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Ex-Amazon Employee Slams Company's "Return-To-Office Policy", Post Viral
Mr McBride, who worked at Amazon for a year until June 2023, shared his thoughts on CEO Andy Jassy's announcement.
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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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Amazon Employee Fired After He Complained About Lifting Heavy Boxes On TikTok
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.
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Over 7,500 Employees Laid Off By Tech Giants So Far In January: Report
Big Tech's "Year of Efficiency" may be over but recent layoffs at Google and Amazon have signaled the firms will keep cutting jobs in 2024 as they make big
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Amazon Announced Layoffs in Alexa Voice Assistant Unit to Focus on Gen AI
Amazon.com on Friday announced it is trimming jobs at its Alexa voice assistant unit, citing shifting business priorities and a greater focus on generative artificial intelligence. The cuts affect several hundred employees working on Alexa, according to the email. A spokeswoman declined to elaborate on exactly how many were affected.
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Amazon Lays Off 180 Employees From Gaming Division: Report
Amazon.com has cut around 180 jobs in its games division, at least the second round of layoffs in under a week by the online retailer and digital streaming provider in a broader restructuring, an email viewed on Monday by Reuters showed.
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Amazon Employee Fired After Coming Back From Maternity Leave
Since being shared, several people reached out to her and supported her through the difficult time.
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FIFA Maker EA to Lay Off 6 Percent of Its Workforce, Will Incur Up to $200 Million in Related Charges
Electronic Arts said on Wednesday it would lay off about 6 percent of its workforce and reduce office space, making it the first major videogame publisher to announce job cuts.
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Leave Or Stay? Residents Of US 'Zoom Towns' In Dilemma After Layoffs
Amazon's decision to eliminate tens of thousands of jobs, part of the wave of hundreds of thousands of cuts at firms across the US this year, is forcing remote workers to make hard choices.
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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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Layoffs Alone Won’t Solve Tech’s Problems: Parmy Olson
The tech sector has had a tough time recently with the prevailing economic downturn hitting all the big companies. Amazon, Microsoft, Meta, and Alphabet have all announced layoffs in the thousands to cut their losses. While these tech giants are tightening up on fringe benefits and showing their talent the door, there is still more to do.
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Microsoft, Amazon, Other Tech Firms Cut Jobs at Second-Highest Pace on Record in US
Layoffs in the United States hit a more than two-year high in January as technology firms cut jobs at the second-highest pace on record to brace for a possible recession, a report showed on Thursday. The layoffs impacted 1,02,943 workers, a more than two-fold jump from December and an over five-times surge from a year earlier, according to the repo...
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On Tech Layoffs, Arvind Kejriwal's Appeal To Centre
Expressing his concerns at the mass layoffs across several tech firms, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Monday asked the centre to assess the situation in the country and take right steps.
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Spotify to Lay Off 6 Percent of Workforce as Job Cuts in Technology Sector Continue
Spotify is planning layoffs as soon as this week, according to people familiar with the plans, joining a slew of technology companies from Amazon.com Inc. to Meta Platforms Inc. in announcing job cuts to lower costs. The music streaming giant has about 9,800 employees, according to its third-quarter earnings report.
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Microsoft to Cut 5 Percent of Workforce Affecting Thousands of Employees: Report
Microsoft will cut five percent of its workforce on Wednesday, according to a report. The Redmond company could cut as many as 11,000 employees, in human resources and engineering divisions and follow job cuts at Amazon and Meta amid slowing demand and a worsening economic outlook.
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Ex-Amazon Employee Slams Company's "Return-To-Office Policy", Post Viral
Mr McBride, who worked at Amazon for a year until June 2023, shared his thoughts on CEO Andy Jassy's announcement.
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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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Amazon Employee Fired After He Complained About Lifting Heavy Boxes On TikTok
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.
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Over 7,500 Employees Laid Off By Tech Giants So Far In January: Report
Big Tech's "Year of Efficiency" may be over but recent layoffs at Google and Amazon have signaled the firms will keep cutting jobs in 2024 as they make big
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Amazon Announced Layoffs in Alexa Voice Assistant Unit to Focus on Gen AI
Amazon.com on Friday announced it is trimming jobs at its Alexa voice assistant unit, citing shifting business priorities and a greater focus on generative artificial intelligence. The cuts affect several hundred employees working on Alexa, according to the email. A spokeswoman declined to elaborate on exactly how many were affected.
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Amazon Lays Off 180 Employees From Gaming Division: Report
Amazon.com has cut around 180 jobs in its games division, at least the second round of layoffs in under a week by the online retailer and digital streaming provider in a broader restructuring, an email viewed on Monday by Reuters showed.
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Amazon Employee Fired After Coming Back From Maternity Leave
Since being shared, several people reached out to her and supported her through the difficult time.
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FIFA Maker EA to Lay Off 6 Percent of Its Workforce, Will Incur Up to $200 Million in Related Charges
Electronic Arts said on Wednesday it would lay off about 6 percent of its workforce and reduce office space, making it the first major videogame publisher to announce job cuts.
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Leave Or Stay? Residents Of US 'Zoom Towns' In Dilemma After Layoffs
Amazon's decision to eliminate tens of thousands of jobs, part of the wave of hundreds of thousands of cuts at firms across the US this year, is forcing remote workers to make hard choices.
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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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Layoffs Alone Won’t Solve Tech’s Problems: Parmy Olson
The tech sector has had a tough time recently with the prevailing economic downturn hitting all the big companies. Amazon, Microsoft, Meta, and Alphabet have all announced layoffs in the thousands to cut their losses. While these tech giants are tightening up on fringe benefits and showing their talent the door, there is still more to do.
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Microsoft, Amazon, Other Tech Firms Cut Jobs at Second-Highest Pace on Record in US
Layoffs in the United States hit a more than two-year high in January as technology firms cut jobs at the second-highest pace on record to brace for a possible recession, a report showed on Thursday. The layoffs impacted 1,02,943 workers, a more than two-fold jump from December and an over five-times surge from a year earlier, according to the repo...
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On Tech Layoffs, Arvind Kejriwal's Appeal To Centre
Expressing his concerns at the mass layoffs across several tech firms, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Monday asked the centre to assess the situation in the country and take right steps.
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Spotify to Lay Off 6 Percent of Workforce as Job Cuts in Technology Sector Continue
Spotify is planning layoffs as soon as this week, according to people familiar with the plans, joining a slew of technology companies from Amazon.com Inc. to Meta Platforms Inc. in announcing job cuts to lower costs. The music streaming giant has about 9,800 employees, according to its third-quarter earnings report.
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Microsoft to Cut 5 Percent of Workforce Affecting Thousands of Employees: Report
Microsoft will cut five percent of its workforce on Wednesday, according to a report. The Redmond company could cut as many as 11,000 employees, in human resources and engineering divisions and follow job cuts at Amazon and Meta amid slowing demand and a worsening economic outlook.
