Oracle slashes 30k jobs(rollingout.com)
791 points by pje | 688 comments
Rolling Out article reporting that Oracle laid off about 30,000 workers in the U.S., India and elsewhere via an early-morning email without prior warning.
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Tech employment now significantly worse than the 2008 or 2020 recessions(twitter.com)
954 points by enraged_camel | 633 comments
A post on X by economics writer Joseph Politano claiming tech-sector employment is now worse than during the 2008 or 2020 recessions.
The time bomb in the tax code that's fueling mass tech layoffs(qz.com)
1448 points by booleanbetrayal | 892 comments
Quartz article on how a change to Section 174 of the US tax code under Trump, requiring R&D expense amortization, has contributed to mass tech layoffs.
Spotify will reduce total headcount by approximately 17%(newsroom.spotify.com)
517 points by filleokus | 1022 comments
Spotify newsroom post by CEO Daniel Ek announcing December 2023 organizational changes, including a roughly 17% reduction in total headcount.
Layoffs push down scores on Glassdoor – how companies respond(newsletter.pragmaticengineer.com)
345 points by EvgeniyZh | 226 comments
A free Pragmatic Engineer newsletter issue by Gergely Orosz on how tech layoffs lowered Glassdoor ratings and how companies respond to fix their scores.
Dropbox to reduce global workforce by about 16%, or 500 staff(blog.dropbox.com)
347 points by doomleika | 324 comments
Dropbox blog post from CEO Drew Houston announcing a cut of about 16% of its global workforce, roughly 500 employees.