Globally over 80,000 tech employees lost jobs in first four months this year in 279 firms: Report

More than 80,000 employees in the technology sector have lost jobs in the first four months this year

More than 80,000 employees in the technology sector have lost jobs in the first four months this year
More than 80,000 employees in the technology sector have lost jobs in the first four months this year

Layoffs continue to haunt the overall startup ecosystem globally

Latest figures from layoff.fyi, a portal that tracks tech sector job cuts, 279 tech companies have sacked 80,230 employees in the first four months this year, to date (till May 3). Layoffs continue to haunt the overall startup ecosystem globally.

In 2022 and 2023, tech companies worldwide laid off more than 425,000 employees, as a global slowdown hit the IT/Tech and the startup ecosystem.

In India, ride-hailing platform Ola Cabs has started a restructuring process that will impact at least 10 percent of its workforce.

In the latest job cut, US customer experience management platform Sprinklr sacked about 116 employees.

Exercise equipment and fitness company Peloton this week announced to lay off 15 percent of its workforce (about 400 employees). Google also laid off about 200 employees from its core teams in a reorganization move, according to reports.

In fresh job cuts, Elon Musk-run Tesla laid off hundreds of employees, weeks after reducing 10 percent (or 14,000 people) from its global workforce. The tech billionaire disbanded the entire Tesla charging team in the new layoff round.

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