Hacker News with Generative AI: Layoffs

Wordpress.com owner Automattic is laying off 16 percent of workers (theverge.com)
Automattic, the parent company of WordPress.com, is laying off about 16 percent of its workers.
Tech, Layoffs, WordPress, Business
3 points by ceejayoz 5 hours ago | 1 comments
WordPress maker Automattic lays off 16% of staff (techcrunch.com)
Automattic, the company behind WordPress.com, Tumblr, WooCommerce, and a range of other online services, is reducing its workforce.
WordPress, Layoffs, Tech Industry, Business
10 points by ilamont 7 hours ago | 1 comments
Restructuring Announcement (automattic.com)
I have had to make difficult decisions to protect Automattic’s long-term future. This post will outline why the changes are happening and the next steps in our organizational restructuring. I wish to be transparent and acknowledge immediately that this will be difficult news to hear. We will do everything to ensure that all Automatticians, those staying and those leaving, are supported.
Business, Restructuring, Company News, Layoffs
149 points by markx2 7 hours ago | 114 comments
Mass layoffs hit workers at HHS: CDC, NIH, FDA (usatoday.com)
Mass layoffs began Tuesday at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and at the Food and Drug Administration, the first steps in a plan to cut 10,000 jobs at the Department of Health and Human Services.
Government, Health, Layoffs, Public Health
8 points by throw0101c 11 hours ago | 0 comments
'One of the darkest days': NIH purges agency leadership amid mass layoffs (nature.com)
On health economist Jay Bhattacharya’s first day as head of the US National Institutes of Health (NIH), the chiefs of four of the 27 institutes and centres that make up his agency — including the country’s top infectious-diseases official — were removed from their posts.
Health, Leadership, Government, Science, Layoffs
12 points by rbanffy 11 hours ago | 0 comments
'One of the darkest days': NIH purges agency leadership amid mass layoffs (nature.com)
In shock move, four institute directors at the US biomedical agency are removed from their posts.
Science, Health, Government, Layoffs, Leadership
11 points by rntn 1 day ago | 1 comments
Layoffs begin at US health agencies which research, track disease, regulate food (apnews.com)
Employees across the massive U.S. Health and Human Services Department began receiving notices of dismissal Tuesday in an overhaul ultimately expected to lay off up to 10,000 people.
Health, Government, Layoffs, Public Health
7 points by consumer451 1 day ago | 0 comments
IBM US cuts may run deeper than feared ‒ and the jobs are heading to India (theregister.com)
Following our report last week on IBM's ongoing layoffs, current and former employees got in touch to confirm what many suspected: The US cuts run deeper than reported, and the jobs are heading to India.
Layoffs, Tech Industry, India, United States, Outsourcing
14 points by sleepyguy 5 days ago | 2 comments
IBM US cuts may run deeper than feared ‒ and the jobs are heading to India (theregister.com)
Following our report last week on IBM's ongoing layoffs, current and former employees got in touch to confirm what many suspected: The US cuts run deeper than reported, and the jobs are heading to India.
Layoffs, India, Technology, Business, United States
13 points by rntn 6 days ago | 2 comments
10k Federal Health Dept. Workers to Be Laid Off (nytimes.com)
The Trump administration on Thursday announced a massive layoff of 10,000 employees at the Health and Human Services Department, as part of a dramatic reorganization designed to bring communications and other functions directly under the purview of Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
Politics, Government, Health, Layoffs
12 points by kykeonaut 6 days ago | 1 comments
Jack Dorsey's Block to lay off nearly 1k workers in another reorganization (theguardian.com)
Block, Jack Dorsey’s financial technology company, plans to let go almost 1,000 current employees, while making other changes to its operations in its second such move in just over a year.
Layoffs, Business, Finance, Technology, Social Media
12 points by Ozarkian 7 days ago | 0 comments
Jack Dorsey's Block to lay off nearly 1k workers in another reorganization (theguardian.com)
Block, Jack Dorsey’s financial technology company, plans to let go almost 1,000 current employees, while making other changes to its operations in its second such move in just over a year.
Layoffs, Technology, Finance, Business, Companies
11 points by c420 8 days ago | 2 comments
931 Laid off at Block (Formerly Square) based on performance (techcrunch.com)
Fintech Block laid off 931 people, roughly 8% of the company’s staff, on Tuesday, according to a leaked message from the company seen by TechCrunch.
Fintech, Layoffs, Business, Technology
15 points by darth_avocado 8 days ago | 4 comments
'Sesame Street' faces uncertain future amid funding cuts and layoffs (nytimes.com)
Times are tough on Sesame Street.
Media, Children's Television, Funding, Layoffs
24 points by koolba 11 days ago | 16 comments
'We Just Want to Get Back to Work': NOAA Hurricane Hunter Speaks After Layoffs (gizmodo.com)
After mass layoffs at NOAA, meteorologist Andrew Hazelton finds himself in a bureaucratic no man’s land—fired, then reinstated, but still unable to work.
