As layoffs mount, working from home is getting riskier than ever

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Morgan Stanley expected to lay off hundreds of employees from its wealth-management team

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Gen Z has discovered the ultimate anti-layoff hack: government jobs

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I want YOU to work for the government. At least that's the latest takeaway some Gen Zers have of today's job market.

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The layoffs sweeping tech companies are 'contagious' and 'may get worse,' Jefferies analyst predicts

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Tech companies have been hit hard already in 2024, and a Jefferies analyst thinks things will get worse.

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A workplace expert says Gen Zers posting videos of themselves getting laid off online are seeking 'validation' because they feel lonely

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An ex-Cloudflare employee, not pictured, went viral after filming her layoff and posting it on TikTok.

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McKinsey's 'unsatisfactory' performance warning for 3,000 workers is the latest bad news for big consulting companies

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McKinsey & Co. is among several top consulting firms coming off a pandemic boom.

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I'm a former Amazon VP who once laid off a third of a startup I had helped build. Here's what I learned about handling layoffs.

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Ethan Evans writes that if you get the sense that a layoff is coming, you want to try to be a part of that process so you can influence the outcome.

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Tech layoffs are way down from last year. Why does it feel so grim?

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Google employees at the company's Silicon Valley campus

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2024 has started with another wave of tech industry layoffs. This time, though, the cuts are way smaller.

Snap slashes 10% of its workforce

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Snapchat's parent company Snap is laying off another 10% of its workers.

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Nobody's quitting their job anymore. That's a bad sign for workers.

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