A new report sheds light on what exactly happened when Elon Musk fired 500 Supercharger employees earlier this month.
Paraform raises $3.6M seed round to connect startups with recruiter networks
Layoffs usually drive attention and sympathy towards affected employees, but rarely does anyone talk about what happens to the recruiters who are sometimes also asked to leave when […]
How many startups shut down last year compared to the year before? A lot.
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The feast and famine cycle of tech
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Tether had ‘record-breaking’ net profits in Q4, Polygon Labs does layoffs and hackers steal $112M of XRP
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Tech layoffs scale to three-quarter high
In its most recent quarter, Microsoft reported $62 billion worth of revenue, $27 billion worth of operating income, and $21.9 billion worth of net income. It also recently […]
Security giant Proofpoint is laying off 280 employees, about 6% of its workforce
Proofpoint is laying off about 6% of its global workforce, or 280 employees, the company confirmed to TechCrunch. “This decision was not taken lightly, and it is deeply […]
Aurora Solar lays off 20% of employees after reportedly missing growth targets
Despite record growth in the solar industry last year, software startup Aurora Solar has laid off 20% of its staff of about 1,000 people, TechCrunch has exclusively learned. […]