Neowin News Feed for: Layoff

Snap cuts 16% workforce as it aggressively doubles down on AI

Karthik Mudaliar — Wed, 15 Apr 2026 11:49:43 +0000

Snap has announced its biggest restructuring in years, axing 1,000 employees and killing 300 open roles, as AI-powered small teams are already driving major results internally. Read more...

Ubisoft pulls the plug on Rainbow Six and Ghost Recon creator studio, begins mass layoffs

Pulasthi Ariyasinghe — Thu, 19 Mar 2026 19:36:01 +0000

The 1996-established Red Storm Entertainment is the latest development studio to be hit by Ubisoft's ongoing layoff waves. Read more...

Amazon 'accidentally' announces layoffs in internal memo

Usama Jawad — Wed, 28 Jan 2026 10:46:01 +0000

Amazon has accidentally sent an email to some employees, confirming significant layoffs that will "strengthen" the company. Read more...

Microsoft reportedly planning to lay off thousands of employees, mostly in sales

Usama Jawad — Wed, 18 Jun 2025 22:38:01 +0000

A new report claims that Microsoft is planning on eliminating thousands of jobs as early as next month, with the cuts primarily affecting sales teams. Read more...

Amazon lays off more staff across Goodreads and Kindle divisions

Hamid Ganji — Fri, 06 Jun 2025 04:16:02 +0000

Dozens of employees have been laid off from Amazon's books division while the company claims it wants to reduce bureaucracy. Read more...

Layoffs at PlayStation studios reported following live service game cancelations

Pulasthi Ariyasinghe — Wed, 05 Mar 2025 19:48:01 +0000

Multiple reports say that Sony is doing another round of layoffs at its first-party studios, and those who worked on canceled live service projects seem to be targeted. Read more...

Ex-Sony boss tells laid-off employees to 'drive an Uber' and 'find a cheap place to live'

Omer Dursun — Tue, 10 Sep 2024 13:54:01 +0000

The former Sony Europe president did not see corporate job cuts as driven by greed. He also suggested that laid-off developers "drive Uber" or find a "cheap place to live" for a while. Read more...

Until Dawn remake studio Ballistic Moon faces layoffs ahead of October release

Omer Dursun — Sun, 01 Sep 2024 16:10:01 +0000

Until Dawn remake developer Ballistic Moon has seemingly laid off an unknown number of employees months ahead of the game's October release on PS5 and PC. Read more...

Netflix lays off some employees as it reorganizes its film division

Omer Dursun — Mon, 08 Apr 2024 20:16:02 +0000

Netflix has reportedly reorganized its film division, separating films by genre and laying off some staff. The company is working to focus its creative efforts and cut costs amid economic uncertainty. Read more...

Apple lays off more than 600 California-based workers

Paul Hill — Fri, 05 Apr 2024 04:50:01 +0000

Apple is laying off 614 employees who were believed to have been working in California on self-driving car project. The affected employees were informed on March 28 and they will depart on May 27. Read more...

Bumble joins the layoff spree, will say goodbye to about 37% of its workforce

Aditya Tiwari — Wed, 28 Feb 2024 06:20:02 +0000

Bumble announced that it plans to eliminate over 350 jobs worldwide as part of its restructuring plan this year. The upcoming layoff represents about 37% of the dating app's global workforce. Read more...

NBA and WWE 2K developer Visual Concepts hit with new layoffs

Omer Dursun — Wed, 07 Feb 2024 19:36:01 +0000

Visual Concepts, the developer best known for the WWE and NBA 2K series, has laid off employees from teams working on all of its titles. The decision comes as the studio works on WWE 2K24. Read more...

PayPal to lay off 2,500 employees, or 9% of its workforce

Omer Dursun — Tue, 30 Jan 2024 21:40:02 +0000

PayPal lays off about 2,500 employees as the digital payment service faces increased competition and lower profits. CEO Alex Chriss said right-sizing is necessary to accelerate delivery and growth. Read more...

