Laid-off Google workers say the impersonal way the company let them go shows it's 'just as cutthroat corporate as anybody else'

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Google told affected US staff in an early-morning email on January 20 that "we no longer have a job for you."

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Some Meta employees are getting paid to do 'zero work' as the company embarks on a 'year of efficiency': Financial Times

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Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg told investors that 2023 will be the "year of efficiency" for the company.

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An ex-Googler said finding out they'd get far less stock than expected felt like a 'second kick in the chest' after losing their job

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Sundar Pichai is CEO of Google's parent company Alphabet.

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Twitter went down because an employee accidentally deleted data, and there was nobody left on the team responsible due to Elon Musk's cuts, report says

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Twitter suffered a "massive outage" on Wednesday.

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Twitter founder Jack Dorsey mocked new owner Elon Musk's company over a major outage, saying it used to be where people talked 'when anything went down'

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Jack Dorsey and Elon Musk, former and current Twitter CEOs.

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I was laid off from Meta and now I post on TikTok about being unemployed to help motivate others

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Alejandra Hernandez started posting to TikTok shortly after learning she'd been swept up in Meta's layoffs. She says it's helped her mental health, her job hunt, and her side hustle.

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Here's why it's always a good time to start a business, despite inflation, layoffs, and a possible recession

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Americans created 10.5 million businesses in 2021 and 2022.

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Disney stock has 18% upside as CEO Bob Iger looks to transform the company, Bank of America says

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A millennial who got laid off from her dream job says she doesn't feel betrayed: 'The company has already moved forward and you need to do so too'

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Twitter suffers 'massive outage' under Elon Musk leaving users unable to tweet, message and more

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