Category: Jobs and Layoffs

Oracle is weighing one of the largest corporate downsizings in recent tech history, with analysts warning that up to 30,000 roles, nearly a fifth of its global staff, could be on the line as the company races to fund next generation AI infrastructure. The potential cuts would reshape a software giant that has spent decades…

Across the United States, February is opening with another wave of corporate job cuts that is hitting everyone from warehouse workers and delivery drivers to software engineers and journalists. After U.S. layoffs reached about 1.1 m positions in 2025, companies are moving into 2026 still focused on trimming costs, automating tasks, and resetting after the…

The operator behind one of North America’s best known outdoor clothing brands is preparing a sweeping restructuring that could erase its entire mall footprint. Nearly 180 stores are now in the crosshairs as the company’s retail arm moves toward bankruptcy protection and a potential shutdown of all brick and mortar locations in the United States…

Pinterest is facing a backlash from its own workforce after firing engineers who tried to bring transparency to a fresh round of job cuts. The clash over an internal layoff tracker lands at a moment when executives across the industry are invoking artificial intelligence to justify restructurings, tighten control over data, and police internal dissent….

President Donald Trump came back into office promising that this time he would not just slow coal’s decline but reverse it, using federal power to keep aging plants running and mines open. Instead, his rescue plan is colliding with a new source of resistance: coal executives and utility allies who say Washington is forcing them…

One of the country’s most recognizable deep-dish names is quietly shrinking, leaving regulars to discover locked doors and dark dining rooms where family dinners used to be. An 83-year-old pizza chain that helped popularize Chicago-style pies is now closing restaurants with little public warning, a jarring turn for a brand that once defined comfort food…

Amazon is preparing to cut hundreds of corporate roles in the Bay Area, part of a broader retrenchment that is reshaping the region’s tech job market. The latest notices point to nearly 800 local positions on the chopping block, concentrated in Silicon Valley offices that only a few years ago symbolized unbounded growth. Taken together…

Oracle is staring at one of the most dramatic restructurings in its history, as market jitters over its swelling debt collide with an aggressive bet on artificial intelligence infrastructure. An analyst has flagged potential cuts of up to 30,000 jobs and the possible sale of major assets, just as the company moves to raise tens…

Gen X spent decades being told they were the reliable middle managers who would quietly keep corporate America running. Now they are discovering that experience and loyalty are not enough to keep them off the layoff lists. As companies chase automation, cheaper labor and a younger image, mid‑career workers are being pushed out of the…

Internal combustion engines once defined the modern car industry, but the center of gravity is shifting fast. Global automakers are carving out timelines to end new gasoline and diesel models, governments are locking in phaseout dates, and investors are rewarding companies that treat electric drivetrains as the default rather than the niche. The gas era…