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Healthtech unicorn Innovaccer sacks 245 workers, second job cut in 5 months

Innovaccer had said that its business fundamentals are still strong

Spotify lays off 600 employees globally, CEO takes full responsibility

The company had just over 9,800 full time employees as of its last earnings report

Ford plans to cut 3,200 jobs in Europe; union says, 'vowing a fight'

Ford of Europe produces, sells and services Ford brand vehicles in 50 markets, employing around 45,000 people at its own facilities and consolidated joint ventures, according to its website

Ugly truth of layoffs: Firms invest huge resources to rebuild workforce

'Understaffing isn't always a result of management short-sightedness'

About 3,000 tech employees being fired a day on average in Jan: Report

Google's parent company Alphabet announced to lay off 12,000 employees, or about 6 per cent of its workforce

Google parent Alphabet to cut 12,000 jobs, over 6% of its global workforce

'Thank you for working so hard', says Google after cutting 12,000 jobs

WeWork to cut 300 jobs globally as inflation weighs on workspace spending

The company said on Thursday it expects to report fourth-quarter revenue and adjusted EBITDA above its earlier expectations

Crypto exchange Coinbase fires 950 people, shuts down several projects

The crypto company in June last year eliminated 18 per cent of its workforce, or nearly 1,100 people

Amazon plans to lay off around 1,000 employees in India: Report

E-commerce company Amazon plans to lay off around 1,000 employees in India as part of its biggest retrenchment exercise across the globe, according to sources. The company has announced the elimination of over 18,000 roles across the globe due to uncertain economic conditions. "The decision to eliminate 18,000 job roles across the globe will impact about 1,000 employees in India," the source said. Another source said Amazon has 1 lakh employees in India and the decision will impact 1 per cent of staff in the country. When contacted, an Amazon India spokesperson did not offer any comment but shared the blog link of Amazon CEO Andy Jassy where he has informed the company's decision to eliminate 18,000 roles across the globe. "Between the reductions, we made in November and the ones we're sharing today, we plan to eliminate just over 18,000 roles. Several teams are impacted; however, the majority of role eliminations are in our Amazon Stores and PXT organisations," Jassy said. As of

TikTok owner ByteDance slashes thousands of jobs across multiple depts

The New Year will now be critical for ByteDance, as it faces political uncertainties amid national security concerns over TikTok in the US

For tech industry, 2022 was a year of mass layoffs; 2023 likely to be worse

The tech layoffs this year have exceeded the job cuts the sector faced globally during the financial crisis of 2008-2009 triggered by the Lehman Brothers' collapse

SaaS major Freshworks lays off 90 employees globally; 60 in India

The company's founder chief executive, Girish Mathrubootham too termed it as a structural change, rather than a company-wide layoff

Urban unemployment rate drops for fifth quarter to 7.2%: NSO survey

The unemployment rate among men and women has been estimated at 6.6 and 9.4 per cent, respectively

Twitter influences some people's jobs but it isn't helping your career

In an era when all workers are supposed to sustain a personal brand that in theory will insulate us from job losses, something important could be lost if the site disappears

Zomato to lay off 3% of its total workforce to reduce costs: Report

Zomato, which currently has nearly 3,800 employees, stated that layoffs will be based on regular performance

Amid mass layoffs by Musk at Twitter, Koo offers to hire affected employees

Koo co-founder Mayank Bidawatka, in a tweet on Friday, offered to hire some of the Twitter ex-employees

Indonesian Internet firm GoTo lays off 12% of its workforce to reduce costs

According to TechCrunch, GoTo joins scores of local and global peers in its decision to cut the workforce to navigate the economic slowdown and rising interest rates

Laid-off tech employees find it hard to get jobs amid global slowdown

Most of those who lost their jobs at Big Tech companies recently are struggling to get jobs as there is a freeze on new hirings at nearly every top firm amid recession fears

Belt-tightening measures key to surviving pink slip, say experts

Cautious spending, reduced debt burden, and opting for gig work can help

Redfin to cut another 13% workforce, shuts down subsidiary RedfinNow

Online real estate broker Redfin is cutting 862 employees and shutting down its instant-cash-offer subsidiary RedfinNow, another casualty of two-decade high interest rates stoked by the Federal Reserve's fight against inflation. The job cuts amount to 13% of Redfin's workforce, the company announced in a regulatory filing. Redfin also laid off 470 employees in June, blaming slowing home sales. Redfin has slashed more than a quarter of its workforce since April 2022 on the assumption that the housing downturn will last at least through 2023, it said in the filing. The average U.S. long-term mortgage rate is hovering around 7%, partially a result of the Fed raising rates six times this year at it tries to stem four-decade high inflation. Fed officials have boosted their benchmark lending rate by three-quarters of a point at its last four meetings, sowing fears that its heavy-handed policy could tip the U.S. into a recession. More rate hikes are expected into next year, though inflati