Spanish police on Monday said they had busted the owners of a funeral parlour in Valencia for allegedly selling dead bodies to university research departments for 1,200 euros per corpse. The four suspects, two owners and two employees, also helped…
Amazon slashes jobs at Twitch, MGM and Prime Video
Amazon is to axe hundreds of staff across its subsidiaries Twitch, Prime Video and MGM studios. More than 500 Twitch employees – a third of the streamer’s workforce – will be laid off, according to a note from chief executive…
Kano: Job losses as Shoprite announces closure of retail stores
Scores of middle and low line workers in Kano State have been thrown into the saturated labour market as Shoprite, one of Nigeria’s leading retail stores, announced its exit from Kano State. Saturday Sun gathered that the decision to quit…
Virgin Orbit: Sir Richard Branson’s rocket company lays off 85% of staff
British billionaire Sir Richard Branson’s rocket company Virgin Orbit says it will lay off 85% of staff after failing to secure new investment. The firm will also cease operations for the foreseeable future, according to media reports. It comes weeks…
Disney boss tells workers to return to office 4 days a week
Disney’s boss has told employees who are currently working from home to start going into the office for four days a week from the start of March. Chief executive Bob Iger said so-called “hybrid” workers will now be asked to…
Amazon CEO says company will lay off more than 18,000 workers
Amazon is laying off 18,000 employees, the tech giant said Wednesday, representing the single largest number of jobs cut at a technology company since the industry began aggressively downsizing last year. In a blog post, Amazon CEO Andy Jassy wrote…
New York Times poised for 1st mass staff walkout in 40 years
The New York Times is bracing for a 24-hour walkout on Thursday by hundreds of journalists and other employees, in what would be the first strike of its kind at the newspaper in more than 40 years. Newsroom employees and…
Facebook’s parent company, Meta, to lay off more than 11,000 employees
Meta will lay off more than 11,000 employees, CEO Mark Zuckerberg told workers in a message Wednesday. The layoffs will reduce the company’s workforce by about 13%, according to Meta, the parent company of Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp. “I want…
Elon Musk plans to cut 75% of 7,500-person Twitter workforce
Elon Musk plans to lay off most of Twitter’s workforce if and when he becomes owner of the social media company, according to a report Thursday by The Washington Post. Musk has told prospective investors in his Twitter purchase that…
Microsoft lays off nearly 1,000 employees
Microsoft announced layoffs on Monday for nearly 1,000 employees worldwide, the company confirmed to ABC News. The move marks the latest sign of weakness among some of the largest U.S. tech companies amid persistent inflation, recession fears and stock market…