@johnleonard@mastodon.socialAmazon is lining up another wave of job cuts next week, according to reports, while Autodesk has confirmed 1,000 roles are to go in sales-related redundancies.
https://www.computing.co.uk/news/2026/amazon-to-lay-off-thousands-mor…
@servelan@newsie.socialTarget to lay off 1,800 employees amid boycott, declining sales
https://chicagocrusader.com/target-to-lay-off-1800-employees-amid-boycott-declining-sales/
@Mediagazer@mstdn.socialHearst plans to lay off 26 people at The Dallas Morning News, outsourcing print page production; the Dallas News Guild says the action violates its contract (Rachel Behrndt/WFAA-TV)
https://www.wfaa.com/article/money/hearst-
@Techmeme@techhub.socialHow AI is pressuring Poland's economy, Europe's top location for global business services, as companies lay off staff in Krakow, the country's hub for BPO jobs (Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2025-11-2…
@cdarwin@c.imFederal data belatedly released Tuesday shows that the
US unemployment rate
rose to the highest level in four years last month
as Donald Trump’s administration continues its assault on the government’s workforce
and American corporations lay off workers at a level not seen in decades.
The unemployment rate rose to 4.6% in November,
up from 4.4% in September,
according to the Labor Department report, whose release was delayed due to the recent governme…
@yaya@jorts.horseextremely rude that I suddenly got a massive headache in the middle of irresponsibly playing ck3 until 2am, forcing me to lay down and turn off the lights like some sort of Person Who Goes To Bed
@NFL@darktundra.xyzGiants RB Cam Skattebo carted off field vs. Eagles with leg injury https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/6751532/2025/10/26/cam-skattebo-ankle-injury-carted-off-giants/
@Techmeme@techhub.socialSources: Meta plans to lay off ~10% of its 15,000-person Reality Labs division, disproportionately affecting those working on VR headsets and Horizon Worlds (New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/12/technology/meta-layoffs-reality-labs.html
@jake4480@c.imCompanies will straight up lay off your coworkers and then IMMEDIATELY give you (and any other remaining employees) more work to do (with no extra pay) because of it
@aral@mastodon.ar.al @servelan@newsie.socialGM lays off 1,700 workers making EVs and batteries in Michigan, Tennessee - Ars Technica
https://arstechnica.com/cars/2025/10/weak-ev-demand-sees-gm-lay-off-1700-workers-at-two-plants/
@inthehands@hachyderm.ioLook: Amazon just got egg all over its face for bringing down half the internet. That happened because they’d already had a huge brain drain.
A company in their position doesn’t lay off 8.5% of corporate because AI is working so well for them. Come on.
https://www.theregister.com/2025/10/20/aws_outage_amazon_brain_drain_corey_quinn/
@cdarwin@c.imPark Service orders changes to staff ratings, a move experts call illegal
A top National Park Service official has instructed park superintendents to limit the number of staff who get top marks in performance reviews
-- a move that experts say violates federal code and could make it easier to lay off staff.
Parks leadership generally evaluate individual employees annually on a five-point scale,
with a three rating given to those who are successful in achieving their go…
@Techmeme@techhub.socialFiling: Synopsys plans to lay off ~10% of its staff, or ~2,000 employees, after completing its $35B acquisition of engineering design firm Ansys earlier in 2025 (Jaspreet Singh/Reuters)
https://www.reuters.com/business/world-at-work/synopsys-cut…
@Techmeme@techhub.socialSources: Amazon plans to lay off ~10% of corporate staff, or ~30,000 people, its largest layoffs since 2022, to reduce costs and address pandemic overhiring (Greg Bensinger/Reuters)
https://www.reuters.com/business/world-at-…
@servelan@newsie.socialAmazon Laid Off Some Employees Via Early-Morning Text Messages - Business Insider
https://www.businessinsider.com/amazon-layoffs-employees-early-morning-text-messages-2025-10
@lilmikesf@c.imAfter 18 years #edu tech and online #tutor service #Chegg, that started out simply renting #textbooks has now had to lay off nearly half its staff and bo…