Government, Layoffs, Meteorology, Bureaucracy
10 points by rntn 11 days ago | 0 comments
The struggle that made us in Waterloo (bearblog.dev)
I can feel uncertainty looming over the software industry as the hiring frenzy of the COVID era has given way to layoffs and hiring freezes.
Software Industry, Layoffs, Hiring, Uncertainty, Waterloo
20 points by d-k-blackthorn 12 days ago | 6 comments
Tech employees are getting the message: Playtime's over (businessinsider.com)
A trifecta of economics, pandemic-era realities, and political pressure is changing tech culture.From Big Tech to Silicon Valley startups, companies are pushing to "do more with less."Leaders aren't shy about wielding their power and aligning around a hard-driving strategy.
Tech Culture, Economics, Layoffs
13 points by robinhouston 15 days ago | 12 comments
Amazon plans to lay off 14,000 managerial positions to save $3.5B yearly (techstartups.com)
Amazon is set to cut around 14,000 managerial positions by early 2025, aiming to save between $2.1 billion and $3.6 billion annually.
Amazon, Layoffs, Business, Technology, Cost Reduction
266 points by 05bmckay 16 days ago | 272 comments
Johns Hopkins to Cut More Than 2k Workers Funded by Federal Aid (nytimes.com)
Johns Hopkins University, one of the country’s leading centers of scientific research, said on Thursday that it would eliminate more than 2,000 workers in the United States and abroad because of the Trump administration’s steep cuts, primarily to international aid programs.
Healthcare, Government Funding, Layoffs
18 points by NN88 20 days ago | 7 comments
Doge axes CISA 'red team' staffers amid ongoing federal cuts (techcrunch.com)
Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) has fired more than a hundred employees working for the U.S. government’s cybersecurity agency CISA, including “red team” staffers, two people affected by the layoffs told TechCrunch.
Cybersecurity, Government, Layoffs, Elon Musk, Tech
15 points by unclebucknasty 22 days ago | 3 comments
US Department of Education cuts half its staff (apnews.com)
The Education Department plans to lay off more than 1,300 of its employees as part of an effort to halve the organization’s staff -- a prelude to President Donald Trump’s plan to dismantle the agency.
US Government, Education, Layoffs, Trump Administration
17 points by soared 22 days ago | 1 comments
Bending Spoons lay off more than 85% of Brightcove staff after acquisition (ycombinator.com)
Almost the entirely of Brightcove staff was lay off today. That is more than 450 people.
Layoffs, Acquisitions, Technology, Business
9 points by terminatorguy 23 days ago | 16 comments
NASA closes offices, lays off staff, prepares for larger workforce reductions (spacenews.com)
WASHINGTON — NASA is closing three offices and laying off their staff as a first step in broader workforce reductions at the agency ordered by the Trump administration.
NASA, Space Exploration, Government, Workforce Reduction, Layoffs
19 points by consumer451 23 days ago | 6 comments
Layoffs Don't Work (thehustle.co)
Yet companies keep using them over and over.
Layoffs, Business, Economics
407 points by indigoabstract 25 days ago | 754 comments
FiveThirtyEight Gets the Ax as ABC News Slashes Jobs in Major Shakeup (mediaite.com)
ABC News is shutting down FiveThirtyEight as part of sweeping layoffs at the network as parent company Disney continues broader restructuring and looks to cut about 200 positions, or 6 percent of its workforce.
Media, News, Layoffs, Business, Disney
63 points by gscott 28 days ago | 42 comments
Leaked VA memo calls for up to 83,000 layoffs to reduce workforce to 2019 levels (govexec.com)
The Veterans Affairs Department is planning to lay off tens of thousands of employees throughout its organization later this year, according to an internal memorandum distributed to top staff on Tuesday.
Government, Layoffs, Veterans Affairs
67 points by araes 28 days ago | 118 comments
Goldman Sachs to Target Vice Presidents in Next Round of Cuts (wsj.com)
Goldman Sachs GS -3.99%decrease; red down pointing triangle is preparing its annual round of layoffs, this time with a focus on its vice presidents.
Finance, Layoffs, Goldman Sachs
4 points by kamaraju 29 days ago | 2 comments
Doge plans to fire nearly all CFPB staff (cnbc.com)
Finance, Government, Layoffs, Consumer Protection
16 points by belter 32 days ago | 9 comments
18F has been laid off (bsky.app)
Government, Layoffs, Technology
34 points by lmeyerov 32 days ago | 2 comments
Who needs weather reports anyway? (vox.com)
More layoffs have hit the federal government, this time at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, the United States’s main weather forecaster and the world’s premier research agency for the seas and the skies.
Government, Layoffs, Climate, Weather
12 points by lr0 33 days ago | 0 comments