Salesforce to cut 700 jobs in latest wave of tech layoffs

Omer Dursun — Fri, 26 Jan 2024 12:28:01 +0000

Salesforce will lay off about 700 employees, or 1% of its global workforce. The cuts come after Salesforce grew aggressively as cloud demand boomed following a pandemic-era hiring surge. Read more...

Unity lays off 265 employees as part of strategic "company reset"

Omer Dursun — Wed, 29 Nov 2023 11:56:02 +0000

Unity announced the layoff of 265 employees from its partnership with Weta Digital as the services agreement comes to an end. The layoffs will affect roles that support Weta FX's use of Unity tools. Read more...

Team 17 will likely face mass layoffs in a newly revealed restructuring as its CEO departs

John Callaham — Mon, 02 Oct 2023 16:16:01 +0000

The UK-based game developer and publisher confirmed it has "amicably parted ways" with its CEO Michael Pattison, as it enters into a period of consultation where as many as 50 employees are at risk Read more...

A bitter pill to swallow as 80 Amazon Pharmacy employees get laid off

Paul Hill — Sat, 15 Jul 2023 03:44:01 +0000

Amazon has laid off 80 employees from its Pharmacy division. The cuts are pretty small given the fact that the company has already made 27,000 people redundant over the last several months. Read more...

Microsoft lays off more workers beyond the 10,000 employees announced in early 2023

John Callaham — Mon, 10 Jul 2023 21:34:01 +0000

The new round of layoffs reportedly affected employees at Microsoft's customer service, support, and sales divisions. There's no word on how many team members were affected this time. Read more...

LinkedIn is shutting down its Chinese spinoff InCareer and laying off 716 employees

Aditya Tiwari — Tue, 09 May 2023 08:00:01 +0000

LinkedIn is shutting down its China-focused local jobs app called InCareer, which will result in the departure of 716 employees from the company. The operations will wind down by August this year. Read more...

Lyft announces another round of layoffs, cutting 1,200 jobs

Paul Hill — Sat, 22 Apr 2023 01:02:01 +0000

Lyft is preparing to lay off more than 1,000 employees in a mission to cut costs and become profitable. This represents a 30% cut in staff numbers. Employees will hear more next Thursday. Read more...

Ex-employees are urging Google CEO to pay remainder of their maternity leaves as agreed

Anushe Fawaz — Fri, 17 Mar 2023 20:18:01 +0000

About 100 ex-employees who were laid off while on paid leaves are writing to Google asking the company to follow their agreements and pay the rest of the due amount on their leaves. Read more...

Take-Two Interactive is the latest tech company to announce layoffs, mostly in the US

John Callaham — Tue, 07 Mar 2023 20:16:01 +0000

The parent company of Rockstar Games, 2K Games, Zynga, and Private Division will lay off an unknown number of employees, mostly in its "corporate operations and label publishing" divisions. Read more...

Ericsson announces largest layoff in telecom industry amid slow demand

Karthik Mudaliar — Fri, 24 Feb 2023 14:26:01 +0000

Ericsson has sent out an internal memo announcing it'll lay off 8,500 employees worldwide. The move is part of the company's cost-cutting strategy due to slow demand for telecom equipment. Read more...

Many Google employees are being asked to share desks to help cut costs

John Callaham — Thu, 23 Feb 2023 07:40:01 +0000

Google sent out a memo to some employees, asking them to share their desk space with other workers on days when they are not working in the office. This is being done to cut costs at the company. Read more...

More job losses in the tech sector as GitLab announces layoffs

Steve Bennett — Thu, 09 Feb 2023 21:52:02 +0000

Another company in the tech industry has announced a round of layoffs as GitLab, key competitor to Microsoft's GitHub, confirms that it will be reducing its team size by 7% overall. Read more...

Yahoo laying off 20% of its employees, most of which belong to its ad-tech unit

Anushe Fawaz — Thu, 09 Feb 2023 20:26:01 +0000

Yahoo has joined the list of tech companies eliminating thousands of employees for strategic reasons. In an interview, Yahoo executives inform that the company is eliminating 1600 employees. Read more...

