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   Announced March 30 that it is letting go of about 200 employees, or 6% of   
   its workforce. The company had laid off 200 U.S. employees back in   
   November.   
      
   Unacademy   
   Announced March 30 that it has laid off more than 350 roles, or 12% of its   
   workforce — just over four months after cutting about 350 roles in   
   November.   
      
   Shift Technologies   
   Announced March 29 that it laid off 30% of its workforce in Q1 2023.   
      
   Lucid   
   Announced March 28 that it is laying off 1,300 employees, or 18% of its   
   workforce, to be completed by the end of Q2 2023.   
      
   GitHub   
   Announced on March 28 that it has eliminated over 100 jobs in the South   
   Asian market, laying off virtually its entire engineering team in India. A   
   GitHub spokesperson told TechCrunch that the layoff is part of the   
   streamlining effort the firm had disclosed in February to cut roughly 10%   
   of its workforce by end of Q1 2023.   
      
   Disney   
   On March 27 in an internal memo to employees, Disney revealed there will   
   be three rounds of layoffs, the first beginning this week. The job cuts   
   will impact approximately 7,000 employees, which was announced in   
   February.   
      
   Salesforce   
   On March 24, Bloomberg reported that more layoffs could be on the way at   
   Salesforce, quoting chief operating officer Brian Millham, who indicated   
   that the company could be adding to the ongoing job cutting at the CRM   
   leader and in tech in general. If the layoffs happen, it would come on top   
   of the 10% cut in January.   
      
   Accenture   
   Announced March 23 that it plans to cut 19,000 jobs, or 2.5% of its   
   workforce.   
      
   Indeed   
   Announced March 22 that it will lay off 2,200 employees, or 15% of its   
   staff.   
      
   Roofstock   
   Announced March 22 that it has laid off 27% of its staff, approximately   
   100 employees.   
      
   Twitch   
   Announced March 20 that it will lay off 400 employees.   
      
   Amazon   
   Announced March 20 another round of substantial layoffs, this time 9,000   
   people are set to lose their jobs. TechCrunch is hearing that around 10%   
   of today’s total came from AWS. As part of the new round of layoffs,   
   Amazon is shutting down DPReview.   
      
   Livespace   
   Announced March 20 that it has laid off at least 100 employees, about 2%   
   of the company’s workforce.   
      
   Course Hero   
   Announced March 16 that it has cut 15% of staff, or 42 people.   
      
   Klaviyo   
   Announced March 15 that it has laid off 140 of its staff across all teams.   
      
   Microsoft   
   As a part of its recent announcement to layoff 10,000 people, Microsoft   
   laid off an entire team dedicated to guiding AI innovation that leads to   
   ethical, responsible and sustainable outcomes. On March 27, Microsoft laid   
   off 559 workers from its Bellevue and Redmond operations.   
      
   Meta   
   CEO Mark Zuckerberg confirmed rumors March 14 that the company will be   
   cutting 10,000 people from its workforce and around 5,000 open roles that   
   it had yet to fill.   
      
   Y Combinator   
   Announced March 13 that it will impact 20% of staff, or 17 team members.   
      
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   Salesforce first announced that it was laying off 10% of the workforce in   
   January, but some employees didn’t know until February. The week of March   
   10, more employees are just learning they have been laid off. Salesforce   
   confirmed that these layoffs were part of the 10%.   
      
   Atlassian   
   Announced on March 6, Atlassian is laying off about 500 employees, or 5%   
   of its total workforce.   
      
   SiriusXM   
   Announced on March 6, the company laid off 475 employees, or 8% of its   
   total workforce.   
      
   Alerzo   
   The Nigerian B2B e-commerce platform had a headcount of more than 2,000   
   before a first round of layoffs in September 2022. Alerzo has laid off 15%   
   of its full-time workforce, the company confirmed on March 6, leaving   
   about 800 employees at the startup.   
      
   Cerebral   
   Announced March 1, the company is letting go 15% of it’s workforce —   
   roughly 285 employees.   
      
