Intel confirms layoffs as it tries to ‘make engineers more productive’ An unspecified number of people will lose their jobs as the company looks to cut out middle management. kris holt Fri, Apr 25, 2025 Reuters / Reuters Beleaguered chipmaker Intel has confirmed plans to restructure in a shift that will involve … Continue reading Intel confirms layoffs as it tries to ‘make engineers more productive’
April 24, 2025 Microsoft is allegedly paying low performers to quit BY Pavithra Mohan The tech industry is often cautious about tying layoffs to performance, even if it might play a role in who gets dismissed during widespread job cuts. But this year has signaled a noticeable shift in how some of the biggest players in … Continue reading Microsoft is allegedly paying low performers to quit
June 05, 2025 Joann, Rite Aid, JCPenney, and other store closings contribute to a 274% surge in retail layoffs in 2025 BY Natasha Etzel Layoff announcements from U.S. employers have increased 80%, to 696,309 job cuts, through May of this year. That’s in comparison with the 385,859 cuts announced throughout the first five months of 2024, … Continue reading Joann, Rite Aid, JCPenney, and other store closings contribute to a 274% surge in retail layoffs in 2025
People Can Fly cancels two games and lays off developers The studio is ending development on projects Gemini and Bifrost. ian carlos campbell Updated Tue, Jun 3, 2025 Square Enix People Can Fly, the developer of Outriders and Gears of War: Judgement, announced Monday that its ending development on two of its upcoming games due to issues … Continue reading People Can Fly cancels two games and lays off developers
Yooka-Laylee developer Playtonic is laying off over a dozen staff The developer-publisher hasn’t shared the exact number of staff who will be let go. ian carlos campbell Sat, May 31, 2025 Playtonic Playtonic, the creators of Yooka-Laylee, is laying off some of its staff, the developer and publisher announced on social media. The post doesn’t … Continue reading Yooka-Laylee developer Playtonic is laying off over a dozen staff
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has cut 90 percent of its employees The reduced department has been ordered to focus on traditional lending fraud. anna washenko Fri, Apr 18, 2025 Reuters / Reuters The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has been reduced to a skeleton crew. The department, which was created to oversee … Continue reading The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has cut 90 percent of its employees
April 11, 2025 Google lays off hundreds, impacting Android and Pixel teams BY Reuters Alphabet’s Google laid off hundreds of employees in its platforms and devices unit, The Information reported on Friday, citing a person with direct knowledge of the situation. The cuts in the division, which houses the Android platform, Pixel phones and the … Continue reading Google lays off hundreds, impacting Android and Pixel teams
April 04, 2025 Stellantis to lay off 900 U.S. workers in ‘horrifying consequence’ of Trump’s tariffs BY Reuters Stellantis NV said on Thursday it was temporarily laying off 900 workers at five U.S. facilities and pausing production at one assembly plant each in Mexico and Canada, after U.S. President Donald Trump’s tariffs were announced. Trump broadened … Continue reading Stellantis to lay off 900 U.S. workers in ‘horrifying consequence’ of Trump’s tariffs
March 19, 2025 DOGE is demanding ‘wins’ from this elite government tech group—while promising major layoffs BY Mark Sullivan Technology Transformation Services (TTS), a high-tech consulting group housed within the General Services Administration (GSA), is tasked with helping agencies modernize their internal systems and public-facing websites. In the past, the group has had the resources and … Continue reading DOGE is demanding ‘wins’ from this elite government tech group—while promising major layoffs
February 19, 2025 By the numbers: Trump and Musk’s layoffs at U.S. agencies Here are details on some of the layoffs at federal departments and agencies. BY Reuters U.S. President Donald Trump and billionaire Elon Musk, one of his closest advisers, have mounted a sweeping campaign to slash the size of the 2.3 million-strong federal workforce, … Continue reading By the numbers: Trump and Musk’s layoffs at U.S. agencies
