socalTECH

FEBRUARY 13, 2020

Irvine-based electric vehicle maker Karma Automotive is laying off 60 more workers in Irvine, as the startup continues to shed workers, according to a Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act (WARN) report issued on Wednesday. The new cuts come on top of an earlier layoff involving 200 workers at the company.

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Layoffs Resource Report Startup 113

socalTECH

MAY 17, 2012

A report today from PandoDaily said that Santa Monica-based BetterWorks has terminated all of its sales and marketing staff, and half of its operations team. The move is an abrupt shift from feast to famine for BetterWorks, the high profile employee fringe benefits startup headed by prolific angel investor Paige Craig.

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Layoffs Santa Monica Acquisition Report 187

socalTECH

JANUARY 14, 2010

Calabasas-based Ixia , a developer of network testing tools and software, is reporting this morning that it has implemented a "cost reduction initiative" and cut 80 positions from the firm, in what it said was primarily an elimination of duplicate resources from the company's October acquisition of Agilent's N2X product line.

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Layoffs Calabasas Resource Tool 133

socalTECH

MARCH 12, 2009

Santa Barbara-based QAD , a maker of manufacturing resource planning software, said Thursday that it has cut its staff, as the firm was "significantly affected this quarter by the impact of the global economic downturn." The firm reported that it had $59.3M Tags: jobs employment layoff manufacturing software.

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Santa Barbara Layoffs Resource Software 100

socalTECH

JANUARY 28, 2009

Garcia said that with the economic downturn and layoffs, he suspects there's been a push towards more virtual workers. Garcia reported that it added ten mid-market customers in December, including consulting firm IBI Group and human resources management firm Workday. The firm is privately held. READ MORE>>.

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