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Employment in tech occupations grew 12% YoY to a record 6.39M in November 2022, as workers eye banking, retail, health care, and manufacturing amid tech layoffs (New York Times)
New York Times: Employment in tech occupations grew 12% YoY to a record 6.39M in November 2022, as workers eye…
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Brokers and investors: Silicon Valley workers are offloading shares in secondary markets, compounding a fall in valuations, amid layoffs and a slow IPO market (Tabby Kinder/Financial Times)
Tabby Kinder / Financial Times: Brokers and investors: Silicon Valley workers are offloading shares in secondary markets, compounding a fall…
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After Amazon workers in Staten Island voted to unionize in April, similar movements at other US warehouses fizzled out, stymied by turnover and company efforts (Sebastian Herrera/Wall Street Journal)
Sebastian Herrera / Wall Street Journal: After Amazon workers in Staten Island voted to unionize in April, similar movements at…
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TSMC's planned Arizona chip plant is catalyzing real estate development in northern Phoenix, bringing in hundreds of skilled workers from Taiwan, and more (Cheng Ting-Fang/Nikkei Asia)
Cheng Ting-Fang / Nikkei Asia: TSMC’s planned Arizona chip plant is catalyzing real estate development in northern Phoenix, bringing in…
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ZipRecruiter: 37% of laid off or fired tech workers were able to find a job within a month of starting their search and ~79% were able to within three months (Wall Street Journal)
Wall Street Journal: ZipRecruiter: 37% of laid off or fired tech workers were able to find a job within a…
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TuSimple confirms plans to lay off 25% of its workforce, or an estimated 350 workers, following a rough year for the self-driving trucking company (Rebecca Bellan/TechCrunch)
The year we’ve had: Office Integrator in 2022 — We began 2022 with the goal to make office editor integration…
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Sources: Foxconn workers in Zhengzhou say they got COVID-19 at the plant in December and some were asked to keep working; one said he was dissuaded from testing (Viola Zhou/Rest of World)
Viola Zhou / Rest of World: Sources: Foxconn workers in Zhengzhou say they got COVID-19 at the plant in December…
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Remote work and tech layoffs hollow out San Francisco, where only 43.1% of workers are back at offices, compared to LA's 46.1%, NYC's 47.6%, and Austin's 62.7% (Bloomberg)
Bloomberg: Remote work and tech layoffs hollow out San Francisco, where only 43.1% of workers are back at offices, compared…
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Israel-based game developer Playtika lays off about 15% of its staff, or 600+ workers, and removes three titles from the pipeline; its stock is down ~53% YTD (Ingrid Lunden/TechCrunch)
Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: Israel-based game developer Playtika lays off about 15% of its staff, or 600+ workers, and removes…
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