State Department, layoff notifications
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The White House is scrutinizing layoff plans by federal agencies in an effort to limit further court challenges after the Supreme Court cleared the way for a sweeping downsizing of the government workforce,
Previously, 215 employees at local offices were going to be cut. Now, the tech giant has upped its layoff notices.
After Supreme Court Justice Jackson issued a solo dissent against President Trump’s federal layoff plan, Jonathan Turley criticized her decision as 'judicial abandon.'
The State Department will lay off more than 1,300 people as part of a broad restructuring plan, Reuters is reporting. The layoffs will affect 1,107 civil servants and 246 foreign service officers, according to Reuters, which said it has seen an internal notice. The Associated Press is reporting the same number.
After announcing their initial plans to layoff over 500 people, Intel Corporation is now planning to layoff more than four times that number starting Tuesday.
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Fearing layoffs and AI, workers are reading into their bosses' looks and the lack of snacks. Welcome to office paranoia.
Microsoft says it is laying off about 9,000 workers, its second mass layoff in months and its largest in more than two years.
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Amid agency changes, some VA workers in Philadelphia were looking to leave their jobs. The agency says enough have left across the country to avoid a reduction in force.
Though the official unemployment rate is still considered low by historical standards, job seekers feel the labor market is contracting. When employers pull back on open postings, there's a high level of competition among eligible applicants. On average, a layoff could leave you unemployed for 10 months or longer.
The recent stock market rebound may “provide limited comfort,” said one economist, “but many businesses are still extremely hesitant to expand hiring.”
Then, in 2012, Alloy announced that it would lay off up to 145 employees as demand declined for its decoys to protect aircrafts, the Philadelphia Business Journal reported at the time. More recently, in 2021, Alloy announced that it would lay off 63 workers in Aston.
Intel has confirmed plans to lay off nearly 4,000 employees nationwide, including in California, Arizona, and Texas.