Layoff

GM axes 1,000+ jobs in software and service division, majority in US

Automaker claims it has to ‘make bold choices’

Software19 Aug 2024 | 9

Cisco slashes thousands of staff, 7% of entire workforce, pivots into AI

Reorg of entire biz as tech giant addresses downturn in core networking segment

Networks15 Aug 2024 | 15

Dell starts new round of layoffs while it looks to 'unlock modern AI'

HR apparently overwhelmed by attempt to sack 12.5K people in one day

Systems06 Aug 2024 | 21

Infineon announces layoffs as Q3 results disappoint

Follows 15% job cuts from chip giant Intel, with CEO blaming weak economy

Systems05 Aug 2024 | 8

Intel to shed at least 15% of staff, will outsource more to TSMC, slash $10B in costs

Analysis Share price in meltdown as Pat hopes buyers, investors, board can wait for 2026 turnaround

Systems01 Aug 2024 | 44

Intel prepares to cut 'thousands' of workers

Employees hate this one simple trick to fix failing business empires

Systems31 Jul 2024 | 9

Meta's mass layoff severance agreements illegal, says judge

You can't offer a better deal in exchange for silence, argues NLRB

Networks22 Jul 2024 | 30

Intuit decimates staff, hopes to hire same number in AI refocus

What's that Lassie? The IRS hopes to offer free direct tax filing for everyone next year?

Applications10 Jul 2024 | 6

X marks the spot where Twitter's severance math doesn't add up

Surely an everything app includes a working currency converter?

Off-Prem13 Jun 2024 | 34

Twitch ditches Safety Advisory Council, relaunches with vetted 'ambassadors'

Who needs experts when you have an army of hand-picked super users telling you what you want to hear?

Personal Tech31 May 2024 | 13

Toshiba to shed 4,000 jobs as part of revitalization plan

Over-50s to get early retirement offer

Storage17 May 2024 | 13

Tesla layoff circus runs into fourth week with another round of cuts

Musk continues quest to make Tesla leaner, meaner, more profitable

Personal Tech07 May 2024 | 69

Musk axes two more senior Tesla leaders, guts public policy team – report

It's not like you need wonks to put driverless robotaxis on public roads or anything

Personal Tech30 Apr 2024 | 60

Python, Flutter teams latest on the Google chopping block

Updated Never mind the record revenues, costs must be cut

Software29 Apr 2024 | 45

Stability AI decimates staff just weeks after CEO's exit

More like Instability AI, right kids?

AI + ML18 Apr 2024 | 13

Tesla decimates staff amid ongoing performance woe

Shares of the worst performing member of the S&P 500 slide some more as news unlikely to please investors

Personal Tech15 Apr 2024 | 85

Apple cuts hundreds of jobs after ditching the car project and more

Self-driving to the nearest job center

Personal Tech05 Apr 2024 | 12

AWS severs connection with several hundred staff

'Necessary,' 'focusing our efforts,' 'deliver maximum impact' ... sounds just like all the other tech layoffs lately

PaaS + IaaS03 Apr 2024 | 13

Sega grabs tech layoff baton and dumps couple hundred Euro staff

Gaming industry clings to 'Survive 2024'

Personal Tech30 Mar 2024 | 25

IBM said to be binning off more staff as 'workforce rebalance' continues

Next logical step after rounds of voluntary layoffs

Systems12 Mar 2024 | 24

YouTube workers laid off mid-plea at city hall meeting

Caught on camera: 'Our jobs are ended today, effective immediately'

Offbeat05 Mar 2024 | 46

Electronic Arts frags hundreds of workers 'to grow fandom'

Dating app Bumble also finds breaking up is easy to do for a third of its crew

Personal Tech29 Feb 2024 | 11

Today in tech layoffs: Sony Interactive and Expedia

Game over for 900 staff as PlayStation London office and more shuttered

CxO27 Feb 2024 | 9

Rivian decimates staff to put a brake on spending

With only enough cash on hand to keep the lights on until 2025, loss-making automaker may soon be next casualty of the EV revolution

Personal Tech22 Feb 2024 | 46

Google rings in 2024 with sweeping layoffs

Cuts are a continuation of late-2023 redundancies to help teams better 'align their resources'

Off-Prem11 Jan 2024 | 6

Latest tech layoffs: Twitch, Duolingo, Citrix parent ditch hundreds of workers

Happy New Year!

