Hacker News with Generative AI: Layoffs

IRS to fire 6,700 staff (independent.co.uk)
The Internal Revenue Service will lay off more than 6,000 employees Thursday as part of President Donald Trump’s push to slash federal spending, a source familiar with the move told Reuters.
Government, Politics, Economy, Layoffs
14 points by Havoc 5 hours ago | 13 comments
Shopify lays off team supporting Black, Indigenous and women entrepreneurs (thelogic.co)
TORONTO — Shopify has laid off the team responsible for its social impact initiatives, including programs to support Black, Indigenous, and women entrepreneurs, sources have told The Logic.
Shopify, Business, Layoffs, Diversity, Entrepreneurship
32 points by nickcotter 12 hours ago | 6 comments
Unity's struggles continue with fresh wave of layoffs (theverge.com)
Unity has been hit with another round of layoffs.
Unity, Layoffs, Gaming Industry, Business
7 points by jarsin 1 day ago | 1 comments
UnitedHealth laying off 30-35k employees by May 1 (reddit.com)
Unitedhealth laying off 30 - 35k by May 1recently laid off (self.Layoffs)
Layoffs, Healthcare, Business, UnitedHealth
28 points by archy_ 2 days ago | 9 comments
The Planetary Society Strongly Opposes Mass Layoffs of Employees at NASA (planetary.org)
The Planetary Society strongly opposes the sudden, indiscriminate dismissal of upwards of 1,000 scientists, engineers, and explorers at NASA — the largest involuntary workforce reduction since the end of the Apollo program.
Space Exploration, NASA, Science, Layoffs
9 points by xqcgrek2 2 days ago | 2 comments
Marvel Rivals Director and Others Laid Off (kotaku.com)
Marvel Rivals’ game director and others from the development team behind the hit hero shooter have been laid off.
Gaming, Layoffs, Marvel, Mobile Games
18 points by bob1029 2 days ago | 6 comments
Southwest to lay off 15% of its corporate staff, including senior leadership (cnn.com)
Southwest Airlines, Layoffs, Business, Corporate Restructuring
9 points by papertowels 3 days ago | 0 comments
Mass federal layoffs hit veterans particularly hard (rollingstone.com)
In a late-night purge, seven federal agencies carried out mass layoffs — 1,000 at the VA alone, the nation’s largest employer of military veterans
Government, Layoffs, Veterans, Federal Agencies, Military
17 points by contemporary343 4 days ago | 1 comments
Ask HN: Affected by the recent funding freeze / mass layoffs? Share your story (ycombinator.com)
Ask HN: Affected by the recent funding freeze / mass layoffs? Share your story
Funding, Layoffs, Technology, Employment, Startup
13 points by Red_Tarsius 4 days ago | 4 comments
Half of CDC Epidemic Intelligence Service Laid Off (newrepublic.com)
Hours after Robert F. Kennedy Jr. pledged that the Department of Health and Human Services would not undergo a staff purge, it did.
Public Health, Government, Layoffs, Politics
56 points by basementcat 5 days ago | 19 comments
Musk's DOGE Begins Firing Workers at Federal IT Department (bloomberg.com)
Elon Musk’s DOGE team is sending termination notices to staffers at the US Digital Services Office, a group of federal IT workers that Musk’s group is taking over, according to two people who were affected.
Elon Musk, DOGE, Government, Technology, Layoffs
26 points by ronbenton 5 days ago | 6 comments
25% of my team laid-off at Meta (teamblind.com)
I was an M1 at Meta and jumped ship last November to another company.
Meta, Layoffs, Tech Industry
5 points by doener 6 days ago | 0 comments
IRS Expected to Lay Off Thousands (nytimes.com)
The Internal Revenue Service is preparing to lay off thousands of employees as soon as next week, according to three people familiar with the matter, as the Trump administration pushes to dramatically shrink the size of the federal work force.
IRS, Government, Layoffs, Budget Cuts, Trump Administration
27 points by xnx 6 days ago | 5 comments
Meta's job cuts surprised some employees who said they weren't low performers (businessinsider.com)
Several Meta employees who said they received positive performance ratings in their midyear reviews last year had their jobs cut Monday, and some expressed fears about their future employment prospects, given that the stated goal of the layoffs had been to eliminate underperformers.
Meta, Layoffs, Business, Employment, Performance Reviews
13 points by croes 6 days ago | 7 comments
Blue Origin Cuts 10% of Its Employees (nytimes.com)
Blue Origin, the space company owned by Jeff Bezos, is laying off roughly 10 percent of its work force, according to an email that was sent to staff on Thursday and that was viewed by The New York Times.
