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Tech Layoffs in 2024 Showing No Sign of Slowing Down: Google and Tesla Among the Hardest Hit

When layoffs in tech companies peaked in 2023, industry analysts attributed this surge to excessive hiring during the Covid-19 pandemic era of 2021 and 2022, and strategic business segment closures. As we move into 2024, the trend of workforce...

Global Tech Layoffs in Q1 2024: Over 57,000 Job Losses and Counting

The global tech industry continues to grapple with workforce reductions, extending the challenges faced in 2023 into 2024. Prominent players such as Amazon, Apple, Dell, Byju’s, Expedia, and Cisco have executed significant layoffs across departments. Data from Layoffs.fyi reveals...

Global Tech Layoffs 2024: Nearly 8,000 in Just 15 Days, India Accounted for 16% of the Total

The global tech industry is grappling with a formidable challenge as unemployment shows no sign of abating. In 2023, a staggering 1,186 tech companies worldwide bid farewell to 262,582 employees. Surprisingly, in just 15 days of the New Year...

Udaan’s 10% Workforce Cut Fuels Concerns About the Long-Term Viability of Startups Amid Funding Boom

Despite the influx of significant funding into India's startup ecosystem, several startups grapple with operational sustainability. One such example is Udaan, a business-to-business (B2B) e-commerce company headquartered in Bengaluru. Udaan laid off 10% of its workforce, numbering between 100...

3.6 Lakh Employees Parted Ways with Indian Startup Unicorns: Bengaluru Takes Lead in Net Layoffs

The Indian startup ecosystem has witnessed significant churn between September 2022 and July 2023, as revealed by the latest data from PrivateCircle Research. A whopping 3.6 lakh employees across 111 Indian startup unicorns have left their jobs during the...

Unemployment in India’s Edtech Sector Hits A New High: Over 21,000 Byju’s Employees Are On The Job Hunt

The edtech industry, once a beacon of opportunity, is facing a challenging time as Byju's, India's largest edtech company, grapples with layoffs and financial troubles. In the past six months alone, the edtech company has let go of nearly...

From Unicorns to Thrift Warriors: How Indian Startups Slash Appraisals in a Battle for Survival

In the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic, Indian companies, particularly the much-celebrated startup unicorns, have found themselves caught in a whirlwind of financial woes. Layoffs, drying funding, lack of talent and work-from-home challenges have become the order of the...

Despite mass tech layoffs and funding winter, 80% of early-stage Indian startups would continue to hire in 2023

Indian startups are hiring despite the flurry of tech layoffs and market uncertainty that has forced most tech giants to seize their hiring process. According to the latest survey by Randstad India and the Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce...

Amazon has fired a jaw-dropping number of employees in the last 3 months: Hints a worst-ever economic downturn

Amazon has decided to lay off another 9,000 employees, taking the tally of employees the internet behemoth has fired in the last 3 months to over 27,000. The company is not the only one on a firing spree, and...

Will Apple’s two new cost-cutting strategies benefit its employees or draw flak?

Apple, Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) is undertaking a series of calculated steps to mitigate its operational expenses in light of the current economic climate marked by unprecedented uncertainty and volatility. According to Bloomberg, the Cupertino giant intends to delay bonuses...
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