Layoff

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 | 11

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 | 85

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

What's big, blue, and hands out pink slips? IBM on Thursday: Word spreads of job cuts

Updated Cloud, Global Technology Services, Watson Health said to be shedding hundreds of roles

On-Prem07 Jun 2019 | 48

Lenovo channels the spirit of IBM: Lays off 500 staff, savages Data Centre Group

Those stellar financial results last week. Yes ignore them

On-Prem30 May 2019 | 5

Stop us if you've heard this one: IBM sued after axing older staff, this time over 'denying' them their legal rights

If claims are true, someone in HR is going to be getting their marching papers... shame

On-Prem27 Mar 2019 | 69