tech layoffs
GitHub, the popular developer platform, has laid off virtually its entire 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…
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.
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…
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…
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%…
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…
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.
Early-stage investors don’t closely manage the founders they shower with cash, even when things go off the rails.
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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.
Salesforce yields to activist pressure with harsh new policies for engineers, salespeople
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…
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…
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.…
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…
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…
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.
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…
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.
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.
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.
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?
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…
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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