How a senior manager at Amazon made the mid-career switch to tech and why she still encourages others to do the same despite recent layoffs

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After a decade in journalism, Jareen Imam pivoted to tech. Even though layoffs are shaking up the industry right now, she would encourage others to follow in her footsteps.

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Salesforce CEO asks if tech execs should 'unleash' their inner Elon Musk. Experts say that's an awful idea.

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Marc Benioff told Insider he thinks more companies should take a page out of Elon Musk's playbook when it comes to layoffs, but some experts say otherwise.

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The job cuts by companies like Uber and GM targeting low performers show CEOs are taking a hard-line approach to management

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Marc Benioff, the CEO of Salesforce, previously told Insider,
Marc Benioff, the CEO of Salesforce, previously told Insider, "Every CEO in Silicon Valley has looked at what Elon Musk has done and has asked themselves, 'Do they need to unleash their own Elon within them?'"

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Amazon will halt construction of its planned $2.5 billion Virginia headquarters, as layoffs at the company continue

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CNET is laying off 10% of its staff, weeks after reports of it using AI to write articles — but it says the 2 things aren't linked

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Connie Guglielmo, editor-in-chief of CNET, is stepping down to become vice president of AI content strategy at the company.

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Pink-slip parties of the dot-com bust helped laid-off tech workers land new jobs — and need to make a comeback

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More than 120,000 tech workers have lost jobs this year, according to layoff.fyi.

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Salesforce: A New Dawn. CEO Marc Benioff is pivoting the cloud company from family to profitability.

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Drama is mounting, reader. I'm Diamond Naga Siu, and I'm not just talking about the Selena/Hailey 'mean girls' saga — I'm fascinated by the Salesforce spectacle.

Facebook is set to take some managers' teams away, demoting them to new roles at the same level as former reports

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Mark Zuckerberg has issued a mandate to flatten Meta's organizational structure.

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Bridgewater is pouring cash into artificial intelligence as billionaire founder Ray Dalio steps back, report says

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Ray Dalio.

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Twitter's mass layoffs mean some junior employees are in charge of areas they've never worked on before, report says

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Twitter laid off a further 200 staff over the weekend.

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