As firms pivot, AI-led layoffs here to stayGlobal layoffs in tech are accelerating as companies realign workforces for the AI era. In India, firms like TCS and Oracle are trimming jo...
26 Aug, 2025, 06.00 AM IST
Microsoft layoffs hit 9,000 in new round, job cuts span teams and locations - here’s who’s affectedMicrosoft layoffs 2025 have shocked the tech world as the company cuts around 9,000 jobs, affecting less than 4% of its global workforce. A...
03 Jul, 2025, 06.52 PM IST
Amazon layoffs: 14,000 managerial roles to go in restructuring push | ReportThe job cuts are expected to help the company maintain margins while continuing to invest in key business areas. The decision follows recen...
20 Mar, 2025, 01.48 PM IST
Microsoft, The Washington Post, BlackRock: Full list of major US companies laying off staff in the new yearWhile the US economy recovers from the shock of the coronavirus pandemic, experts have warned that not everyone will have job security in 2...
10 Jan, 2025, 05.01 PM IST
2023 Year in review: how layoffs hit technology and startup workersWith the year drawing to a close, ETtech looks at startups and tech companies— global and domestic—which laid off employees to cut costs am...
29 Dec, 2023, 05.16 PM IST
Microsoft’s GitHub fires almost half of India workforce; ad-based OTTs set to take offAfter announcing in February that it will reduce its workforce by 7%, Microsoft-owned code-sharing and publishing service GitHub laid off 4...
28 Mar, 2023, 08.54 PM IST
Microsoft’s GitHub slashes nearly half of its India workforce, lays off 140The layoffs are part of a global retrenchment plan that the company had announced in February, a spokesperson told ET in response to querie...
28 Mar, 2023, 08.51 PM IST
Tech Layoffs: Microsoft-owned GitHub to shed 10% employees, will close all officesGitHub, which has about 3,000 employees, will also continue its hiring freeze and make a number of other internal changes to “protect the s...
10 Feb, 2023, 03.43 PM IST
Microsoft continues layoffs, sacks nearly 1,000: reportThe company has confirmed the ‘role eliminations’. This is the third round of layoffs at Microsoft in four months. In July, the Big Tech fi...
18 Oct, 2022, 11.24 AM IST
Microsoft lays off more workers, this time from consumer R&D team: reportA Business Insider report first mentioned that the additional job cuts were concentrated in Microsoft's Modern Life Experiences (MLX) group...
11 Aug, 2022, 12.09 PM IST
Apple to slow down hiring for 2023: reportThe hiring changes at Apple will not affect all the teams but some verticals will see decreased hiring activities next year, according to B...
19 Jul, 2022, 11.36 AM IST
Microsoft first Big Tech firm to lay off workers amid global meltdownThe layoffs at Microsoft reportedly affect nearly 1 per cent of its 1,80,000-strong workforce across its offices and product divisions.
13 Jul, 2022, 10.58 AM IST
India Inc plans to give more room to returning staffCorporates are considering full-office makeovers focused on staff safety, seeking to wean employees away from the work-from-home routine, a...
24 Aug, 2021, 07.27 AM IST
- Microsoft begins layoffs; 4,000 staff outside US to be fired
The technology giant is undertaking a major reorganisation in its sales and marketing units in order to 'better serve its customers and par...
07 Jul, 2017, 05.04 PM IST
- Microsoft may lay off more if warranted: Ballmer
Microsoft, which has announced laying off 5,000 employees including 55 in India, said that it may look at more layoffs if the economic down...
12 May, 2009, 04.07 PM IST
- Steve Ballmer’s Entire Memo to the Microsoft troops about layoffs
Read the full memo sent by MS CEO Steve Ballmer to the employees about the 5,000 layoffs & other cost cuts. Layoffs not the only answer to ...
23 Jan, 2009, 01.00 PM IST
- Layoffs to cost Yahoo! about Rs 100 crore
Internet major Yahoo!, currently resisting a hostile takeover bid by software giant Microsoft, will incur about Rs 100 crore in severance p...
17 Feb, 2008, 11.35 AM IST