AI and Employment: China’s Landmark Rulings Indicate AI Should Not Justify Layoffs
Recent court decisions in China are starting to transform the legal landscape regarding AI-driven layoffs, highlighting that automation alone…
Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg attributes layoffs to AI investments and warns of potential additional cuts.
Meta’s CEO Mark Zuckerberg linked the planned layoffs at the parent company of Facebook to a rise in capital investment for AI, and…
Amazon to eliminate thousands of positions in a second round of layoffs within three months.
Tech giant Amazon is set to implement another round of layoffs, potentially affecting thousands, just three months after its last job cuts, as…
Meta Initiates Layoffs as It Transitions from Virtual Reality to AI-Driven Wearables
On January 14, 2026, Meta Platforms initiated a significant strategic shift away from its “metaverse-first” approach, disclosing…
I Helped Guide Meta Layoffs, Then I Got Laid Off Too
This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Chikara Kennedy, a 42-year-old CEO of Chikara Power Coaching who splits her time between…
Hit hardest in Microsoft layoffs? Developers, product managers, morale
Microsoft’s push for efficiency placed a heavy emphasis on eliminating layers of management, but layoff data from this week showed managers…
America’s Cracking Job Market: Layoffs, Unemployment, Recession
The US jobs market is almost never perfectly in balance. Even when things appear calm, there’s some movement under the surface. Just…