Articles about job cuts

In new memo, Microsoft CEO addresses ‘enigma’ of layoffs amid record profits and AI investments

Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella addressed the growing internal unease inside the tech giant Thursday morning, laying out the company’s priorities… Read More

Amazon cuts hundreds of AWS cloud jobs after strategic review, says AI wasn’t the main factor

Amazon confirmed Thursday morning that it’s cutting jobs within its Amazon Web Services cloud division after a review of its… Read More

Microsoft cuts another 4% of its workforce, about 9,000 jobs, in continued efficiency push

Microsoft will reduce its global workforce by another 4% — approximately 9,000 jobs in all — not just in games… Read More

‘We lit a fire’: Spencer Rascoff’s Match Group overhaul reflects broader tech reckoning

A familiar name pops up at the end of a Wall Street Journal article today about the new balance of… Read More

Microsoft layoffs: Tech giant’s job cuts stretch into 2025, now focusing on performance

Microsoft plans to make a new round of layoffs across the company, impacting employees whose performance has been deemed to… Read More

Where Amazon Web Services is still hiring after cutting hundreds of jobs this week

Amazon Web Services announced hundreds of job cuts this week, in areas including training, sales, and physical stores technology, but… Read More

Amazon Web Services cuts hundreds of jobs in sales, training, and physical stores tech group

Amazon Web Services will cut several hundred jobs in its Sales, Marketing, and Global Services organization, and a few hundred… Read More

Internal email: Expedia Group lays off some tech workers in latest move to reshape its workforce

Expedia Group informed an unspecified number of workers in its technology organization Thursday that it’s eliminating their positions, the latest… Read More

T-Mobile’s recent layoffs impact 401 employees in Seattle area

T-Mobile’s decision to lay off nearly 5,000 employees will impact 401 workers in Bellevue, Wash. CEO Mike Sievert last week… Read More

Microsoft job cuts surpass 2,700 in Seattle region; security technology group hit in latest round

Microsoft made another 559 job cuts in the Seattle region on Monday, according to a filing with the state Employment… Read More

Samsung partner Voicebox makes major job cuts in wake of Note 7 discontinuation

Voicebox Technologies, which provides natural-language understanding technology for Samsung devices including the discontinued Galaxy Note 7, is cutting a significant portion… Read More

Xerox cuts 325 jobs as it shuts down operations at Redmond call center

Xerox has notified all 325 employees at its Redmond, Wash., facility that their jobs will be cut by the beginning of May this… Read More

Nordstrom confirms 120 job cuts on tech team as part of change in tech strategy

Nordstrom cut approximately 120 jobs on its technology team this week, the company said this morning, disclosing a specific number for the first time and confirming… Read More

Microsoft cuts 7,800 more jobs, takes $8B charge in retreat from Windows Phone ambitions

Microsoft this morning confirmed that it will be cutting 7,800 additional jobs, primarily in its Windows Phone business, and taking a… Read More

Gates Foundation cuts 33 jobs in overhaul of IT department

The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation has cut 33 jobs in its IT department, the foundation confirmed today in response to… Read More

Microsoft: Latest layoffs will be ‘last of the broad cuts’ from restructuring

The layoffs quietly made by Microsoft last week will be the “last of the anticipated broad cuts” from the restructuring… Read More

Microsoft cuts another 3,000 jobs, finishing last big phase of layoffs

Microsoft this morning cut an additional 3,000 jobs from its workforce around the world, saying it has now completed almost all… Read More

Nerd Notes: An elevator murder prank and Steve Ballmer starring in a Taylor Swift song

Editor’s Note: Nerd Notes is GeekWire’s roundup of random geekiness from around the globe. Not-so-funny elevator prank: The marketing team for… Read More

T-Mobile also adding 550 jobs, cushioning blow of cuts

A day after announcing plans to cut 900 jobs as part of a restructuring, T-Mobile USA this afternoon issued a… Read More

Seattle biotech star Dendreon cuts outlook, signals layoffs

Dendreon, one of the great hopes of Seattle’s biotech industry, today reduced its financial projections for the year and said… Read More