Job cuts
02/23/2024
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By Laura Harris
Google faces backlash over MASS LAYOFFS in January despite company’s financial success
Tech giant Google has once again come under fire after conducting another round of mass layoffs in January to streamline operations and allocate more resources to artificial intelligence (AI). The job cuts, which affected a thousand employees, included hundreds of workers in the voice assistant sector, hardware teams responsible for Pixel, Nest and Fitbit products, augmented reality, engineering […]
02/12/2024
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By Olivia Cook
LAYOFF season continues: PayPal cuts off 9% of its global workforce – roughly 2,500 jobs
PayPal has begun a series of company-wide layoffs that will cut about nine percent of its global workforce – or roughly 2,500 jobs. These job cuts came after new CEO Alex Chriss took over, and came on top of a prior round of dismissals of seven percent last year. In a letter sent to employees, Chriss noted that […]
01/30/2024
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By Olivia Cook
Job cuts in mainstream media outlets could lead to AI TAKEOVER of news industry
Thousands of journalists are facing a stark, scary “new reality” as mainstream news outlets are slashing jobs to stay afloat in the struggling industry. Questions about the future of U.S. journalism have been raised following the news industry’s bad start this year. In January alone, several publishers laid off their employees in a continuation of the […]
11/29/2023
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By Zoey Sky
CHICKEN SANDWICH AIR DROP: Chick-fil-A launches drone deliveries in Florida
One Chick-fil-A location in Tampa, Florida, has recently launched a pilot program that uses delivery drones. While the idea seems novel and convenient, is it something workers at the fast food restaurant chain should worry about? Will the drones eventually replace all human delivery drivers? Stores in Valrico, Florida can send orders using drones Chick-fil-A announced […]
08/31/2023
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By Laura Harris
LAYOFFS INCOMING: Walmart teams up with Wings for high-speed drone deliveries to 60,000 homes in Dallas
Retail giant Walmart has announced a new partnership with Wing, an on-demand drone delivery provider powered by Google parent company Alphabet, to offer drone delivery services from two of its branches in Dallas to 60,000 customers in the area. The Walmart Supercenter, located in Frisco, Texas, is set to pioneer the drone delivery service while a […]
05/22/2023
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By Cassie B.
Job APOCALYPSE continues: Layoffs announced at Walmart’s drone delivery partner
Walmart’s drone delivery partner is cutting jobs across the company amid a shift in its operating strategy. Virginia-based DroneUp announced a series of layoffs for its team, which is now made up of 418 people. Founded in 2016, the company owns a fleet of quadcopter drones that are geared toward last-mile delivery, flying items from […]
03/17/2023
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By Oliver Young
Mark Zuckerberg announces plan to cut 10,000 Meta employees in the next 2 months
Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg has touted 2023 as the company’s “year of efficiency.” That means more employees are on the chopping block. On Tuesday, March 14, Zuckerberg announced the company’s plan to cut 10,000 employees in the next two months – just short of the 11,000 it laid off in November, which equated to roughly […]
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