   Waymo   
   Announced March 1, Alphabet’s Waymo issued a second round of layoffs this   
   year. Combined with the initial cuts in January, the self-driving   
   technology company has let go of 8%, or 209 employees, of its workforce.   
      
   Thoughtworks   
   Announced on March 1, the company laid off about 4% of its global   
   workforce — approximately 500 employees.   
      
   February 2023   
   Twitter   
   Announced on February 26, the company laid off more than 200 employees,   
   including Esther Crawford, Haraldur Thorleifsson and Leah Culver. Since   
   Musk took over Twitter in October last year, the company’s headcount has   
   fallen by more than 70%.   
      
   Poshmark   
   Announced February 24, Poshmark confirmed with TechCrunch that less than   
   2% of its workforce was affected, primarily in the U.S. The company   
   employs roughly 800+ employees.   
      
   Green Labs   
   We do not have an exact figure of how many Green Labs plans to lay off its   
   staff. Green Labs confirmed to TechCrunch that it is conducting a round of   
   layoffs that could impact at least 50% of its workforce.   
      
   Chipper Cash   
   Announced on February 20, the African cross-border payments platform   
   conducted a second round of layoffs just 10 weeks after it cut   
   approximately 12.5% of its workforce. Chipper Cash relieved almost one-   
   third of its workforce, about 100 employees.   
      
   Evernote   
   On February 17 the company confirmed laying off 129 people.   
      
   Jumia   
   Announced February 16 that it cut 20% of its staff, or more than 900   
   positions across its 11 markets, in Q4 of 2022.   
      
   Convoy   
   Announced on February 16 that it is shuttering its Atlanta office and   
   laying off workers as part of restructuring. This is the third time in   
   less than a year that the company has laid off workers.   
      
   Sprinklr   
   Announced on February 15 that it will impact 4% of its global workforce —   
   or more than 100 employees.   
      
   iRobot   
   Announced on February 13 that it will lay off 7% of its workforce, roughly   
   85 employees.   
      
   Twilio   
   Announced on February 13 that it will impact around 17% of its global   
   workforce, about 1,400 people.   
      
   GitHub   
   Announced February 9, 10% of its staff will be impacted through the end of   
   the company’s fiscal year. Before this announcement, which was first   
   reported by Fortune, GitHub had about 3,000 employees.   
      
   Yahoo   
   Announced on February 9, 20% of its staff, impacting 1,600 employees in   
   its adtech business. Yahoo is the parent company to TechCrunch.   
      
   GitLab   
   Announced February 9 that it’s reducing its headcount by 7%. The round of   
   redundancies will impact around 114 people, though that specific figure is   
   dependent on its actual headcount as of February 9.   
      
   Affirm   
   Announced on February 8 that it is reducing its staff by 19%, or about 500   
   employees, and shutting down its crypto unit.   
      
   Zoom   
   Announced the cut of 15% of its staff, or 1,300 people on February 7.   
      
   VinFast   
   VinFast has not shared how many employees have been cut, but a LinkedIn   
   post from a former employee said “nearly 35 roles” were affected.   
   Announced on February 6.   
      
   Dell   
   Announced February 6, impacting 6,650 people, or 5% of worldwide   
   workforce.   
      
   Getaround   
   Announced February 2, 10% of staff — about 42 employees.   
      
   Pinterest   
   Announced February 2, 150 employees impacted. This is the second job-   
   cutting move within weeks of the first round in December 2022.   
      
   Rivian   
   Announced on February 1, cutting 6% of its workforce for the second time   
   in less than a year.   
      
   January 2023   
   SoFi Technologies   
   Announced on January 31, cutting 65 jobs, or about 5% of its 1,300-person   
   workforce. First reported by The Wall Street Journal.   
      
   NetApp   
   Announced on January 31, impacting 8% of its staff — about 960 people.   
      
   Groupon   
   Impacting another 500 employees announced on January 31. The company said   
   this new set of layoffs will be spread across the first two quarters of   
   2023.   
      
      
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