According to a Wall Street Journal report, the San Francisco cloud computing software company Salesforce is laying off 700 employees across the company in the latest round of layoffs to hit the tech industry.
This round of layoff impacted 1% of its workforce as the company has a total headcount of roughly 70,000 employees. Last year the company also laid off about 10% of its workforce, more than 7,350 employees.
Recently, Ross Harmes, chief of staff said, Salesforce will pause all hiring in technology and product divisions, including in its chat subsidiary Slack.
Layoffs in the tech industry can be influenced by various factors such as market conditions, company performance, and shifts in technology trends.
Microsoft Layoffs
Yesterday, Microsoft announced that it is laying off 1,900 employees within its video-game divisions this week. While Microsoft is primarily laying off roles at Activision Blizzard, some Xbox and ZeniMax employees will also be impacted by the cuts.
These layoffs are approximately 8 percent of the company’s 22,000 gaming workforce. Microsoft has recently acquired Activision for $69 billion in a deal that concluded late last year.
I want to thank everyone who is impacted today for their meaningful contributions to their teams, to Blizzard, and to players’ lives. It’s an incredibly hard day and my energy and support will be focused on all those amazing individuals impacted – this is in no way a reflection…
— Mike Ybarra 🎄 (@Qwik) January 25, 2024
President, Blizzard, Mike Ybarra took to Twitter and said, “I want to thank everyone who is impacted today for their meaningful contributions to their teams, to Blizzard, and players’ lives. It’s an incredibly hard day and my energy and support will be focused on all those amazing individuals impacted – this is in no way a reflection on your amazing work. If there’s anything I can help with, connections, recommendations, etc
“To all of those impacted today – I am always available to you and understand how challenging today’s news is. My heart is with each one of you.” He added.
Google Layoffs
Recently this month, American multinational technology company, Google also announced the laying-off of hundreds of employees working in Assistant, hardware, and engineering teams.
According to media reports, Tech major, Google’s advancement in artificial intelligence may result in restructuring the ad sales department, which may impact employees from the ad sales unit at Google.
As a result, the company plans to automate certain jobs in the ad sales and customer service department. As of September 2023, Alphabet had 182,381 employees across the world.
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