Recently, I brushed Xiaohongshu, and there are always IP addresses that are sent by foreign accounts to "be laid off". On Weibo, it is also a hot search on Twitter layoffs, Meta layoffs and other layoffs.
What happened abroad? Doesn't it mean that foreign companies don't lay off people easily?
According to incomplete statistics, a number of large technology companies in the United States have announced layoffs or suspended recruitment, and data show that the scale of layoffs in Silicon Valley has reached more than 100,000 this year.
These companies are Silicon Valley giants! Let me give you a specific list of how many companies have laid off employees?
Musk buys Twitter = Thanos snaps his fingers
After Musk took over Twitter, he began to launch a large-scale layoff plan, cutting nearly 50% of employees at one time! 3,700 employees, cut when they say ...
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In addition to laying off regular Twitter employees, Twitter also terminated the contracts of 4,400 contract workers, and the outsourcing was almost completely laid off.
The layoffs were just the beginning, and Musk issued an ultimatum to his employees that everyone must sign a "struggle pledge" to stay with the company.
He plans to eliminate telecommuting, where employees need to work at least 40 hours a week, and free buffet lunches at Twitter's San Francisco headquarters in favor of paying for lunch.
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At 1:30 a.m. today, Musk posted a photo of himself working overtime with employees at Twitter headquarters. "I ended the code review and was preparing to leave the company," he said.
Netizens complained: "Does the big boss also have to send a circle of friends to prove that he is working overtime?" Real rolls! ”
At present, the number of Twitter employees has dropped from 7,500 to about 3,700, but Wall Street broke the news that Musk is considering continuing to lay off employees from next Monday, this time to the Twitter sales and service team.
Good guys, when it comes to streamlining personnel, no one compares to Musk ...
Playing the metaverse badly, Meta lays off 10,000 employees
Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced on November 9 that it would lay off 13% of its total workforce to a total of 11,000, cut discretionary spending, and extend the hiring freeze until the first quarter of 2023.
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Zuckerberg said: "This is a sad time, and there is no other way to solve the current problem. ”
This is the first major layoff in Meta's 18-year history, and the largest layoff this year. The number of layoffs is more than the total number of Twitter employees, and many bloggers in Xiaohongshu have shared their experience of being laid off by Meta, and they were worried about receiving layoff notices in their mailboxes before being laid off.
Bezos is going to give hundreds of billions of dollars
Amazon laid off 10,000 jobs
Amazon reportedly began cutting jobs last week and plans to cut about 10,000 jobs, the largest layoff in the company's history. Amazon has previously announced a hiring freeze until the end of the year when it does not hire new employees.
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CEO Andy Jassy said: "The layoffs will continue into 2023 as the company is still in the annual planning process and managers across departments are still determining the need for further layoffs. ”
But! Amazon founder Jeff Bezos recently said he plans to give away most of his $124 billion net worth in his lifetime to address issues such as climate change.
Netizens complained about the irony: "While donating money to charity, I am preparing to lay off 10,000 employees." ”
Google doesn't talk about layoffs, only about performance is not up to par
Google reportedly introduced a new appraisal system that requires 10% of employees in every department to be flagged as failing to meet performance standards.
About 11,000 of Google's employees across Google will be assessed as underperforming and at risk of layoffs.
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In addition, Google's major shareholder also wrote to Google, asking Google to increase layoffs, reduce the number of employees, and reduce the company's costs...
Apple can't bear it anymore and wants to scale back hiring
According to reports, Apple departments have said that the hiring freeze on new employees in the coming months may last until September 2023, before the release of the iPhone 15 series.
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Apple CEO Cook said in an interview with the media that in the face of economic uncertainty, Apple will reduce the hiring of some parts of the company. "We will become very cautious about hiring, which means we will continue to hire, but not in all parts of the company," Cook said. ”
And they, also cutting ...
Microsoft has laid off jobs across the company, affecting fewer than 1,000 jobs this week. In July, Microsoft said it planned to cut less than 1 percent of its 180,000 employees and sharply slowed hiring.
Stripe, an online payment service, will cut 14 percent of its workforce, or about 1,100 employees.
Warner Disney CEO Bob Chapek said the company will plan to cut employees, implement a targeted hiring freeze, and limit travel to reduce costs.
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The report shows that due to inflation and the poor economic situation, this round of cuts has affected almost all large and small companies in Silicon Valley, and many companies are not listed!
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