Layoff

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 | 22

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

Ericsson pulls plug on 8,500 workers

Updated At least we know who isn't going to suffer Stockholm syndrome

Networks25 Feb 2023 | 21

Google's APAC outpost joins the global job cuts club

Almost 200 staff let go with emails that landed late at night

Off-Prem22 Feb 2023 | 2

Twilio axes roughly 1 in 5 staff in fresh round of layoffs

Already decimated staff in September

Software13 Feb 2023 | 3

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

China's Yangtze Memory reportedly lays off staff, evicts them from company housing

So much for the workers' paradise: Big Tech gives its discards months of severance pay

On-Prem08 Feb 2023 | 20

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

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

SaaS provider Workday also among those laying off employees

Off-Prem01 Feb 2023 | 39

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

Human Capital leaves the building

Off-Prem26 Jan 2023 | 20

Hundreds of Spotify staff stream out the door in latest layoffs

CEO Ek admits he never stopped to consider whether pandemic boom was temporary

Personal Tech23 Jan 2023 | 19

It's not Google's 12,000, but Intel plans to prune California headcount by 544

$20b investment in Ohio semiconductor fabs is all go, though

Systems23 Jan 2023 | 1

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

We blew too much money hiring like crazy so we gave you the boot – Amazon

Meanwhile, layoffs continue at Twitter, Meta, WeWork, many others

On-Prem20 Jan 2023 | 13

Amazon graduate hires told they can't start work until next December

'Challenging economic conditions' blamed for delays, but here's $13,000 for your troubles

Off-Prem14 Dec 2022 | 13

Big tech's discarded techies won't sate the job market, says analyst

Coders are safe, too, despite AI writing one line in ten

Software01 Dec 2022 | 12

Amazon reportedly considers laying off 10k employees

Updated Alexa, do I have a job? Staff in corporate and technology positions in line of fire

Personal Tech14 Nov 2022 | 12

Salesforce trims workforce as growth slows post-lockdowns

The COVID-era hiring spree which saw thousands onboarded comes to an abrupt end

SaaS09 Nov 2022 | 2

Twitter begs some staff to come back, says they were laid off accidentally

Meanwhile, India workers in reported 90% purge

Personal Tech07 Nov 2022 | 91

Twitter layoffs were bad but Meta's mass ejections could take the cake

Just in time for the holidays, a bunch of firing talk to worry Facebook crew

Personal Tech07 Nov 2022 | 34

Twitter employees sue over lack of 60-day layoff notice

Musk-owned companies have now faced 3 WARN Act lawsuits alleging the same thing

Personal Tech04 Nov 2022 | 123

Latest layoffs: Lyft, Stripe more than decimate staff

While Elon may just dump half of Twitter and scrap work-from-home

On-Prem03 Nov 2022 | 5

Gelsinger takes ax to Intel after chip sales slump, profit nosedives

Staff, products on the chopping block to save billions annually

Systems28 Oct 2022 | 31

Meta, Google learn the art of the quiet layoff

You're not being fired, we're just unable to facilitate your sustained employment

Bootnotes21 Sep 2022 | 87

Twilio more than decimates staff, CEO says it grew too fast

As Patreon ditches nearly a fifth of its workforce

Software14 Sep 2022 | 17

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

NSO Group CEO steps down, 100 employees let go too

Controversial Pegasus spyware maker to focus on NATO sales while battling various court cases

Security22 Aug 2022 | 19

Oracle staff share news of sizable layoffs

CX and marketing teams seem to have borne the brunt of it

On-Prem02 Aug 2022 | 13

Another tech giant changes course on hiring – this time it’s Google

'Scarcity breeds clarity' Alphabet CEO tells staff in internal memo

Off-Prem13 Jul 2022 | 6

Meta asks line managers to identify poorly performing staff for firing

Zuckerberg makes good on headcount threats he issued last month

On-Prem12 Jul 2022 | 45

Tesla lawsuit alleges unlawful layoffs at Nevada gigafactory

It's the second time a Musk-owned company has been accused of WARN Act violations

Legal21 Jun 2022 | 15

Coinbase CEO cuts 1,100 jobs, warns of 'crypto winter'

The buck stops with me, says Armstrong, but I still have a job

Personal Tech14 Jun 2022 | 28

Better CEO is 'taking time off' after firing 900 staff on Zoom

CFO now ruling the roost as mortgage biz reportedly delays SPAC sale

Off-Prem10 Dec 2021 | 44

Tech Bro CEO lays off 900 people in Zoom call and makes himself the victim

Video 'The last time I did this, I cried' says Better.com CEO Vishal Garg

Off-Prem07 Dec 2021 | 118

Metro Bank techies placed at risk of redundancy, severance terms criticised

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On-Prem27 Sep 2021 | 81

Rackspace literally decimates workforce: One in ten staffers let go this week

Updated 85% of those jobs will be rehired, just in cheaper countries

PaaS + IaaS23 Jul 2021 | 52

Financial Ombudsman Service to ditch tech heads as it open arms to Workday and outside service provider

Not just the legacy HR and finance systems being booted

SaaS22 Jul 2021 | 10

Dropbox basically decimates workforce, COO logs off: Cloud biz promises to be 'more efficient and nimble'

CEO says he is 'truly sorry for painful but necessary' cuts

SaaS13 Jan 2021 | 65

'20,000-plus staff' could face the chop in spin-off of IBM's IT outsourcing biz, says Wall Street analyst

Analysis Good news for Big Blue's market cap, not so much for its workers

On-Prem14 Oct 2020 | 33

Dell cuts jobs again... which in Dell-speak is 'addressing cost structure to make sure we’re competitive'

HCI hit, security slugged, UXers axed, solutions peeps’ jobs dissolved

On-Prem17 Sep 2020 | 7

Never mind record revenue and profit, the churn must go on: Salesforce trims workforce day after bumper results

Thanks for raising the share price 25% *checks HR playbook* now get lost

SaaS26 Aug 2020 | 2

NetApp trims workforce by about six per cent, SolidFire seemingly not an eternal flame

Exclusive Can’t say much until its results are released tomorrow... conveniently

Storage26 Aug 2020 | 8

VMware 'rebalances' with layoffs that converge hyperconverged team

Also hosed out many Datrium staff on day one

Virtualization13 Aug 2020 | 8

Dell trims workforce, says it's taking 'proactive steps to prepare for uncertainties' mid-pandemic

Some argument over exact numbers affected

On-Prem30 Jul 2020 | 5

IBM's sacking spree reaches Australia – and as staff wait to exit, they're offered AU$4k to find new workers

Axed employees given chance to write almost-certainly futile letters to defend their jobs after the pink slip arrives

SaaS27 May 2020 | 38

IBM cuts deep into workforce – even its Watson and AI teams – as it 'pivots' to cloud

Services groups bear the brunt as thousands of workers given, in US at least, 30 days' notice, 90 days' pay

SaaS22 May 2020 | 41

VMware? VM... now where? It's that time of the year again when Dell's virtualization software giant sheds staff

Hundreds or more said to be chopped worldwide

Virtualization28 Jan 2020 | 12

We(don't)Work: Rent-a-desk outfit cuts 2,400 staff in bid to be a functioning business

About 20% of employees worldwide look for new jobs

Science21 Nov 2019 | 50

RIP Dyn Dynamic DNS :'( Oracle to end Dyn-asty by axing freshly gobbled services, shoving customers into its cloud

Meanwhile, staff face cuts – and doesnotexist.com may not exist by next year

Networks25 Jun 2019 | 80