Top 5 ways layoffs increase cybersecurity risks
Layoffs and Cybersecurity risks: The opening months of 2023 brought a concerning start as prominent U.S. corporations like Amazon, Meta, Twitter, and others disclosed staff reductions due to concerns about an impending economic…
Walt Disney Co begins 7,000 layoffs
By Dawn Chmielewski LOS ANGELES(Reuters) – Walt Disney Co on Monday began 7,000 layoffs announced earlier this year, as it seeks to control costs and create a more “streamlined” business,…
Amazon deepens tech-sector gloom with another 9,000 layoffs
By Jeffrey Dastin and Tiyashi Datta (Reuters) – Amazon.com Inc on Monday said it would axe another 9,000 roles, piling on to a wave of layoffs that has swept the…
Meta to cut 10,000 jobs in second round of layoffs
By Katie Paul and Nivedita Balu (Reuters) – Facebook-parent Meta Platforms said on Tuesday it would cut 10,000 jobs this year, making it the first Big Tech company to announce…
Mass tech layoffs continue in 2023
Mass tech layoffs continue in 2023, and companies such as Amazon, Google, Microsoft, Twitter, and Meta have announced several cost-cutting measures for the coming months. Mass layoffs tend to take…
Irish female tech founders continue to flourish despite waves of layoffs
Irish female tech founders: New year, more layoffs, that’s how it’s looking for the Irish tech industry as it braces itself for a turbulent twelve months ahead. With Ireland playing…
Big tech layoffs may further disrupt equity and diversity efforts
By Doyinsola Oladipo NEW YORK (Reuters) – 2023 is shaping up as a challenging year to be a woman or minority working in the tech sector, or even a person…
Meta Layoffs Worldwide
Meta has announced the layoffs of 11,000 employees. This is the largest internal restructuring in the history of the former Facebook Inc., the Menlo Park-based company founded in 2004 and renamed Meta…
Ex-Google exec said goal was to ‘crush’ competition, trial evidence shows
By Jody Godoy ALEXANDRIA, Virginia (Reuters) – A Google executive told colleagues the goal for the company’s then-nascent online advertising business in 2009 was to “crush” rival advertising networks, according…
Women in tech mentoring with Mahati V Singh
Women mentoring: Jobseekers in the tech industry are facing continuous times of turbulence as the world’s most influential, innovative companies continue with layoffs. Victims of 2024 downsizing include Google, TikTok,…