Category: Jobs and Layoffs

California’s tech workforce is heading into 2026 on edge as Google, Amazon and Pinterest move ahead with fresh rounds of job cuts that hit the state’s core innovation hubs. The latest notices signal that the wave of tech layoffs that began earlier in the decade is not over, and that even well established giants are…

Corporate America is entering 2026 with a chill running through its white-collar ranks, as hiring stalls and job cuts spread from tech into manufacturing, retail, finance, and logistics. What looked like a brief correction in office jobs has hardened into a deliberate strategy to run leaner, automate more, and plan the year with fewer people…

Zillow has launched a sweeping cull of underperformers, cutting roughly 3% of its workforce in what insiders describe as a harsh performance purge at the real estate technology giant. The move eliminates about 200 roles across the company, signaling a tougher internal culture around results at a time when the housing market remains choppy and…

Corporate America is starting 2026 with a jolt, as Dow and Home Depot move to cut thousands of jobs in a labor market that had seemed remarkably resilient. Their decisions land in the middle of a broader reset in which major employers are trimming headcount, rethinking remote work and leaning harder on automation and artificial…

Amazon’s decision to cut 1,400 jobs in Seattle is not verified by the available reporting, so any claim that the company has already taken this specific step is unconfirmed. What is clear is that the city’s tech sector is under pressure from shifting corporate strategies, changing office habits, and a tougher funding climate, all of…

Canada’s federal government is moving to claw back public money from General Motors after the automaker slashed jobs at its flagship Ontario truck plant, igniting a high-stakes fight over what taxpayers should expect in return for corporate subsidies. The confrontation lands just as hundreds of autoworkers are walking out of the Oshawa facility for the…

America’s logistics and tech backbone is being ripped up and rewired in real time. Amazon and UPS are cutting tens of thousands of positions, not as a short-term panic, but as part of a deeper reset in how goods move, how work is organized, and where profit really lies. The result is a brutal reshuffling…

After hiring at breakneck speed during the pandemic, many of the country’s biggest employers are now aggressively cutting staff to reset their payrolls. The result is a job market that looks stable on the surface but feels precarious to workers who see high profile layoffs landing week after week. I see a corporate landscape that…

Hulu, one of the original giants of subscription streaming, is about to disappear as a standalone app. Disney is winding down the service’s independent presence and folding its shows and movies into Disney+, turning what used to be a separate green icon on your TV into just another tile inside a larger platform. For subscribers,…

Seattle’s long tech boom is colliding with a sharp new reality, as mass layoffs, rising Unemployment and a chill in hiring unsettle a city that once seemed insulated from downturns. The shift is most visible in the shadow of Amazon’s headquarters, where thousands of corporate workers are being cut even as the company posts strong…