Job cuts

SAP accused of age discrimination, retaliation by US whistleblower

Updated Claims exec was moved to 'retire in place' role are now settled

SaaS14 Mar 2024 | 9

Hands up if you want to volunteer for layoffs, IBM tells staff

Exclusive Global 'Resource Actions' to hit Europe hard, with Enterprise Ops & Support, CIO, HR and Real Estate in firing line

Software29 Feb 2024 | 41

C-suite execs not immune to downsizing drama at Cisco

Maria Martinez, chief operating officer, is out after role was 'eliminated'

Networks21 Feb 2024 | 5

Cisco cuts 5% of workforce amid cautious enterprise spending

$800M charge facing network giant as customers work way through existing inventory

Networks15 Feb 2024 | 2

Cisco wields axe again as results season swings around

In an industry addicted to job cuts, 34,000 staff roles vanished in first six weeks of 2024

Networks12 Feb 2024 | 2

20,000-plus tech workers got the boot this month

Microsoft and Salesforce the latest to toss more folks onto industry's employment bonfire

Software26 Jan 2024 | 10

eBay tells 1,000 employees their days at company are numbered

9% of workforce getting boot after execs hired too many during pandemic

Channel24 Jan 2024 | 20

Alphabet CEO tells Googlers: More job cuts on the way

It won't be anywhere near the 12,000 heads that rolled last year, though, says Pichai

Off-Prem18 Jan 2024 | 14

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

Just because you're paranoid, doesn't mean AI's not after you

Brit telco BT's digital boss asks people 'how did horses feel when cars were invented? They didn't complain or go on strike'

Bootnotes14 Nov 2023 | 62

Nokia to erase up to 14,000 employees from payroll

Profits plunge, sales down in Q3. Multi-year cost cutting drive means staff will be decimated

Networks19 Oct 2023 | 10

Qualtrics culls 780 jobs amid 'complex' growth spurt

Staff get Zoom meeting to hear how they might be hit after phase of rapid hiring ends

Software09 Oct 2023 | 6

Amazon's latest directive: Report to the office 'cos we're watching you

Worker bees protest that they were read the riot act even when they did come in

On-Prem11 Aug 2023 | 18

Rapid7 prepares to toss 18% of workforce to cut costs

Operating expenses almost as high as actual turnover in latest quarterly numbers

Security09 Aug 2023 | 5

OECD finds 27% of jobs are under threat from AI

But people keeping jobs might find they are less boring, study shows

AI + ML12 Jul 2023 | 27

Microsoft's 10,000 job cuts didn't quite do the trick

Redmond confirms new round of layoffs in WARN notice

Off-Prem11 Jul 2023 | 36

Tech execs turn to drink and drugs as job losses mount

34% of those surveyed are on stimulants including amphetamines

Sysadmin Month11 Jul 2023 | 32

Former Twitter employees accuse it of holding up 891 arbitrations

Class action claims company refusing to pay mandated fees

Legal05 Jul 2023 | 27

Bosses face losing 'key' workers after forcing a return to office

Survey says most would prefer a gentle request

On-Prem29 Jun 2023 | 213

UK tech industry pushing up salaries – but UI devs out of luck

As much as 30% increase for some jobs

Personal Tech31 May 2023 | 36

Tech companies cut jobs to chase growth, but watch out for those shareholder returns

Beancounters underestimate financial and cultural cost of mega redundancy programs

On-Prem15 May 2023 | 10

Rise of the machines is slower than expected says World Economic Forum

Don't get too comfortable, machines are doing more thinking

AI + ML03 May 2023 | 27

Three quarters of UK tech pros are ready to leave their jobs

Despite layoff trend, IT staff seek mobility over security

Personal Tech11 Apr 2023 | 50

When Google cost cutting goes molecular: Staples, sticky tape, and PC sweating

Staff WFH so internal cafes are baking too many muffins, says doc, while bus shuttles and yoga classes are empty

Off-Prem04 Apr 2023 | 45

Virgin Orbit lays off 85% of staff as funding deal falters

Expenses slashed as hopes dashed for UK space pioneer

Science31 Mar 2023 | 61

Rackspace racks up job cuts amid market downturn and talk of offshoring

Exclusive Everything from inflation, to war in Ukraine and high interest rates 'point to recession', says CEO in memo to staff

Off-Prem28 Mar 2023 | 15

Accenture puts 19,000 staffers' heads on the chopping block

2.5% of workforce to go as sales and margin growth forecasts dip

Off-Prem24 Mar 2023 | 35

Don't Be Evil, a gaggle of Googlers tell CEO Pichai amid mega layoffs

Open letter to top brass signed by 1,400+ staff offers 5-point plan to improve redundancy process