On-Prem11 Jan 2024 | 15

Unity to slash 25% of workforce under former Red Hat CEO Whitehurst

Move comes months after software licensing scandal

Software09 Jan 2024 | 18

'Only 700 new IT jobs' were created in US last year

Pandemic overhiring + AI-generated cuts at the entry level = A bad year to be a techie, says Janco

AI + ML08 Jan 2024 | 26

Xerox prints pink slips for 15% of workforce

Happy New Year, now go replace that human resources cartridge

On-Prem03 Jan 2024 | 19

Intel trims a few hundred workers in Cali just in time for Christmas

Merry Xmas! Now get out

On-Prem21 Dec 2023 | 6

17% of Spotify employees face the music in latest cost-cutting shuffle

This despite hitting profit high note – and right on time for Christmas

Personal Tech04 Dec 2023 | 35

Game over for ByteDance's big video game studio dream?

TikTok parent reportedly gives hundreds the tintack

Personal Tech27 Nov 2023 | 1

Google, Amazon among big names in tech axing jobs this week

Hiring boom followed by firing bust?

On-Prem10 Nov 2023 | 20

Splunk sheds 7% of workers amid Cisco's $28B embrace

Have another great quarter? Time to get rid of some staff, then

Databases01 Nov 2023 | 5

Still got a job at the end of this week? You're lucky, as more layoffs hit the tech industry

Kettle 'Beatings will continue until morale improves'

Personal Tech21 Oct 2023 | 71

So this one time, at Bandcamp, half the staff were laid off

Epic redundancies all round

SaaS17 Oct 2023 | 45

LinkedIn lays off nearly 700 staff, engineers to suffer the most

Time to update that resume on, er ... oh.

Software16 Oct 2023 | 31

Epic cut: Fortnite games maker culls 16% of staff

That partial victory against Apple is seeming more pyrrhic by the day

Personal Tech28 Sep 2023 | 18

Ex-Twitter employees pull Musk back to money table over missing severance

Will Elon actually pay this bill?

Legal14 Sep 2023 | 26

Profits just keep rolling in at T-Mobile US. So only thing to do is axe 5,000 workers

From Un-carrier to Un-employed

Networks25 Aug 2023 | 29

Canada's Telus to shed 6K workers as profits plunge 61%

Big cheese asks if anyone wants to take early retirement?

Networks04 Aug 2023 | 10

Digital transformation expert on mass layoffs: I would have expected more from tech

Interview It doesn't add up when IT is 'not really in a dire situation financially'

Personal Tech22 May 2023 | 15

BT is ditching workers faster than your internet connection with 55,000 for chop by 2030

FTTP build to be done by then, network will be more 'efficient,' AI to take over in customer services

Networks18 May 2023 | 112

Telco giant Vodafone to cut 11,000 staff as part of its turnaround plan

Company 'more complex' than it needs to be, thousands set to lose jobs

Networks16 May 2023 | 42

Sonatype axes 14 percent of staff, reminds them not to talk to the press

Exclusive Workers slam 'horrendous' handling of layoffs that left even 'engineering managers in the dark'

CSO10 May 2023 | 41

Dell reneges on remote work promise, tells staff to wear pants at least 3 days a week

Some say return to the office is a soft layoff, others blame Gen Z

On-Prem10 May 2023 | 107

LinkedIn links out of China with 716 roles for the chop

Basic InCareers app perfect candidate to be included in cost cutting

Networks09 May 2023 | 5

Dropbox drops 16% of staff, points finger at hard-up customers and AI

We've progressed from blaming this kinda thing on millennials, immigrants, China, woke libs, etc

AI + ML27 Apr 2023 | 34

IBM, Kyndryl cut jobs even after cutting ties

Staff doubt Big Blue's claim that layoffs were already announced

On-Prem04 Apr 2023 | 23

Amazon to shutter Digital Photography Review

Respected hands-on outlet tossed under the layoff bus

Personal Tech22 Mar 2023 | 47

Amazon lays off another 9,000, because why not?

Add another zero or so and soon we're talking real numbers

Off-Prem20 Mar 2023 | 10

Ex-Tweep mocked by Musk for asking if he'd actually been fired

Updated This internet soap opera continues

Personal Tech07 Mar 2023 | 130

Atlassian to dump 500 – by email – in the name of 'rebalancing'

Collaboration upstart previously said it would 'moderate' hiring and use layoffs elsewhere to boost its talent pool

Software07 Mar 2023 | 49

Zoom chops president it hired less than a year ago

Vid-chat-biz ditches Greg Tomb as head-rolling continues

Off-Prem03 Mar 2023 | 28

Outage-hit Twitter muddies violent speech policy

No more dog whistles or empty threats for caustic tweeps, but what does it matter if no one can post?

Personal Tech01 Mar 2023 | 34

Twitter rewards remaining loyal staff by decimating them

Reminder: Elon spent $44 billion on this. Forty-four thousand million dollars

Personal Tech27 Feb 2023 | 115