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Square Roots, an indoor “smart farm” co-owned by Elon Musk’s brother Kimbal, has closed down four of its five locations and laid off most of its employees on Tuesday. The farming startup opened in 2016, producing herbs, greens, and salad mixes using artificial light in an indoor environment before distributing the produce to local and regional grocery stores. Mr. Tweet Fumbles Super Bowl TweetA former employee at the Grands Rapids location told Business Insider that the staff was notified mid-shift on Tuesday to drop what…

Twitter’s former head of HR filed a proposed class action lawsuit against the company on Wednesday, demanding Elon Musk pay out $500 million to former employees for allegedly not paying severance fees to laid-off staff. Courtney McMillan, the head of total rewards for the company’s benefits programs before she was laid off in January, claimed in the lawsuit that Twitter’s then-CEO Parag Agrawal promised employees they were entitled to their paid severance under the Merger Agreement.Mr. Tweet Fumbles Super Bowl…

Meta is continuing with cuts this week, lopping off approximately 6,000 more of its workers in yet another round of mass layoffs. Most of these newest job losses are expected to impact people on the business side of Meta’s operations—including staff in ad sales, marketing, and partnerships—according to multiple reports and an earlier company statement outlining plans.Making the Facebook Papers PublicNewly axed employees began posting about their layoffs on LinkedIn and Twitter on Wednesday. The company sent out an…

The news outlet Insider announced to staff via email Thursday morning that the company lay off 10% of its workforce, including staff writers.Meta's Apparent Firing GoofInsider Editor-in-Chief Nicholas Carlson announced last week that the outlet’s writers would be experimenting with ChatGPT. Asked if the layoffs were related to the nascent use of the AI chatbot, an Insider spokesperson said, “Of course not.”Insider Incorporated president Barbara Peng announced that layoffs in an email to staff this morning that was…

Twitter owner Elon Musk is facing yet another lawsuit claiming he was too busy trying to fire half the company he didn’t give his former tweeps the legally required two months of notice. On Tuesday, ex-Twitter contract workers filed a proposed class action lawsuit against the blue bird app and their former employer TEKsystems Inc. The former contractors claim Twitter did not grant them the mandatory 60 days advance notice before laying them off.The Elon Musk Twitter Saga, Part 1 of Who Knows?The lawsuit does not describe…

Lots of tech company workers have found themselves unemployed recently. And with the likes of Amazon and Meta confirming new rounds of layoffs just this month—even more former employees of big tech are likely to be job hunting soon.Many are likely to turn to online job boards to peruse for new positions. Yet apparently that potential influx in site traffic from the hoards of newly out-of-work hasn’t been enough to give one of the internet’s largest job posting platform a boost. Indeed is enacting its own round of mass…

Photo: Robert Giroux (Getty Images)Adobe has promised there will be no more layoffs in 2023 as the company opens its fourth office, based in San Jose, California. Standing at 18 stories and 1.25 million square feet, Adobe’s new office tower has the capacity to hold 3,000 employees, all of whom will be given a hybrid or remote working option, Bloomberg first reported.“We’re actually committed to continuing to grow here,” Adobe Chief People Officer Gloria Chen told Bloomberg Television on Wednesday. “We are committed to not…

Photo: Steve Jennings (Getty Images)PagerDuty CEO Jennifer Tejada, the author of the worst tech layoff email in recent months, wants you to know that she’s sorry. She refused to use the word “layoffs” and quoted Martin Luther King Jr., perhaps not right thing to do when laying off 7% of your employees.Tejada told employees that she regretted sending the Jan. 24 email where she announced layoffs, or as she called them, “refinements,” celebrated employee promotions, teased good financial results, and quoted Martin Luther…

Google previously announced it was laying off 12,000 employees, or about 6% of the company.Image: Drew Angerer (Getty Images)As layoffs continue to plague the tech sector, even the titans of the industry aren’t safe. Amidst ongoing layoffs at Google, we’ve learned the company has let go of its mental health executive, according to Insider.Kristin Maczko wrote on Linkedin that she served the company for fifteen years, with over one year in the position of Director of Global Mental Health and Wellbeing. According to…

PagerDuty CEO Jennifer Tejada put her foot in her mouth.Photo: Steve Jennings (Getty Images)Considering the steady stream of layoffs coursing through the tech industry, it’s understandable that some CEOs want to take extra care when informing employees that their company will also be cutting jobs. However, calling layoffs “refinements” and quoting Martin Luther King Jr. is not the way to go.Unfortunately, that’s exactly what PagerDuty CEO Jennifer Tejada did earlier this week, prompting shock and ridicule on social media.…