@Techmeme@techhub.socialMemo: Intel's manufacturing VP said Intel plans to cut 15%-20% of staff, starting in July, "to meet our affordability challenges and current financial position" (Mike Rogoway/Oregonian)
https://www.oregonlive.com/silicon-forest/…
@memeorandum@universeodon.comWith new power, Trump will move immediately to lay off federal workers (USA Today)
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2025/07/09/trump-wins-broad-authority-to-lay-off-federal-workers-without-congress/84520149007/
http://www.memeorandum.com/250709/p99#a250709p99
@memeorandum@universeodon.comJudge halts Rubio's plan to lay off almost 2,000 State Dept. employees (Adam Taylor/Washington Post)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2025/06/13/state-department-layoffs-rubio/
http://www.memeorandum.com/250613/p141#a250613p141
@Techmeme@techhub.socialLeaked memo: Intel will shut down its automotive business and lay off "most" employees working in the unit, the latest step in Intel's downsizing (Mike Rogoway/Oregonian)
https://www.oregonlive.com/silico…
@johnleonard@mastodon.socialSemiconductor giant Intel has officially begun a new round of layoffs, following through on CEO Lip-Bu Tan's warning two months ago that job cuts were "inevitable" as part of a wider restructuring strategy.
https://www.computing.co.uk/news/2025/inte
@memeorandum@universeodon.comSupreme Court allows Trump to lay off nearly 1,400 Education Department employees (Mark Sherman/Associated Press)
https://apnews.com/article/supreme-court-trump-education-layoffs-9370415531185092341b16a6bfea9344
http://www.memeorandum.com/250714/p112#a250714p112
@Mediagazer@mstdn.socialMcClatchy will shutter In Touch, Life & Style, Closer, and First for Women in June, laying off their staffs, after acquiring the titles in a December merger (Chris Gardner/The Hollywood Reporter)
https://www.hollywoodreport…
@cosmos4u@scicomm.xyzThe details of the FY 2026 #NASA Budget Request are in: https://www.nasa.gov/fy-2026-budget-request/ (May 30 documents) - and they are as devastating as feared. Lowlights - there are no highlights - are discussed by
https://bsky.app/profile/theplanetaryguy.bsky.social/post/3lqg6n4pdrc2h
https://bsky.app/profile/jtuttlekeane.bsky.social/post/3lqg7zzfgo224
https://bsky.app/profile/spacepolicyonline.bsky.social/post/3lqg6tjfthf2a
https://bsky.app/profile/carlrodriguez.bsky.social/post/3lqg7nttoek2c
https://bsky.app/profile/spacepolicyonline.bsky.social/post/3lqg7lr5kgh27
https://bsky.app/profile/leighfletcher.bsky.social/post/3lqg5x3if6s2i
https://bsky.app/profile/spacepolicyonline.bsky.social/post/3lqgagt4g6q2a
https://bsky.app/profile/spacetides.bsky.social/post/3lqg6eapuws2l
https://bsky.app/profile/jfoust.bsky.social/post/3lqg2wsbf7s2k
https://bsky.app/profile/tedpavlic.bsky.social/post/3lqg4ccpgnc25
https://bsky.app/profile/ohdearz.bsky.social/post/3lqgdmenyj22c4
https://bsky.app/profile/interplanetary.bsky.social/post/3lqgc5xvny22s
and in the articles https://spacenews.com/nasa-budget-would-cancel-dozens-of-science-missions-lay-off-thousands/ and https://www.science.org/content/article/dozens-active-and-planned-nasa-spacecraft-killed-trump-budget-request.
The NSF Budget Request is at least as disastrous:
https://bsky.app/profile/kgandersen.bsky.social/post/3lqg6c5nnas2h
https://bsky.app/profile/dangaristo.bsky.social/post/3lqg43xmdws2r
https://bsky.app/profile/carlrodriguez.bsky.social/post/3lqg6icalsc2t
https://bsky.app/profile/thirstygecko.bsky.social/post/3lqg6mojywk2s
@inthehands@hachyderm.ioIt all fits. Suppose you’re corporate leadership. You’re laying people off / refusing to hire because you have no clue what things will look like even 1 or 2 years in the future, and you are •terrified•.
Meanwhile, your investors, your gullible trend-chasing investors, are already mentally dividing companies into “pre-AI” and “post-AI.” And not only do you have no idea how to be “post-AI,” but you have no idea whether you’ll be solvent next year. What do you tell them?!??
Obviously you tell them you’re not hiring because you’re having such incredible success with AI! Maybe even you’re going to lay off all the senior people! They’ll love that!
Now you’re not failing and flailing — you’re leading the march into the future! Yay!
@memeorandum@universeodon.comSenate reconciliation bill would give Trump 'carte blanche' to reorganize agencies, lay off feds (Erich Wagner/GovExec.com)
https://www.govexec.com/management/2025/06/senate-reconciliation-bill-would-give-trump-carte-blanche-reorganize-agencies-lay-feds/406145/
http://www.memeorandum.com/250617/p159#a250617p159