Off-Prem20 Mar 2023 | 26

Meta chops another 10,000 employees, closes 5,000 vacancies

The Year of Efficiency may also include sending engineers back into the office

Personal Tech14 Mar 2023 | 60

BT opens 'voluntary job leavers' scheme for merging Enterprise and Global units

Exclusive Something something £100M cost savings, something something staying competitive

Networks03 Mar 2023 | 19

Salesforce under investor pressure to dump more staff

Promised 10,000 cull unlikely to be enough to satisfy gaggle of activist investors

SaaS27 Feb 2023 | 6

Google staff asked to share desk space in latest cost purge

From free massage therapy and on-site gyms to alternating desk days with fellow Googlers

SaaS23 Feb 2023 | 57

Quantum of solace: Rigetti to cut workforce as it faces Nasdaq delisting

Appoints new CFO, CTO, chops 1 in 4 staffers

HPC13 Feb 2023 | 2

Google miscalculates severance payments for some Googlers

Double counting share units led to mistake, 'we have corrected' the error, says ad search titan

Off-Prem13 Feb 2023 | 6

Arm China lays off staff amid chip war and licensing concerns

R&D engineers given marching orders in 14% headcount reduction

Systems13 Feb 2023 | 4

Tech job bonfire rages on as Microsoft, GitLab and others join in

Hundreds of thousands of techies looking for work, with ultimate cost to vendors not yet tallied

On-Prem10 Feb 2023 | 14

Dell planning job cuts as PC demand jumps off a cliff

Memo tells staff freeze on hiring and travel expenses are no longer enough

Personal Tech06 Feb 2023 | 8

Prepare to be shocked: Employees hate this One Weird Clause

Poll Wish you could IP Freely? What's the wording holding you back in your current job?

On-Prem03 Feb 2023 | 173

Everyone's doing it: PayPal sends 2,000 workers packing

SaaS provider Workday also among those laying off employees

Off-Prem01 Feb 2023 | 39

NetApp ditches 8% of staff as customers put away wallets

210,000+ people in IT now lost their job since start of 2022

Storage31 Jan 2023 | 6

What is Google doing with its open source teams?

Opinion Nothing good – the recent layoffs hit its best and brightest leaders hard

Software27 Jan 2023 | 49

SAP culls 3,000 jobs – and its results weren't even that bad

CRM and industry solutions among biz units targeted, analyst says cuts could be worse

Software26 Jan 2023 | 4

Tech job bloodbath comes to IBM, CFO links layoffs to Kyndryl, Watson Health

Human Capital leaves the building

Off-Prem26 Jan 2023 | 20

Google institutional investor calls for wider cuts: 30k jobs

TCI Fund run by Brit billionaire Chris Hohn also wants ad biz to slash salaries

Off-Prem25 Jan 2023 | 53

Google's Pichai tells underlings exec bonuses will be clipped

Staff in Q&A session yesterday to discuss 12,000 job cuts

Off-Prem24 Jan 2023 | 12

Sorry seems to be tech execs' favorite word as DB player Aiven lays off 1 in 5

Finnish open source biz joins elite in correcting pandemic hiring frenzy

Databases23 Jan 2023 | 3

Capital One axes over 1,000 tech roles

Tis the extended season for layoffs

Software20 Jan 2023 | 8

Enterprise IT giant layoffs happened because 'some CEOs got ahead of their skis'

Spending still rosy despite job loss clouds, market seers say

On-Prem18 Jan 2023 | 7

Up to 18,000 Amazon workers in firing line as it chops cost

Look forward to being 'simplified,' staff told in CEO missive

Off-Prem05 Jan 2023 | 46

Salesforce to chop 10% of workforce in $1.4 billion restructuring blueprint

CRM specialist to 'reduce operating costs, improve operating margins' as pandemic catches up with tech industry

SaaS04 Jan 2023 | 6

GlobalFoundries plans up to 800 layoffs despite reporting record profits

Record income? Tick. CHIPS Act subsidies coming? Tick. Yet chipmaker tries to make Wall Stret happier still

Systems05 Dec 2022 | 7

Asia's superapps follow another hot tech trend: mass layoffs

Grab reveals caps on car numbers make ride-sharing miserable

Site News22 Nov 2022 | 3

Philips axes thousands amid financial loss

Warns of class action lawsuits and personal injury claims in wake of health product recall

Personal Tech25 Oct 2022 | 20

Snap to lay off one in five employees as losses mount

Original shows, games, the company's other apps, and more also being axed

Applications31 Aug 2022 | 9

Alibaba mimics Amazon by slashing jobs after poor results

Covid lockdowns, Chinese regulations and SEC threats make Alibaba's job numbers worrying

Off-Prem09 Aug 2022 | 4