Layoffs: HR News, Trends & Workplace Insights

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Updated on: Jun 2026
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Meta Lays Off 8,000 Employees, Shifts Focus to AI, 10% Workforce Affected
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Meta Lays Off 8,000 Employees, Shifts Focus to AI, 10% Workforce Affected

Meta has started a major round of layoffs that will affect around 10 percent of its global workforce, or nearly 8,000 employees. The job cuts began this week and are being carried out in phases across different regions. Reports indicate that employees from the company’s integrity team, cybersecurity unit, and content design division are among […]

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Salesforce Layoffs Spark Debate as 30-Week Severance Package Wins Praise
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Salesforce Layoffs Spark Debate as 30-Week Severance Package Wins Praise

Salesforce announced the latest round of layoffs along with a severance package, which has generated significant discussion across the technology industry. While job cuts are never easy for employees, many professionals have been surprised by the company’s severance package, which offers eligible employees up to 30 weeks of pay and extended healthcare benefits. The layoffs […]

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Volkswagen to Slash 19,000 German Jobs by End of 2026
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Volkswagen to Slash 19,000 German Jobs by End of 2026

Automotive titan Volkswagen AG is aggressively pushing forward with its massive structural consolidation, aiming to shrink its domestic workforce by 19,000 positions before the close of 2026. The milestone was detailed by CEO Oliver Blume in prepared remarks for the company’s Annual General Meeting. The targeted reductions apply directly to Volkswagen AG, heavily impacting administrative […]

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Dell SEC Filing Signals Fresh Round of Workforce Reductions
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Dell SEC Filing Signals Fresh Round of Workforce Reductions

Dell Technologies Inc. has fueled intensive market speculation regarding a fresh wave of impending job cuts. The corporate anxiety stems from a newly disclosed Form 10-Q regulatory filing submitted to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on June 9, 2026, which outlines a sharp acceleration in the tech giant’s severance-related operational overhead. The mandatory […]

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Microsoft to Slash Xbox Workforce and Marketing Budgets
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Microsoft to Slash Xbox Workforce and Marketing Budgets

Microsoft’s gaming division Xbox is preparing for another wave of significant layoffs and deep budget cuts just days after its annual summer showcase. The restructuring arrives as newly appointed Xbox CEO Asha Sharma launches a sweeping “100-day reset” to address years of declining revenue, shrinking margins, and a severe hardware components crisis. According to reports […]

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Tools for Humanity Slashes Teams Amid Global Data Privacy Fines
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Tools for Humanity Slashes Teams Amid Global Data Privacy Fines

Tools for Humanity, the digital identity startup co-founded by OpenAI CEO Sam Altman and Alex Blania, has initiated a round of job cuts. The workforce reduction follows protracted struggles to transform its ambitious iris-scanning technology into a viable corporate revenue model. The layoffs were communicated via an internal human resources email on June 8, 2026. […]

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Opendoor Shuts Down India Operations, Cutting 250 Jobs
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Opendoor Shuts Down India Operations, Cutting 250 Jobs

In a major strategic realignment, American digital real estate pioneer Opendoor Technologies Inc. has announced the complete shutdown of its operations in India. The decisive operational pivot effectively eliminates the company’s entire Indian workforce. This move lays off nearly 250 employees across its major technical and operational hubs in Chennai and Bengaluru. The corporate exit marks […]

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Salesforce Offers Massive 30-Week Severance Packages
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Salesforce Offers Massive 30-Week Severance Packages

Customer relationship management (CRM) giant Salesforce Inc. has initiated a fresh round of job cuts across multiple core business units. This strategic workforce reduction follows mounting pressure from activist investors and an aggressive corporate realignment toward artificial intelligence. According to internal corporate documents and recent California Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification (WARN) filings, the redundancies primarily […]

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Uber Fires 23% of HR and Recruiting Team After Overhauling Corporate Structure
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Uber Fires 23% of HR and Recruiting Team After Overhauling Corporate Structure

Ride-hailing giant Uber Technologies Inc. has announced a significant restructuring, cutting 23% of the workforce within its People and Places division. The department, which oversees human resources, global recruitment, workplace facilities, and corporate culture, is undergoing a sweeping reduction to eliminate administrative complexities and streamline operations. Uber Streamlining Under New Leadership The targeted layoffs represent one […]

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Tech Layoffs Cross 1 Lakh in 2026 as May Job Cuts Surge
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Tech Layoffs Cross 1 Lakh in 2026 as May Job Cuts Surge

Data from tracking site Layoffs.fyi reveals that more than 1 lakh (100,000) tech employees have lost their jobs in the first five months of 2026. Cumulatively, a total of 1,16,739 workers have been laid off year-to-date, rapidly outpacing original market forecasts. A Devastating Month for the Tech Workforce The bleeding accelerated sharply in May, which accounted for […]

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Google Quietly Cuts Jobs Across Cloud and Cybersecurity
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Google Quietly Cuts Jobs Across Cloud and Cybersecurity

Google has initiated a quiet round of layoffs within its Cloud division, executing targeted workforce reductions over the past two weeks. This latest restructuring marks an ongoing industry-wide shift where Big Tech firms trim traditional roles to aggressively reallocate capital toward artificial intelligence (AI) infrastructure and development. Layoffs at Google: Prominent Cybersecurity Units Hit The […]

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700 Jobless After ThynkTech India Locks Doors Overnight
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700 Jobless After ThynkTech India Locks Doors Overnight

The abrupt shutdown of Noida-registered IT startup ThynkTech India OPC Pvt Ltd (operating locally as Thynk Technology India) has sent shockwaves through Hinjewadi Phase II, leaving over 700 software engineers, fresh graduates, and interns suddenly unemployed. The overnight closure has triggered intense investigations into widespread corporate governance and recruitment fraud. ThynkTech Sealed Doors and Bounced […]

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