Category Archives: Employee Layoffs

Google is laying off 12,000 employees as another brutal week comes to an end for tech

  By Michael Grothaus January 20, 2023 Google and WeWork are the latest companies to announce layoffs in what has been a brutal few months for tech workers. On Friday, Google CEO Sundar Pichai announced that the search giant was cutting approximately 12,000 jobs. The cuts span the globe and myriad departments at Google’s parent … Continue reading Google is laying off 12,000 employees as another brutal week comes to an end for tech

Voice AI company SoundHound has reportedly laid off half its workforce

SoundHound wants to take on Google and Amazon in voice AI Jessica Conditt @JessConditt   When it comes to voice recognition software, SoundHound is definitely not as big a name as Google or Amazon — yet. SoundHound has raised $75 million in support of its efforts to create artificial intelligence systems capable of recognizing complex … Continue reading Voice AI company SoundHound has reportedly laid off half its workforce

Wall Street layoffs continue across the board. Here’s the latest

  By Samar Marwan January 13, 2023 In the first year of the pandemic, Wall Street went on a hiring spree to staff up for the wave of companies that merged and IPOed. Now, with interest rates continuously climbing, the banks are backpedaling and scaling back their workforces. Here’s a roundup of some recently impacted companies: … Continue reading Wall Street layoffs continue across the board. Here’s the latest

Parler has reportedly cut ‘majority’ of staff in recent weeks

Kanye West is buying controversial ‘free speech’ app Parler   Steve Dent @stevetdent Last week, Kanye West (aka Ye) was locked out of his Twitter and Instagram accounts following a weekend of antisemitic posts. Now, the saga has taken a sharp turn with news that the hip-hop mogul is acquiring the controversial “free speech” social … Continue reading Parler has reportedly cut ‘majority’ of staff in recent weeks