Ubisoft, the renowned video game publisher behind titles like As-----n’s Creed, has laid off 45 employees across its U.S. offices. The layoffs affect staff in Ubisoft’s San Francisco location and Red Storm Entertainment in Cary, North Carolina. This... — read more 

What companies are laying off staff this week? What the company names, number of people displaced, locations, etc. that are or maybe impacted? Any information is greatly appreciated.

TikTok is planning to lay off large swaths of its operations and marketing workforce, current employees briefed on the plans told CNN. The global layoffs are expected to hit teams that handle user support and communications, as well as content and... — read more 

Formlabs on Thursday confirmed that it has laid off a “small number” of employees, TechCrunch has exclusively learned. The 3D printing firm says the figure amounts to less than 40 of a total headcount of just under 750 employees. The layoffs... — read more 

Last week, the International Longshoremen’s Association provided a legally-required 60-day strike notice ahead of the expiration of the East Coast dockworkers’ contract at the end of September. More than 40,000 port workers are pressing for strike... — read more 

272 drivers are getting laid off when they close the distribution facility later this year.

A+E Networks underwent a round of staff cuts on Tuesday, with every division of the company — including programming, marketing and and public relations at outlets including Lifetime, A&E and History — impacted by the layoffs. Among those let go... — read more 

https://patch.com/new-jersey/wayne/150-layoffs-posted-wayne-ymca-township-aims-hire-workers-back

As a result, 71 California-based staffers—or 13% of the company’s overall U.S. workforce—are set to lose their jobs, Ajinomoto said in a memo viewed by Fierce... — read more 

Are more companies laying off this week?

“We proactively expanded our workforce while taking over operations from Caesars Entertainment in Q4 2023,” according to Rio. “As the resort undergoes extensive construction and remodeling, we now have a better understanding of the staffing levels... — read more 

Epiroc Industrial Tools and Attachments LLC is closing its Paladin Attachments manufacturing facility in Akron and laying off 77 workers there, according to a Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification (WARN) Act notice that the Ohio Department Of... — read more 

Nova Launcher offers unique features, but recent layoffs at Branch may hinder future development and support for the app. Nova's core team, including Cliff Wade, has been laid off by Branch, leaving founder Kevin Barry as the only full-time... — read more 

The Tampa Bay Times is eliminating 60 jobs this month, 20% of its staff, citing revenue shortfalls compared to its 2024 business plan and limited prospects of improvement for the balance of the year. The main revenue culprit has been... — read more 

Layoffs continue across the freight and logistics industry, with companies in California, Georgia, Illinois, New York and Texas announcing job reductions and facility closures in recent weeks. It is the third round of layoffs in the industry since... — read more 

SummitStone Health Partners, which services patients on Medicaid in Larimer County, laid off 75 employees on Aug. 1. Some were informed individually, while others were notified in... — read more 

“This is a painful but necessary move to tighten our strategic focus and shift investment to our core growth areas,” VandeHei wrote. “We’re making some difficult changes to adapt fast to a rapidly changing media... — read more 

The job cuts come about six months after the outdoor retailer laid off 357 employees, including 200 at its corporate headquarters. Those layoffs also impacted 121 employees in distribution centers and 36 in other roles, including... — read more 

https://radioinsight.com/headlines/276867/more-names-from-the-dick-broadcasting-layoffs/

A Rad Power spokesperson confirmed Friday the company laid off employees in July. TechCrunch first reported the layoffs. The spokesperson didn't disclose to the Business Journal how many employees were affected or how many... — read more 

Can’t we just SUE the CEOs that aren’t doing anything?

It’s time to UNIONIZE FOR REAL!

Richmond’s SunPower Corporation, a decades-old solar power company now on the brink of bankruptcy, has announced plans to lay off as many as 290 California workers. The company disclosed the cuts in a WARN filing on July 26, as is required in the... — read more 

Another round of layoffs is hitting Iowa's faltering agricultural industry sector as Kinze Manufacturing of Williamsburg announced it would idle 193 employees, effective Thursday. "We deeply regret the necessity of this action. This decision was... — read more 

A former employee who lost his job has sued the Miami-based software firm Kaseya, which received government incentives for creating jobs and whose name is on the Heat’s county-owned basketball arena. Angelo Rodriguez, who worked at the firm until... — read more 

https://www.wbay.com/2024/07/26/mercury-marine-layoffs-begin-friday/

A Sacramento County-based construction company that manufactures large-scale solar panel projects plans to lay off 165 employees beginning in August, citing project delays leading to an insufficient amount of work. In compliance with the Worker... — read more 

In response to thousands of recent layoffs in Fond du Lac County, including at Mercury Marine and Charter Communications, Fox Valley Workforce Development is hosting a job fair specifically for those workers. Hundreds of workers have been... — read more 

Yesterday, news broke out that the entire dev team behind Humble Games was laid off. This information came from employees working at the company and posted it on their LinkedIn accounts. Senior QA Emilee Kieffer made the post across Linkedin and... — read more 

In 2023, Pfizer reported losing $4.4 billion in the United States, AbbVie $3.5 billion, Merck $15.6 billion, and Johnson & Johnson $2.0 billion. Of the biggest U.S. firms, only Eli Lilly appears to have eked out a small ($0.9 billion) profit in the... — read more 

"First Mode, a Seattle-based company that’s concentrating on reducing carbon emissions in mining and other heavy industries, has alerted its employees to a significant round of layoffs that’s expected to unfold in early August. A memo sent out... — read more 

The number of Americans filing new applications for unemployment benefits increased more than expected last week, but that did not signal a material shift in the labor market amid temporary automobile plant closures and disruptions from Hurricane... — read more 

https://www.news-press.com/story/money/companies/2024/07/17/new-york-sports-club-will-close-3-locations-in-lee-county-lay-off-108/74427364007/

Russian cybersecurity giant Kaspersky will lay off dozens of staff and leave the U.S. market following a U.S. government order in June banning the sale of the company's software, citing security risks. Kaspersky said it will "gradually wind down”... — read more 

JD Motorsports Leaves NASCAR Fans in Distress as Shocking Layoffs Signal Impending Doom: “This Is So... — read more 

The layoffs of about 275 workers by the end of this year by Olam Foods & Ingredients at its Firebaugh plant is one of a string of almost 60 closures or mass layoffs announced so far this year across the central San Joaquin Valley of California... — read more 

More than 100 people will soon be out of work in Winona, as an auto parts manufacturing plant will be permanently closing. According to the Minnesota Employment and Economic Development State Rapid Response Team, BCS Access Business System U.S... — read more