Google execs to get lower bonuses in cost-cutting move following layoffs
Google Chief Executive Sundar Pichai said top executives would take pay cuts following the largest round of layoffs in the company’s history. Speaking at a companywide meeting on Monday, Pichai said employees at the senior-vice president level and above would get lower bonuses as part of cost-cutting measures, according to people who heard the remarks. The comments came after […]
Spotify reportedly planning layoffs as soon as this week
After slowing its pace of hiring last year, Spotify Technology SA is planning layoffs as soon as this week, according to a new report, adding to the wave of jobs cuts sweeping across the tech industry. Citing people familiar with the plans, Bloomberg News reported late Sunday that the streaming music service faces imminent job […]
Job openings data is missing a recent upturn in layoffs, Goldman economist says
The Labor Department’s job openings report may not be capturing a recent upturn in layoffs, according to new research from Goldman Sachs. Manuel Abecasis, a Goldman Sachs economist, looked at layoff notices filed under the Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act, which require companies to notify state governments, and affected individuals, of plans to lay […]
Salesforce layoffs at its home base in San Francisco number in the hundreds so far
Salesforce Inc., which last week said it would be slashing 10% of its workforce, or about 8,000 people, has disclosed a wave of layoffs at its San Francisco headquarters in a filing with the state of California. A total of 752 job cuts will become effective March 24, Salesforce CRM, -1.72% said in a letter […]
ADP says 235,000 private-sector U.S. jobs created in December
The numbers: Private-sector employment rose by 235,000 in December, payroll processor ADP said Thursday, in a sign that many companies are still hiring and the U.S. labor market remains strong. ADP reported a 182,000 increase in November. The increase in hiring was larger than expected. Economists polled by The Wall Street Journal had forecast a […]