Layoffs
News and Articles About Layoffs
Pepsi
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Pepsi Is Laying Off Up to 100 Workers in Philadelphia and Blaming a 2-Month-Old Soda Tax
The layoffs, which account for roughly 20 percent of Pepsi's 423 Philadelphia employees, will begin Wednesday and be spread out over the next few months.
Run a Better Business
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Dignity and the Pink Slip: What Are You Doing to Bring Decency to the Process?
Communicating with, rather than avoiding, someone who's been terminated helps ease that experience's painful effects.
Theranos
Theranos Is Laying Off Another 155 Employees
The company's 'core team' will continue development of a new miniLab.
AOL
AOL to Cut 500 Jobs, Mostly in Corporate Units
Chief Executive Officer Tim Armstrong informed employees about the cuts in an email on Thursday morning.
Failure
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How Getting Fired Could Be the First Step Toward a Better You
Few things are more motivating than losing your job. Don't squander this opportunity to learn about yourself and embrace a new direction.
Yahoo
Female Executives Left Yahoo at Unusually High Rate This Year
It was not clear why there was such a marked decline in the proportion of women leaders at Yahoo, which is led by Silicon Valley's most powerful female CEO, Marissa Mayer.
Twitter
Twitter Plans to Cut About 300 More Jobs
Last year, the microblogging site announced plans to lay off up to 336 employees, or about 8 percent of its workforce, a week after Jack Dorsey took over as permanent CEO.
Jobs
HP Inc. to Cut Up to 4,000 Jobs Over Next Three Years
Chief Executive Dion Weisler said the market continues to be volatile, facing pressures and uncertainties.
Theranos
Theranos Is Closing its Labs and Wellness Centers
As a result, the company will let 340 people go.
Survival Strategies
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The Second Slowest Gazelle: A Secret to Success
Mediocrity has its place. Where success and survival are synonyms, not dying is winning.
Layoffs
Cisco Systems to Lay Off About 14,000 Employees
The San Jose, Calif.-based company is expected to announce the cuts within the next few weeks, the report said, as the company transition from its hardware roots into a software-centric organization.
Microsoft
Microsoft to Cut 2,850 More Jobs
The company said in May it would cut 1,850 jobs in its smartphone business, most of them in Finland.
Inspiring Your Team
Microsoft Retreats in Smartphone Battle, Laying Off More Than a Thousand
The U.S. company said it would shed up to 1,850 jobs, most of them in Finland, and write down $950 million from the business.
Unemployment
U.S. Jobless Claims Rise, and Planned Layoffs Surge
Most of the announced job cuts were concentrated in the energy sector, which is reeling from low oil prices that have hurt profits.
