Why HR is bad at layoffs

Why HR is bad at layoffs

Last week, Brittany Pietsch had a bad feeling she was about to get laid off. So the Cloudflare employee composed herself and secretly pressed record. Her subsequent conversation with two members of Cloudflare’s human resources team went viral, with a number of viewers commending Pietsch for sticking up for herself after the HR employees told … Read more

Amazon layoffs hit its Buy with Prime unit

Amazon layoffs hit its Buy with Prime unit

A worker delivers Amazon packages in San Francisco on Oct. 5, 2022. Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty Images Amazon is laying off about 30 employees in its Buy with Prime unit, CNBC has learned, as it continues to look for ways to trim costs. The cuts affect fewer than 5% of staff in the Buy … Read more

Google employees blast ‘profoundly boring’ management which lacks ‘visionary leader’ amid layoffs

Google employees blast ‘profoundly boring’ management which lacks ‘visionary leader’ amid layoffs

Angry Googlers are finished being nice. Current and former employees of the tech behemoth took to LinkedIn to vent their frustrations at the way management has handled the most recent round of layoffs — with one software engineer blasting higher-ups as lacking “one single visionary leader.” “From the C-suite to the SVPs to the VPs, … Read more

Here’s what you should do

Here’s what you should do

A new year can be full of fresh resolutions and prosperous opportunities – but how does 2024 fare if you’re looking for a new job? Three career experts and coaches spoke to FOX News Digital explaining how to navigate a market that’s “fierce” with competition, looming with layoffs and pending impact from the Federal Reserve rate … Read more

Woman Goes Viral For Live-Recording Her Layoff, Talking Back

Woman Goes Viral For Live-Recording Her Layoff, Talking Back

A TikToker is going viral after secretly recording herself getting remotely laid off from computer and network security company, Cloudflare. Brittany Pietsch recorded the nine-minute-long clip on January 12 after about four months with the company and said she knew that the layoff was most likely coming, which prompted her to start recording. But instead … Read more

Google lays off ‘few hundred’ from ad sales team as employees grumble

Google lays off ‘few hundred’ from ad sales team as employees grumble

Hundreds of Google employees were told that the company plans to lay them off just days after the search giant said it would slash at least 1,000 jobs, according to a report. Philipp Schindler, Google’s chief business officer, circulated a memo to staffers on Tuesday announcing that “several hundred” employees from its advertising sales team … Read more

Discord cuts 17% of workforce, latest tech company to downsize in 2024

Discord cuts 17% of workforce, latest tech company to downsize in 2024

The Discord app is seen on an iPhone in this photo illustration in Warsaw, Poland, on April 3, 2021. Jaap Arriens | NurPhoto | Getty Images Discord will lay off 17% of the company’s workforce, which equates to 170 employees, a spokesperson confirmed Thursday. The company, which provides a popular messaging service used by gamers, … Read more

BlackRock plans to lay off 600 employees – about 3 percent of global workforce

BlackRock plans to lay off 600 employees – about 3 percent of global workforce

BlackRock, the world’s largest money management firm, plans to announce layoffs in the coming days of about 3 percent of its global workforce, Fox Business has learned. The job cuts of around 600 employees, which have yet to be reported, are being described internally as routine, according to a source familiar. Last year, BlackRock did a … Read more

Alibaba’s Lazada cuts staff across Southeast Asia in fresh round of layoffs

Alibaba’s Lazada cuts staff across Southeast Asia in fresh round of layoffs

Lazada is the third-largest e-commerce player in Indonesia, after Sea Limited’s Shopee and Tokopedia, according to Momentum Works. Matt Hunt | Lightrocket | Getty Images SINGAPORE — Alibaba-owned Lazada began its latest round of layoffs on Wednesday, a person with direct knowledge of the matter told CNBC, following a slew of media reports about cuts … Read more

Goldman CEO David Solomon plans paltry bonuses to nudge out laggards

Goldman CEO David Solomon plans paltry bonuses to nudge out laggards

Goldman Sachs CEO David Solomon isn’t getting ready to fire you in the coming weeks — but he may convince you to show yourself the door. Insiders at the Wall Street giant say employees are on edge at the start of 2024 following a traumatic year that had kicked off with “David’s Demolition Day” — … Read more