Amazon, Meta, and other tech giants are cutting middle management to be more efficient. It's a risky move that could backfire.

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Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff. Salesforce is one of many big tech firms that is flattening its organizational structure.

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One chart shows why Elon Musk axed half of Twitter's workforce

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CHART: We analyzed Apple's revenue per employee to show how it's avoided tech bloat and delayed layoffs

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Apple CEO Tim Cook.

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Getting laid off from PayPal was a blessing in disguise that enabled me to turn my online side hustle into a full-time business

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Cinneah El-Amin is the founder of Flynanced.

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I'm a startup founder eager to hire laid-off Big Tech workers. Here's what I look for during interviews.

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Ahmed Reza is the founder and CEO of AI-powered communications app Yobi.

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Big tech companies continue cost cutting

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It's Monday, readers. I'm Paayal Zaveri, and welcome to the first week of April.

We're now officially a quarter of the way through the year. That's a good reminder to make sure you plan some vacation time this year. Nearly half of all American workers don't take their PTO, according to the Pew Research Center. 

CHARTS: We analyzed revenue per employee to show why Amazon, Meta, and others are axing workers with brutality and speed

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Tech companies are trying to get efficient but many have a lot of work to do.

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I got laid off from Meta. Here's how being a TikTok and Instagram creator gave me more time to evaluate my future after being let go.

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Rawan got laid off from her product-marketing job at Meta in November 2022.
Rawan, who prefers not to publicly disclose her last name, got laid off from her product-marketing job at Meta in November 2022.

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Salesforce COO warns there may be even more job cuts coming to 'change and reshape' the company

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Salesforce recently cut around 8,000 roles.

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I'm a Stanford professor who's studied organizational behavior for decades. The widespread layoffs in tech are more because of copycat behavior than necessary cost-cutting.

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Stanford professor Jeffrey Pfeffer says copycat behavior is a key factor in the mass layoffs sweeping tech, finance, and other industries.

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