon and Facebook, that are experiencing paused hirings or staff cut.
