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Glossier just laid off one-third of its corporate employees, mostly in tech

TechCrunch LA

Glossier, the popular beauty brand led by former blogger Emily Weiss, let go of 80 of its corporate employees today, according to an internal email obtained by Modern Retail. The tech team layoffs are notable for a beauty retailer that has often described itself as a technology company.

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Report: Veoh Planning Major Layoffs

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Quoting a "source close to the company" VentureBeat said that the layoffs would be "drastic." An email to Dmitry Shapiro, CEO of Veoh, this morning, asking for comments on the rumor was not returned. Tags: veoh layoff jobs video content. Veoh laid off 20 percent of its employees in November. READ MORE>>.

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How will you ride the next wave?

Berkonomics

It won’t be long before another round of layoffs comes, and these new tools will create new jobs to fill the gap. The mobile Internet – The latest major computing cycle [Email readers, continue here…] Over the last fifty years, the world transitioned from mainframe computing to mini-computers to PCs to the desktop Internet.

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THQ Lays Off 100 Employees, Closes San Diego Office

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Calabasas-based THQ , which develops computer game titles, is closing its San Diego, UK, and Germany offices, and has laid off 100 employees, according to an email to employees from CEO Brian Farrell. Tags: jobs employment layoff content games wireless. The move is part of a restructuring of the firm's THQ Wireless operations.

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High Functioning vs. Low Functioning Startup Boards

Both Sides of the Table

Should we cut costs, do layoffs, close divisions and focus scare resources on fewer projects? We do lunch where everybody has a casual conversation followed by 6 hours of content and discussion. Some board members spend all of their time in the meeting on electronic devices doing email or even checking social media.

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Mahalo Chops Headcount, Says Report

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Google said last week that it had made significant changes to its algorithm to downgrade what it considered low-quality pages, which was expected to hit "content farms". The move also includes a suspension of Mahalo's Guides program, which solicited content from freelancers. READ MORE>>.

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