Deep Press Analysis5d ago
Meta posts $27B profit. Fires 115,000 workers. Blames "AI investment." The AI will consume 3% of global electricity by 2030 & drain aquifers in poor countries. But sure — call it progress. #BigTech #AIWashingtons #MassLayoffs
aztecladyMay 20

Another roughly eight thousand people are now unemployed.

Meta is firing ten percent of its work force.

There's apparently a recording of a meeting where this was discussed/announced, and Tressie McMillan Cottom says listening to is will "move you to action"

I don't think I have the stomach for that, though; the email is shitty as fuck.

#MarkZuckerberg #MetaFacebook #MassLayoffs

https://www.businessinsider.com/read-meta-layoff-email-employees-2026-5

Read the email Meta is sending to thousands of laid-off employees

Meta emailed thousands of employees notifying them that they'd been laid off. Read the email explaining how the layoffs will work.

Business Insider
boksyMay 9

Less than 10 percent of the scientists — who run the gamut from biologists to epidemiologists, from toxicologists to greenhouse gas emissions specialists — now remain at the agency. Moving forward, they will be under a political commissar, and their research will have to “align with agency and administration priorities.”

https://truthout.org/articles/trumps-attack-on-science-escalates-with-firing-of-entire-national-science-board/

#USPol #Trump #GOP #ClimateChange #ClimateCrisis #DonaldTrump #EPA #Layoffs #MassLayoffs #NationalScienceBoard #NationalScienceFoundation #Research #Science

Trump’s Attack on Science Escalates With Firing of Entire National Science Board

The impact of the loss of knowledge and research will be felt for decades — a legacy of Trump’s war on science.

Truthout
Show threadNonilexMay 9

Airbus A321, with 224 passengers & 7 crew members, was leaving on Flight 4345 to #LAX when the collision took place, acc/to statements from #FrontierAirlines & the #FAA.

Smoke was reported from inside the plane & the passengers were safely evacuated using emergency slides as a precaution.

The FAA said Saturday morning that the plane “struck a person on Runway 17L” as it was taking off & that the agency was investigating.

#FederalAgencies #DOGE #MassLayoffs #Trump #FederalGovernment

NonilexMay 9

WTF?

A #FrontierAirlines plane struck & killed a person on the runway as it was taking off from Denver International Airport [#DIA] late Friday, authorities said.

The pilots aborted the takeoff, & the plane was evacuated after an engine fire.

#FAA #FederalAgencies #DOGE #MassLayoffs #Trump #FederalGovernment
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/09/us/frontier-airlines-plane-collision-denver.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share

Frontier Jet Hits Person on Runway During Takeoff at Denver Airport

The plane reported an engine fire and aborted its takeoff. The people on board were safely evacuated.

The New York Times
The Workforce LensApr 28
Most mass layoffs fail to deliver what they promised. The research has been saying this for 30 years. Most boards still do not read it.
lhttps://zurl.co/TyiWR
#MassLayoffs #HRLeadership #Redundancy
The Workforce LensApr 25

The people being asked to leave often built the thing that is now releasing them. That fact sits in the room whether anyone names it or not.
https://zurl.co/NGuso

#MassLayoffs #WorkplaceJustice

Mass Layoffs: What the Research Says About Fairness, Trust and Getting It Right

Mass layoffs reveal who your organisation really is. What the research says about fairness, trust and what most companies get dangerously wrong

The Workforce Lens’s Substack
Show threadGWU MontréalApr 23

More on legal minimums for mass layoffs in QC:

GWU Mtl "know your rights" pamphlet (a few years old so do cross-reference the info in it): https://gwumtl.com/kyr/KYR_Pamphlet_EN.pdf

CNESST reference: https://www.cnesst.gouv.qc.ca/en/working-conditions/termination-employment=/termination-layoff-dismissal-and-resignation

éducaloi articles on mass layoffs: https://educaloi.qc.ca/en/capsules/termination-of-employment/

#massLayoffs

GWU MontréalApr 23

News is coming out about a mass lay-off at Montréal studio Behaviour. If you have been affected (and if the 30-ish number is correct), you're entitled to 8 weeks notice or equivalent pay - don't sign anything agreeing to less!

https://bsky.app/profile/gamedeveloper.bsky.social/post/3mk3obyfjmg2c

#MassLayoffs #videoGames #Behaviour #montreal #GWU

Hacker NewsApr 3

Oracle Files H-1B Visa Petitions Amid Mass Layoffs

https://nationaltoday.com/us/tx/austin/news/2026/04/03/oracle-files-thousands-of-h-1b-visa-petitions-amid-mass-layoffs/

#HackerNews #Oracle #H1B #Visa #MassLayoffs #TechNews #ImmigrationPolicy

Oracle Files Thousands of H-1B Visa Petitions Amid Mass Layoffs - Austin Today

Oracle, the software company headquartered in Austin, Texas, has filed thousands of petitions for H-1B visas in the past two fiscal years, even as it lays off thousands of American workers as part of a broader organizational shift. Federal data shows Oracle filed for 2,690 H-1B visas in fiscal year 2025 and 436 so far in fiscal year 2026, totaling over 3,100 visa requests.

National Today