Telecom industry aiming to hire staff laid off by Big Tech firmsCompanies like Meta, Amazon, Twitter, Microsoft and Stripe among many others have laid off employees and rationalised their employee base. ...
08 Dec, 2022, 04.54 PM IST
‘What’s next for me?’ Ex-Meta employee, who relocated from India, fired just two days after joiningThe engineer is among the 11,000 who were laid off en mass by Meta.
10 Nov, 2022, 07.22 PM IST
5 warning signs that you're about to be firedAlthough getting the pink slip might feel like a nasty jolt, layoffs are seldom unplanned.
07 Nov, 2022, 07.50 PM IST
A pink slip need not spell doom for your career. Here's how you can heal from itGetting laid off can be devastating. But it need not be the end of the world.
05 Nov, 2022, 08.26 PM IST
Elon Musk says he was left with ‘no choice’ on Twitter sackings, claims firm was losing $4 million dailyNearly 180 of its 230-odd employees in India have been given marching orders. The layoffs were spread across content, partnerships, content...
05 Nov, 2022, 01.44 PM IST
Layoffs at Twitter: Elon Musk reportedly asks managers to prepare lists; all you need to knowReportedly, Elon Musk intends to fire workers before November 1 to avoid paying them the stock grants that are usually included in their sa...
30 Oct, 2022, 04.52 PM IST
Not planning to cut 75% of jobs, Elon Musk tells Twitter employeesMusk, whose $44 billion deal for Twitter is on track to close Friday, denied the previously reported number in an address to employees at t...
27 Oct, 2022, 03.00 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
Taking the battle head-onTwitter, in its writ petition, said orders from the ministry of electronics & information technology (MeitY) were “overboard and arbitrary,...
09 Jul, 2022, 08.06 AM IST
Twitter employees take to Twitter to debate Elon Musk takeoverThere have been a wave of sarcastic tweets and memes from employees on the offer, prompted by the fact that Musk's companies Tesla and Spac...
27 Apr, 2022, 06.00 AM IST
'Totally wrong & heartless.' India Inc slams Vishal Garg for firing 900 employees on Zoom meet, calls for 'compassion & dignity at the workplace'Better.com CEO Vishal Garg last week gave pink slips to a group of over 900 employees.
08 Dec, 2021, 01.37 PM IST
Cab aggregators startup, VAOO, fires four employees amid lockdownThe startup, which had reportedly raised $15 million from investors including Dev last year, offers free rides to users for watching target...
31 Mar, 2020, 05.42 PM IST
Anand Mahindra's apology over a techie's sacking brings IT layoffs in spotlightThe apologies by Mahindra and Gurnani point to the role of social media in issues such as termination of jobs and workplace harassment.
08 Jul, 2017, 10.46 AM IST
Job cuts on the rise in 2016: Companies that gave the pink slips this yearOla, an app-based cab service provider gave pink slip to 700 employees pan-India in August this year.
17 Oct, 2016, 08.34 PM IST
In most countries, nothing happens if you tweet the foreign minister: Sree SreenivasanIn America, the digital divide is not just on economic and racial factors, it's also age. Only 30% of Americans above the age of 65 have a ...
14 Aug, 2016, 12.41 PM IST
Why tech companies are laying off despite being in the pink of their healthThe question is whether the layoffs are a healthy sign, reflecting disciplined biz taking measures precisely to avoid over-extending themse...
20 Oct, 2015, 10.21 AM IST
ZipDial laid off nearly half of its staff a day after Twitter's acquisitionNearly half of ZipDial's about 50 employees had been laid off, serving a grim reminder to India's startup ecosystem of the dark side of the...
17 Mar, 2015, 10.44 AM IST