Silicon Valley layoffs – Page 2

Google, Twitch, Discord Announce Massive Layoffs As Bay Area Mass Layoffs Continue

January 12, 2024 2:30 amJanuary 12, 2024 2:31 am

Multiple San Francisco tech firms such as Google and Discord instituted mass layoffs on Wednesday and Thursday, increasing the number of unemployed tech workers in the Bay Area in a year where the region had been projected to begin to...

Unity Gaming Company Announces Mass Layoff of 1,800 In San Francisco

January 9, 2024 2:30 amJanuary 9, 2024 2:31 am

Unity, a San Francisco video game company specializing in game engines, let go 1,800 employees on Monday, becoming the Bay Area’s first major mass layoff a little more than a week into 2024. In the last few years, San Francisco...

Intel Announces 140 More Job Cuts In Latest California Tech Sector Layoffs

August 18, 2023 11:56 amAugust 18, 2023 11:56 am

Mass tech layoffs returned to the Bay Area on Thursday following a relatively calm summer, with Intel announcing that an additional 140 employees are to be let go by the end of the month. Beginning in October of last year,...

Newest Mass Layoffs Strike San Francisco: Over 2,000 Jobs Lost At Gap, Dropbox

April 27, 2023 12:30 pmApril 27, 2023 3:23 pm

Two major San Francisco-based companies announced mass layoffs on Thursday, with Gap announcing that 1,800 corporate positions will be cut and Dropbox announcing that 16% of all employees, or around 500 people, will be let go. Beginning in October of...

Salesforce Leaves Entire SF Office Building As Bay Area Office Vacancy Crisis Worsens

April 12, 2023 9:19 pmApril 13, 2023 7:57 am

Salesforce, one of the largest companies in the Bay Area, continued to vacate San Francisco this week by completely moving out of the Salesforce East tower, with all of their formerly occupied floors going to lease. Founded in San Francisco...

Meta Announces 10,000 More Job Cuts In Second Round Of Layoffs

March 14, 2023 1:05 pmMarch 14, 2023 1:05 pm

Meta, the Menlo Park-based parent company of social media sites Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp, announced on Tuesday that they would be laying off another 10,000 employees this Spring, marking the second round of large layoffs by the social media company...

Elon Musk, Gov. Newsom Announce Tesla’s New Engineering HQ in California

February 22, 2023 7:02 pmFebruary 22, 2023 7:02 pm

Governor Gavin Newsom and Tesla CEO Elon Musk in a joint announcement Wednesday said that Tesla would be moving their Global Engineering and AI Headquarters back to Palo Alto only 15 months after having the Headquarters officially move to Austin,...