tech layoffs

GitHub, the popular developer platform, has laid off virtually its entire engineering team in India.

GitHub slashes engineering team in India

On Friday, Bloomberg reported that more layoffs could be on the way at Salesforce, quoting chief operating officer Brian Millham, who indicated that the company could be adding to the…

More layoff misery could be coming to Salesforce

We’re seeing lots of tech layoffs, but evidence suggests that they do more harm than good both for employee morale and long-term performance.

The layoffs will continue until (investor) morale improves

Tech consultancy giant Accenture plans to cut 19,000 jobs, or 2.5% of its workforce, and has lowered its annual revenue and profit forecasts, becoming the latest behemoth to trim expenses…

Accenture to cut 19,000 jobs

It would be easy to think that when Salesforce announced that it was laying off 10% of the workforce in January that it would let those folks know, and it…

The long goodbye at Salesforce continues with more layoffs reported today

Atlassian, the company behind tools like Jira, Confluence and Trello, today announced that, after a reorg a month ago, it is now laying off about 500 employees. That’s about 5%…

Atlassian cuts 5% of its workforce

Alphabet’s Waymo has issued its second round of layoffs this year, the company confirmed to TechCrunch. Combined with the initial cuts in January, the self-driving technology company has let go…

Waymo cuts 200 employees after second round of layoffs

Letting people go will never feel good, but with some thought and planning, founders can manage the process well and come out the other side stronger.

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The tech jobs market might not be as shaky as it feels

With all the tech layoffs lately, it’s easy to think that the market has tightened, but we found that the jobs market remains robust.

The tech jobs market might not be as shaky as it feels

Salesforce is looking at new ways to cut costs as activist investors continue to put pressure on the company. Today, Insider was reporting that the company is implementing much stricter…

Salesforce yields to activist pressure with harsh new policies for engineers, salespeople

Vietnamese electric vehicle maker VinFast is cutting jobs in the United States and Canada as part of a restructuring that will merge operations across the two countries. The restructuring comes…

EV maker VinFast downsizes in US, Canada

Tech workers took another big hit today when Dell announced it was laying off 5% of its worldwide employees in the face of plunging PC sales and general economic uncertainty.…

More tech job market misery as Dell lays off 5% of worldwide workforce

Around a year ago, Tier Mobility was winning the shared micromobility game. Fueled by its $200 million Series D fundraise in October 2021, the company went on to acquire three…

Tier Mobility and Spin lay off 100 more employees

Waymo, the self-driving technology unit under Alphabet, quietly laid off workers Monday, according to The Information and several posts on LinkedIn and Blind. The cuts at the autonomous vehicle company…

Waymo lays off staff as Alphabet announces 12,000 job cuts

With all of Microsoft’s financial resources, what does it gain by cutting its workforce by 5%? We spoke to a few analysts to try to figure it out.

Microsoft joined the layoff parade. Did it really have to?

The continuing onslaught of tech layoffs has not let up in the new year. Last week, we saw big layoff announcements from Amazon and Salesforce with thousands of employees being let…

Company created by Citrix-Tibco merger confirms it has laid off 15% of staff

Salesforce has been having a rough go of it lately, and the new year brought little relief with news it was laying off 10% of its workforce.

Salesforce turmoil continues into new year, as recent layoffs attest

It’s not just the big names pulling back on headcount — private SaaS companies have similarly been implementing hiring freezes and headcount reductions for almost half a year now.

Headcount growth is slowing as startups prepare for worst-case scenarios

I have nothing personal against investors, but sitting in a room with one while I try to sell them on my billion-dollar idea sounds very stressful.

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Will layoffs affect the PERM process for EB-2 and EB-3 green cards? What will happen to my team’s green cards if our company has to do layoffs?

Dear Sophie: How do tech layoffs impact PERM and the green card process?

My co-founder and I were both laid off from Big Tech last week. My co-founder needs immigration sponsorship to maintain status with our startup. Do we look at an O-1A…

Dear Sophie: My co-founder’s a green card applicant who just got laid off. Now what?

Are you planning to play League of Legends during your next investor pitch? (If so, reading this probably isn’t a good use of your time.)

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Dear Sophie: How can I stay in the US if I’ve been laid off?

Even before the recent waves of layoffs started washing over the tech industry, people were leaving their old jobs for new opportunities in climate tech.

Laid off? Climate tech is looking for talent and founders

Fintech unicorns and decacorns are not immune to challenging economic and fundraising conditions. VCs unpack what’s going on.

VCs decipher the recent fintech layoffs — and why they’re happening now

Is there a correlation between being extremely online and a founder’s ability to fundraise?

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In tech, emerging trends usually elicit excitement and surprise, whether it’s the hot new sector that every venture capitalist is clamoring for a stake in, or the rise of a…

The tide is shifting on tech’s layoff wave. Kind of.

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