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'Restore the authority': the challenge for the BBC's new director of news
Rachel Jupp takes role as corporation grapples with digital transformation, a cash crisis and its public service role. With looming job cuts and an ongoing pay…
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Amazon employees hit by fresh job cuts across several teams
Amazon employees hit by fresh job cuts across several teams
BBC morale dented by gradual 'bloodletting' after weeks of job cuts
Plans to shed as many as 2,000 employees have been announced in stages, and staff fear further cuts in 2027Morale at the BBC has been severely dented by a grad…
Consumer
Disney plans hundreds of job cuts in restructuring under new CEO Josh D'Amaro: report
Disney is planning to restructure its sprawling television operation, which is expected to result in hundreds of layoffs, according to a report.
'JLR job cuts a cause for uncertainty and worry'
Experts say they worry it could limit the company's ability to innovate in the future.
Industrials
EU faces 300,000 factory job cuts as China 'colonises' supply chains, industry warns
Protest using 10 coffins to symbolise struggling manufacturing industry to take place in BrusselsJob losses in EU manufacturing will rapidly increase unless Br…
Autos
No bailouts for Jaguar Land Rover amid reports of thousands of job cuts, says minister
Carmaker, which is battling Trump tariffs and Chinese competitors, faces talks with union leaders and government. The government has signalled that it will not…
Geopolitics
Minister to meet Jaguar Land Rover boss as thousands of job cuts expected
The company is struggling with the impact of tariffs as well as the fallout from a major cyber attack last year.
Autos
Volkswagen's stock gets boost from plan to double job cuts to 100,000
The German car giant's supervisory board unanimously approved a plan which envisaged slashing about 50,000 positions.
Autos
Volkswagen plans 50,000 more job cuts amid biggest overhaul in its history
Volkswagen plans 50,000 more job cuts amid biggest overhaul in its history
Autos
VW workers boo boss as he urges them to 'pull together' amid job cuts
Oliver Blume faces workforce at German HQ as carmaker struggles against Chinese competition and US tariffs. The chief executive of Volkswagen has faced boos an…
Transport
Freight Distress Report: More than 7,000 jobs cut in new wave of closures
A new round of layoffs and closures is hitting thousands of workers across manufacturing, distribution, warehousing, trucking and parcel networks. The post Fre…
Macro
Job cuts plunge to a 2-year low despite AI fears, economic shocks
Layoffs have plunged this year. "Recently laid-off workers are finding jobs as fast as the economy is creating new ones," one economist said.
Transport
UPS turns the page as job cuts and Amazon 'glide down' are completed
UPS's stock rallies after reporting an earnings beat and raised outlook.
Autos
VW profits plunge and deep job cuts loom amid tough Chinese competition
Carmaker, which is pushing through cost-cutting programme, expects sales to fall by up to 3% this year. Volkswagen has reported a steep fall in profits and cut…
Finance
Polygon CEO announces job cuts amid Coinme acquisition
The round of layoffs was part of Polygon transitioning operations to payments following a $250 million deal to acquire Coinme and Sequence in January.
Autos
Volkswagen to slash model lineup and shrink capacity - but no word on job cuts
The update followed a high-stakes boardroom showdown with the group's supervisory board.
Autos
VW faces protests in Germany over proposed job cuts and factory closures
Demonstrations at 18 sites set up as radical transformation plan put to board of Europe's biggest carmaker. Volkswagen's proposal to slash up to 100,000 jobs a…
Technology
Microsoft plans thousands of job cuts, impacting less than 2.5% of workforce
Microsoft plans thousands of job cuts, impacting less than 2.5% of workforce
Autos
Volkswagen plans up to 100,000 job cuts: 'Never has the risk situation been so high'
The plan would accelerate VW's existing target to cut 50,000 jobs in Germany by 2030 and reduce domestic manufacturing capacity by 500,000 vehicles.
Industrials
Factory job cuts in June neared financial crisis and Covid levels, S&P says
Though the firm's manufacturing index ran better than expected for June, it came largely from an inventory rebuild and despite sharp job cuts.
Finance
British Council faces more job cuts to help pay off £197m loan
National Audit Office says agency proposes closing operations in 11 countries as part of turnaround plan. The British Council faces cutting its workforce furth…
Macro
BBC News braces for major round of job cuts in broadcaster's £500m cost-saving drive
All departments will be affected but biggest cuts are in news, with job losses expected to run into the hundredsBBC News is braced for a major round of job cut…
A Baltimore man started an income-sharing club after the DOGE job cuts. It's redistributed over $20,000 so far.
A Baltimore man started an income-sharing club after the DOGE job cuts. It's redistributed over $20,000 so far.
Macro
AI is driving more job cuts and weighing on hiring, economists say
Economists say AI is reshaping the U.S. labor market by suppressing hiring even as overall job losses remain limited.
AI
Demis Hassabis Thinks AI Job Cuts Are Dumb
The CEO of Google DeepMind tells WIRED that companies should use the productivity gains of AI to do more, not lay people off.
AI
AI is as a top cause of layoffs, accounting for 26% of April's job cuts
New data shows artificial intelligence is the most cited reason for layoffs, even as economists debate whether it is truly displacing workers.
AI
There is concern about how AI is affecting work as each new month brings a wave of job-cut announcements from large employers. Here's how this year's job cuts are stacking up.
Private-sector job cuts were down 1% in the first quarter, but AI led to 40% more layoffs in tech.
Commodities
Rio Tinto renews Sodexo's FIFO catering gig as more Perth job cut details emerge and Roger Cook weighs in
The French firm feeding Rio Tinto's legion of workers in the Pilbara has renewed its contract amid a wave of redundancies sweeping through the iron ore giant's…
Consumer
Read Nike's memo announcing 1,400 job cuts, most in tech, as it reshapes operations
Read Nike's memo announcing 1,400 job cuts, most in tech, as it reshapes operations