This is per Bloomberg, Impossible Foods are planning a 20% layoff https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-01-30/impossible-foods-plans-to-lay-off-about-20-of-employees

“Controlling labor costs via periodic layoffs is like breathing for Silicon Valley: cyclical, necessary for life,” Malcolm Harris, author of the forthcoming book “Palo Alto: A History of California, Capitalism and the World,” told me. The layoffs... — read more 

"The 'overheated' markets mentioned in the note were: San Jose, California; Austin, Texas; Phoenix, Arizona; and San Diego... — read more 

The initial exuberance and relief following BI’s return as Disney CEO has been replaced by anxiety as speculation about a pending corporate restructuring is intensifying — and with it, rumors about the layoffs that are likely to... — read more 

https://www.thelayoff.com/international-business-machines https://www.cnn.com/2023/01/26/tech/ibm-layoffs-intl-hnk/index.html

https://www.thelayoff.com/apple

PagerDuty has confirmed layoffs impacting 7% of its workforce as part of its ongoing efforts to drive efficient growth and expand operating... — read more 

"BofA warns that the US economy will start to lose 175,000 jobs per month during Q1 of 2023, expects a ‘harder landing’ rather than a softer... — read more 

Not a problem....? https://seekingalpha.com/news/3927198-unusually-high-number-of-stocks-halted-at-nyse-open

Silicon Valley, Finance, and now Healthcare and Biotech?

https://www.thelayoff.com/merck-and https://www.fiercebiotech.com/biotech/merck-kgaa-shrinks-us-research-team-layoffs-continue-batter-biotech-industry

https://www.kxan.com/news/local/austin/ascension-confirms-layoffs-in-texas/

https://www.ndtv.com/indians-abroad/hit-by-layoffs-thousands-of-indian-it-professionals-struggle-to-stay-in-us-3715924

https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kQsWdXN https://fortune.com/2023/01/23/christopher-hohn-rishi-sunak-old-boss-tci-fund-management-letter-to-alphabet-sundar-pichai/amp/

"The right to strike is on trial in the Supreme Court. At stake is a 64-year-old precedent that shields workers and unions from state lawsuits while they pursue unfair labor practice claims in the federal National Labor Relations Board (NLRB). If... — read more 

Layoffs at Spotify have just been announced. Looks like nobody is safe from the tech curse of 2022-2023.

https://www.thelayoff.com/wayfair https://www.foxbusiness.com/lifestyle/wayfair-cutting-10-workers-as-layoffs-mount

https://www.thelayoff.com/google https://www.nytimes.com/2023/01/20/business/google-alphabet-layoffs.html

In the wake of the global pandemic, many U.S. working people are organizing for a multiracial democracy in which they have more power on the job and in their communities. Their efforts build, in part, on a newfound public appreciation for labor... — read more 

Twitter, Meta, Google, SalesForce, Microsoft, Tesla Goldman Sachs, JP Morgan, Morgan Stanley, Wells Fargo, BNY Mellon Let's pretend we couldn't see it... — read more 

Autonomous trucking technology company TuSimple plans to cut a chunk of its workforce, potentially as early as this week, according to The Wall Street Journal, which cited “people familiar with the... — read more 

Pluralsight cut around 20 percent of employees this week (around 400 people). Layoffs at tech and tech-related companies continue...

Zach Perret's message to Plaid employees December 07, 2022 Today, I’m announcing the most difficult change we have had to make at Plaid to date. I made the hard decision to reduce the size of our team, and in doing so, to say goodbye to... — read more 

https://techcrunch.com/2022/10/14/beyond-meat-layoffs-sales-slump/amp/

The following are the benefits that will be provided to the 180 Asana employees who were terminated today: Three months of basic pay, career services, a $500 stipend, and stock vesting in late December. There is no mention of immigration-related... — read more 

Coinbase announces round 2 of layoffs for talent and institutional onboarding teams, as reported by TheInformation. https://www.theinformation.com/articles/coinbase-is-cutting-more-jobs

Personal news that every journalist dreads sharing: After 3 years at Adweek, I was laid off today. I'm so proud of all the work I did and I'm forever grateful for the people I worked with, some of whom have become lifelong friends. But let's be real... — read more 

County/Parish Notice Date Received Date Effective Date Company "Layoff/ Closure" "No. Of Employees" Address San Diego County 06/23/2022 07/08/2022 08/23/2022 Cue Health Inc. Layoff Permanent 9 6225 Nancy Ridge Dr. San Diego CA 92121 San... — read more 

Thousands of employees affected.

Today we’re announcing the hardest change we have had to make at Stripe to date. We’re reducing the size of our team by around 14% and saying goodbye to many talented Stripes in the process. If you are among those impacted, you will receive a... — read more 

Oct. 22, 2022 - Vacasa’s layoffs affect roughly 3% of the company’s workforce, primarily in its corporate divisions, Skift reported—its second round of cuts this year following its decision to let go of 25 sales employees in July—a spokesperson told... — read more 

Mass layoffs at Brex, 136 people have been cut.

Who wants to bet that this is just the beginning? "Spotify is pulling 11 original podcasts from the platform, which will impact studios Parcast and Gimlet and involve less than 5% layoffs from Spotify’s podcast staff, a source familiar with the... — read more 

Almost 5K laid off... Things are looking pretty bad... https://therealdeal.com/2021/06/01/troubled-construction-startup-katerra-will-shut-down-report/

Instacart has been letting go of staff, slowing hiring and curbing other expenses as it heads toward a public listing, when the grocery-delivery company will try to convince public investors that it can maintain its growth—and make a profit—as the... — read more