Which Other Major Tech Companies Fired Their Workforce in 2022

Big layoffs are not only limited to Meta, as many other tech companies are choosing to lay off employees en masse due to economic conditions and other factors. A recent report by Crunchbase revealed that US-based tech firms have fired more than 45,000 staff as of October 2022. Some major tech companies that have laid off staff recently include:

Twitter

Elon Musk who recently acquired and took over Twitter cut 3,700 of the company’s staff, about 50% of the company’s workforce. As Elon Musk took over Twitter through a ‘leveraged buyout’, Twitter now owes about $1.2 in interest and loan repayments and they needed to cut costs in order to make repayments. 

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Salesforce 

Salesforce has also reportedly cut off hundreds of jobs from their global workforce in a bid to cut costs. Salesforce has been facing some pressure to cut costs since the hedge fund Starboard Value purchased a stake in the company. 

Lyft 

Lyft, the popular cab-services provider also cut around 700 employees from their staff, citing fears of a probable recession in the near future. As per reports, the company took this step in order to deal with a weakening economy and cut costs as inflation increases their spending. Lyft had previously cut 60 jobs in July, 2022. 

Stripe

Stripe, a major online payment processing company, also cut 1000 jobs from its workforce, which amounts to around 14% of its total workforce. The jobs will be reduced across multiple divisions in the company in a bit to cut costs and focus on profits in a slow and unstable economy. 

Microsoft 

Back in July, tech giant, Microsoft laid off about 1,000 staff across multiple divisions in order to ‘set the right business priorities and make structural adjustments’. The company has also slowed down hiring in a bid to withstand the possible economic recession. 

Tencent 

Tencent, a tech giant and the most valuable Chinese company, also reportedly laid off around 5,500 employees in August 2022 and froze hiring for the first time in a decade. The layoffs were from Fanbyte, a gaming news publication owned by Tencent. The layoffs reportedly happened due to the declining revenue in the previous quarter.  

Byjus

In the month of October, 2022, India’s largest ed-tech company Byjus also cut down about 2,500 jobs, which is about 5% of the company’s total workforce. Moreover, Byjus is also looking to cut costs in the marketing department and other avenues in order to manage finances better and become profitable within this financial year.