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Report: Tech Layoffs At Highest Level In Three Years

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You may not see it here in Southern California's high tech sector--which has been booming, due to a surge of startup and accelerator activity--but apparently, the technology sector has seen its highest level of layoffs in three years, according to a report today.

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

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The cuts, which amount to around one-third of Glossier’s corporate workforce, will primarily impact the company’s technology team. “[W]e W]e are shifting our technology strategy to leverage external partners for parts of our platform that we’re currently maintaining internally,” Weiss wrote in the email announcing the layoffs to staff.

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Beachmint: We're Still Alive, Kicking, Despite Reports

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Los Angeles-based BeachMint , headed by Josh Berman and Diego Berdakin, has a message to the Los Angeles technology community: the company is still alive, kicking, and has the full support of its investors. The message came after a report that BeachMint was returning $20M to its investors and had ousted its founders. READ MORE>>.

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The Station: Via hits $2.25B valuation, letters from readers, layoffs in a time of COVID-19

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I’m your host Kirsten Korosec, senior transportation reporter at TechCrunch. ‘Micromobility winter on steroids’ That’s how RideReport CEO William Henderson described the current state of the micromobility industry in a recent interview with TechCrunch reporter Megan Rose Dickey. The company said T.

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Almost 25% of Laid-off Tech Workers Start Their Own Businesses

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A huge number of tech companies have made layoffs in 2022 , whilst others have taken advantage of video conferencing software and other remote collaboration tools to offer flexible working arrangements and retain the best talent. Survey Says: Go Your Own Way. Challenges for New Businesses. But this isn’t necessarily the case.

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Report: Ingram Micro Lops 8 Percent

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Santa Ana-based Ingram Micro , an electronics distributor, has reportedly laid off about 8 percent of the firm's North American workforce, or 300 employees, according to a report from ChannelWeb. ChannelWeb quoted an executive at Ingram, who said that the layoff occurred Tuesday, with as many as 150 cuts in the firm's Orange County offices.

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Report: Verari Systems Shuts Down

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San Diego-based Verari Systems , a developer of blade server technology, has shut down, according to publication InsideHPC. Tags: verari systems blade server shutdown employment jobs layoff. According to InsideHPC, Verari Systems shut down due to lack of access to capital. READ MORE>>. READ MORE>>.

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