The Warner Music Group logo is displayed on a smartphone. Sopa Images | Lightrocket | Getty Images Warner Music is laying off 600 employees, or about 10% of its workforce, according to a Wednesday filing. The company said the layoffs are part of a broader restructuring plan aimed at saving costs to invest in more … Read more
Amazon has eliminated hundreds of jobs in its Pharmacy and One Medical divisions, the company confirmed to CNBC. “As we continue to make it easier for people to get and stay healthy, we have identified areas where we can reposition resources so we can invest in invention and experiences that have a direct impact on … Read more
The DocuSign website is seen on a laptop in Dobbs Ferry, New York, April 1, 2021. Tiffany Hagler-Geard | Bloomberg | Getty Images DocuSign announced Tuesday it will cut 6% of its workforce as part of a restructuring plan that aims to improve the company’s “financial and operational efficiency,” according to a release. The company said … Read more
Co-founder and CEO of Snap Inc. Evan Spiegel attends the Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on online child sexual exploitation at the U.S. Capitol, in Washington, U.S., January 31, 2024. Nathan Howard | Reuters Social media company Snap said Monday that it will lay off 10% of its global workforce, or around 500 employees, in part … Read more
Visitors take photos in front of the Meta sign at its headquarters in Menlo Park, California, December 29, 2022. Tayfun Coskun | Anadolu Agency | Getty Images Technology companies are learning an old lesson from Wall Street: maturing means shrinking. Meta and Amazon saw their shares spike on Friday following their fourth-quarter earnings reports. While … Read more
Skynesher | E+ | Getty Images New government data shows a surprisingly strong job market for the month of January. But there are signs of weakness in the labor market, based on tens of thousands of workers who have been laid off since 2024 started. U.S. employers announced 82,307 job cuts in January, up from … Read more
Zoom CEO Eric Yuan speaks at the Dropbox Work In Progress Conference in San Francisco on September 25, 2019. Matt Winkelmeyer | Getty Images for Dropbox Zoom is cutting about 150 jobs, CNBC confirmed on Thursday, the latest tech company to slash headcount this year as investors continue to push for efficiency. A Zoom spokesperson confirmed … Read more
Hiraman | E+ | Getty Images It wasn’t so long ago that workers had the power to “quiet quit” or join the great resignation. That is no longer quite so easy. Some laid-off employees report they are having a hard time in their job search or making it through hiring processes. In fact, 55% of … Read more
PayPal will cut 9% of its global workforce, or about 2,500 jobs, CEO Alex Chriss wrote Tuesday in an internal letter to employees, which was viewed by CNBC. The cuts will affect both existing roles and job listings that PayPal had planned to hire for, and will take place over the course of the year, … Read more
What a heinous month for the media. Almost every day, a publication announces layoffs or shuts down. Sports Illustrated just let go almost all of its staff after weathering an embarrassing scandal about AI-generated articles. It’s unclear what the desiccated magazine’s future holds, but the sad fate of another formerly great outlet offers a preview … Read more
