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Indian techies lost their job at Meta within 2-3 days of joining. Here is what they say. After Twitter laid off 50 percent of its employees, Meta layoffs have led to the sacking of more than 11000 employees on Thursday. The employees who have been laid off also include some Indian techies. One of the Indian techies who lost the job is IT professional, Neelima Agarwal. Neelima lost the job just after joining Meta two days back. She posted about the same on social media platform Linkedin. "Relocated to Canada from…

Twitter sacked half of its 7,500-strong staff on Friday as new owner Elon Musk launched his major overhaul of the troubled company just a week after his blockbuster takeover. Twitter sacked half of its 7,500-strong staff on Friday as new owner Elon Musk launched his major overhaul of the troubled company just a week after his blockbuster takeover. An internal document seen by AFP said "roughly 50 percent" of employees were impacted and would be denied access to company computers and email on an immediate basis.…

Elon Musk, the new Twitter head, has been laying off employees across teams in global offices. The SpaceX CEO has recently sacked the entire Ethical AI team, as confirmed by fired employees in their tweets. The Director of the ML Ethics, Transparency, and Accountability team at Twitter, Rumman Chowdhury, shared a tweet earlier in the day announcing that she has been laid off by the company. This was soon followed by farewell messages from several other team members, confirming that they have been let go under the global…

A 25-year-old man, who was let go as part of Elon Musk's huge layoffs after the Tesla CEO acquired Twitter, has shared a wholesome social media post. A 25-year-old man has proved that being fired from a job does not always have to end on bitter terms after he was sacked as part of the mass layoffs by Tesla CEO Elon Musk, following his acquisition of the micro-blogging site.On Friday, 25-year-old Yash Agarwal after being fired from his job, took to his Twitter handle and posted a happy picture in which he was seen…

Three of Twitter's top executives are poised to collect more than $100 million in severance and payouts. Three of Twitter Inc.'s top executives who were said to be fired after Elon Musk completed his takeover are poised to collect more than $100 million in severance and payouts of previously granted equity awards. Chief Executive Officer Parag Agrawal, who stepped into the role less than a year ago, is eligible to receive roughly $50 million, according to calculations by Bloomberg News. Chief Financial Officer Ned…

Mel B has made an apparent criticism of sacked Tory minister Conor Burns’s behaviour during a conversation with her at the Conservative party conference.Burns was asked to step down from his role as a minister of state in the trade department and had the Conservative whip withdrawn pending an investigation into an allegation of “serious misconduct” on Friday, Downing street said.A spokesperson added: “The prime minister took direct action on being informed of this allegation and is clear that all ministers should maintain…

Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Pregnant women continue to be sacked, demoted and discriminated against in the workplace despite laws designed to protect them, Monash University research shows. …

A Chinese official has been sacked for negligence, video game addiction, and a litany of other offences, authorities said, after a woman barred entry to hospitals due to Covid-19 restrictions miscarried.Li Qiang, director of the medical emergency centre in the historic city of Xi'an, was among officials reprimanded in January over the scandal, which sparked debate about the excesses of Beijing's zero-Covid strategy.Footage of the pregnant woman's harrowing experience went viral on Chinese social media, leading to…

Edtech major Byju's on Thursday said that less than 500 people have been laid off at WhiteHat Jr and Toppr, but sacked employees have claimed that 1100 staff had been retrenched at Toppr alone.The layoff at Toppr comes alongside Byju's group firm WhiteHat Jr retrenching 300 employees in addition to the resignation of 250 employees from the company in April-May."To recalibrate our business priorities and accelerate our long-term growth, we are optimising our teams across our group companies. This entire exercise involves…

Edtech major Byju's on Thursday said that less than 500 people have been laid off at Whitehat Jr and Toppr, but sacked employees have claimed that 1100 staff had been retrenched at Toppr alone.The layoff at Toppr comes alongside Byju's group firm Whitehat Jr retrenching 300 employees in addition to the resignation of 250 employees from the company in April-May."To recalibrate our business priorities and accelerate our long-term growth, we are optimising our teams across our group companies. This entire exercise involves…