Google tells employees in its Cloud unit to share desks and attend the office on alternate days

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A Google office in San Francisco, California.

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Even hackers are reportedly getting laid off by organized crime groups

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As cybersecurity improves, one hacker group laid off 45 employees

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18 easy, low-cost, or popular side hustles to start if you're worried about layoffs or you just lost your job

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Insider compiled a list of some of the easiest, most popular, and cheapest businesses to start right now along with insight from founders in these industries.

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Salesforce CEO says he took a 10-day 'digital detox' trip to French Polynesia before company layoffs

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Marc Benioff, chairman and CEO of Salesforce, told NYT he took a digital detox in the wake of layoffs beginning at the company.

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Laid-off Googlers say they're frustrated about being treated as external candidates for internal roles even though they're still being paid

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Google told laid-off workers that they could apply for other jobs at the company.

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Twitter's team focused on ethics rushed to publish research papers before Elon Musk's takeover fearing he would lay them off, report says

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Elon Musk.

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Some FedEx employees say layoffs are wrecking morale and chipping away at the famous loyalty that Fred Smith built

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“Mr. Smith was a visionary,” said another former FedExer, who left in the last year out of frustration with the direction the company is headed in now.

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Twitter mistakenly filtered the accounts of Chinese activists following layoffs in Asia, report says

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Elon Musk, and anti-censorship protestors in Beijing, China.

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Salesforce is applying pressure to workers to drive down headcount

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6 charts show that tech giants like Meta and Google have still grown like crazy even after layoffs

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Big Tech CEOs Marc Benioff, Andy Jassy, Satya Nadella, Sundar Pichai, Mark Zuckerberg have all led their companies to conduct layoffs in the last few months as a downturn leads to a slowdown in spending.

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