Space Industry, Layoffs, Business, Jeff Bezos
6 points by lxm 6 days ago | 1 comments
Laid-off Meta employees blast Zuckerberg: the 'cruelest tech company out there' (fortune.com)
Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg issued layoffs in the name of low-performance that workers deemed callous.
Meta, Layoffs, Tech Industry, Business, Criticism
28 points by mgh2 6 days ago | 13 comments
Chevron to Lay Off Up to 20% of Staff (nytimes.com)
Chevron, the second-largest U.S. oil and gas company, said on Wednesday that it would lay off as much as 20 percent of its work force, or up to around 9,000 people, as part of a cost-cutting effort.
Layoffs, Business, Economics
12 points by bookofjoe 6 days ago | 2 comments
Meta's 'low performer' layoffs disputed by fired staffers (fortune.com)
Meta, Layoffs, Business, Technology
14 points by chrtng 7 days ago | 8 comments
Unity CEO's Internal Announcement to Staff Amidst the Layoffs (80.lv)
Unity, Layoffs, Business, Video Games
11 points by pjmlp 7 days ago | 1 comments
Bezos' Blue Origin to layoff about 10% across its space, launch business (cnbc.com)
Space Exploration, Business, Layoffs
98 points by pinewurst 7 days ago | 107 comments
DOGE Has Started Gutting a Key US Technology Agency (wired.com)
At least dozens of workers for the Technology Transformation Services, housed within the US General Services Administration, were fired Wednesday afternoon, sources tell WIRED.
Layoffs, Technology, Government, US News
171 points by qwertox 7 days ago | 178 comments
IBM return-to-office order hits finance, ops teams in push to dump staff for AI (theregister.com)
IBM has begun what a source describes as a soft layoff for its Finance & Operations business unit, in the form of a return-to-office (RTO) order.
IBM, Layoffs, Artificial Intelligence, Business, Technology
8 points by rntn 8 days ago | 4 comments
Meta's job cuts surprised some employees who said they weren't low performers (businessinsider.com)
Several Meta employees who said they received positive performance ratings in their midyear reviews last year had their jobs cut Monday, and some expressed fears about their future employment prospects, given that the stated goal of the layoffs had been to eliminate underperformers.
Meta, Layoffs, Tech Industry, Employment, Performance Reviews
20 points by belter 9 days ago | 9 comments
Unity continues mass layoffs with 'abrupt' communications and 5am emails (gamedeveloper.com)
Unity has spent $205 million laying off 25 percent of its workforce this fiscal year and it looks like the company isn't finished yet.
Unity, Layoffs, Business, Video Games, Technology
27 points by myth_drannon 9 days ago | 1 comments
Unity Suddenly Lays Off Numerous Developers with a 5 Am Email (80.lv)
Software developer Unity Technologies has executed yet another round of massive layoffs – the sixth one in recent years – eliminating an undisclosed number of employees, including, apparently, entire departments.
Software, Layoffs, Business, Gaming, Technology
15 points by cheeseface 9 days ago | 0 comments
Microsoft's performance-based job cuts begin (businessinsider.com)
Microsoft has started performance-based job cuts, according to termination letters viewed by Business Insider.
Microsoft, Layoffs, Business, Technology, Employment
10 points by LLcolD 10 days ago | 2 comments
Meta Layoff Starts (forbes.com)
Meta begins its latest round of workforce reductions today, initiating performance-based terminations across its global operations — a move that echoes similar strategic shifts at other tech giants like Microsoft, who recently announced its own targeted staff reductions last month.
Meta, Layoffs, Tech Industry, Business
10 points by qkhhly 10 days ago | 0 comments
Meta said to announce staff layoffs on Monday (breakingthenews.net)
Meta, Layoffs, Business, Technology
9 points by 100-xyz 13 days ago | 0 comments
Salesforce lays off staff in San Francisco after exec talks up offshoring (sfgate.com)
Salesforce, the software giant with deep ties to San Francisco, is laying off 153 local workers.
Salesforce, Layoffs, San Francisco, Technology, Offshoring
11 points by c420 13 days ago | 4 comments
Sonos Cuts 12% of Workers in Bid to Improve Product Organization (bloomberg.com)
Sonos Inc. said it’s cutting about 12% of its staff, or 200 workers, in a bid to make its product teams “flatter, smaller and more focused.”
Business, Layoffs, Technology, Audio
6 points by solardev 13 days ago | 0 comments