PayPal is laying off 2,000 employees to reduce expenses

Usama Jawad — Wed, 01 Feb 2023 05:38:01 +0000

PayPal has become one of the latest firms to announce major layoffs. The payments platform says that it will let go of 2,000 employees in the coming weeks in a bid to reduce operating expenses. Read more...

Google engineer says workers cried at meetings as the company laid off 12,000 employees

Anushe Fawaz — Fri, 27 Jan 2023 17:36:01 +0000

Two engineers at Google revealed insights on the after-effects of the lay-offs on the existing staff at the company. They shared that losing 12,000 employees has been overwhelming for many. Read more...

Report: Spotify to lay off some of its employees this week

Justin Luna — Mon, 23 Jan 2023 07:36:01 +0000

Spotify is set to let go of some of its staff this week, according to a Bloomberg report. The firm joins the likes of other tech companies who also bade goodbye to a significant number of employees. Read more...

Google is laying off 12,000 employees

Usama Jawad — Fri, 20 Jan 2023 11:06:01 +0000

Google is the latest big tech firm to announce major layoffs following Microsoft and Amazon. The company is reducing its headcount by 12,000 and has encouraged employees to work from home today. Read more...

Microsoft's Satya Nadella confirms the elimination of 10,000 jobs

Paul Hill — Wed, 18 Jan 2023 18:52:37 +0000

Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella has confirmed that the company is laying off a massive 10,000 employees starting today. The company will be offering support to those affected by the job cuts. Read more...

Microsoft rumored to lay off over 10,000 employees today

Usama Jawad — Wed, 18 Jan 2023 07:34:01 +0000

Microsoft is expected to lay off almost 11,000 employees today. It's unclear which divisions or regions will be affected, and according to Wall Street, the headcount reduction figure might be higher. Read more...

Amazon cuts software development job openings by 99%, amid economic conditions

Paul Hill — Mon, 16 Jan 2023 16:40:01 +0000

Amazon has massively reduced its software development job openings following the laying off of around 18,000 employees. There are still a few hundred openings but this is down around 99%. Read more...

Twitter workers beg for toilet paper, complain about nasty office odors

Justin Luna — Fri, 06 Jan 2023 09:04:01 +0000

Ever since Twitter failed to negotiate a new contract with its janitorial company, its New York office has been suffering from a toilet paper shortage and foul stench from bathrooms. Read more...

Tesla to reportedly implement hiring freeze, announce another round of layoffs

Justin Luna — Thu, 22 Dec 2022 05:40:01 +0000

Electric car maker Tesla is apparently looking to do another wave of layoffs in the next quarter, according to a recent news report. The company also shed its headcount back in June of this year. Read more...

Twitter lawsuit alleges social media platform's layoffs unfairly targeted female staff

Justin Luna — Fri, 09 Dec 2022 09:36:01 +0000

Twitter is facing a new lawsuit filed by two women who lost their jobs after Elon Musk took over the company. It accuses Twitter of violating laws banning workplace sex discrimination. Read more...

Google likely to lay off 10,000 ‘poor performing' employees

Hemant Saxena — Wed, 23 Nov 2022 07:30:01 +0000

A letter from a UK investor claims Google's current headcount is “excessive” as compared to hiring patterns in the past. As such, the company may lay off its low-performing employees to reduce costs. Read more...

Meta will announce layoffs for thousands of employees this week

Usama Jawad — Mon, 07 Nov 2022 05:54:01 +0000

According to a recent report, Meta will announce layoffs this week. The move will impact thousands of employees and will be the biggest headcount reduction among big tech companies this year. Read more...

Twitter is now asking some of its laid off employees to come back

Justin Luna — Mon, 07 Nov 2022 02:32:01 +0000

Twitter fired half of its staff last weekend in a move to streamline its operations and improve profitability. However, the company is now asking some of its staff to return to their positions. Read more...

Twitter sued for mass layoffs without giving employees enough notice

Justin Luna — Fri, 04 Nov 2022 08:42:02 +0000

Twitter has been served a lawsuit as the company prepares to lay off its employees. The suit claims that Twitter should have given its workers enough notice before laying them off. Read more...