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 | 32
Job cuts
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
BROADER TOPICS
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
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