(Reuters) – Decades-high inflation and the fallout from the Ukraine crisis have pressured many companies across the globe to consider laying off people or put a freeze on hiring.
Following is a list of companies that have announced layoffs or frozen hiring to rein in costs:
COMPANIES COMMENTS
Alibaba Group China’s Alibaba might cut more than 15% of its total workforce, or about
39,000 employees, due to a sweeping regulatory crackdown in China, as well
as slowing sales growth and rising prices.
Autoliv Inc The world’s largest producer of airbags and seatbelts said it was reducing
headcount to cut costs and adapt to new business conditions, but did not
specify the number.
Air France’s flagship carrier is in talks to shed nearly 300
France ground-staff positions through voluntary redundancies, with negotiations
expected to be finalised by late July, newspaper Le Figaro reported.
Cazoo Group Ltd European online car retailer Cazoo said it would cut its workforce by about
15% as it looks to conserve cash.
Carvana Co Carvana said it would lay off about 2,500 employees, or 12% of its
workforce.
Coinbase Global Coinbase will extend its hiring freeze for the foreseeable future and
Inc rescind a number of accepted offers to deal with current macroeconomic
conditions.
Compass Inc Real estate broker Compass will lay off 450 employees, about 10% of its
current workforce, as borrowing costs and inflation pressures rise.
Ebanx Ltd Brazil’s Ebanx laid off about 20% of its staff, or 340 employees.
Getir Turkey’s Getir plans to cut 14% of its staff globally due to rising global
inflation and costs, a source with knowledge of the matter told Reuters.
Gorillas German grocery app Gorillas will lay off 300 people, cutting its
administrative staff in half.
Henkel AG & Co Germany’s Henkel, the company behind Schwarzkopf, will cut about 2,000
KGaA positions due to low demand of its shampoos and hair spray, as well as
rising costs and global supply chain issues.
The drugmaker plans to reduce its headcount by 34% as part of a
Heron cost reduction and restructuring plan, with around 70% of the layoffs set
Therapeutics to affect research and development staff.
Intel Corp Intel has frozen hiring in PC chip division, according to a memo reviewed
by Reuters. The memo said that some hiring could resume in as little as two
weeks after the division re-evaluates priorities and that all current job
offers in its systems will be honored.
Klarna Swedish Klarna is slashing 10% of its 7,000-strong workforce as a
consequence of a recent steep increase in inflation, fear of a recession
and the war in Ukraine worsening business sentiment.
Lyft Inc The company said in May it would slow down hiring and assess budget cuts in
some departments.
Meta Facebook-owner Meta cut plans to hire engineers by at least 30%
Platforms Inc this year, reducing its target to around 6,000-7,000 new engineers in 2022,
CEO Mark Zuckerberg told employees on June 30.
Move About Group Sweden’s Move About Group will cut 17 out of 40 positions due to indirect
AB effects of the war in Ukraine and an excessive cost base.
Netflix Netflix in May said it has laid off about 150 people, mostly in the U.S.,
as the streaming service company faces slowing growth.
The Australian buy-now-pay-later firm will materially reduce
Openpay Group its U.S. workforce after halting operations in the country.
Peloton Peloton in February said it will cut about 2,800 corporate jobs as it looks
Interactive Inc to revitalize sagging sales.
Redfin Redfin laid off 6% of its workforce, or 470 employees, and will continue
Corporation reductions until the end of June after demand in May missed expectations.
Robinhood The retail trading platform said in April it was laying off about 9% of its
Markets Inc full-time employees.
Snap Inc CEO Evan Spiegel in May told employees the company would slow hiring for
this year.
Stellantis Automaker Stellantis has indefinitely laid off an unspecified number of
employees at its stamping plant in Michigan to mitigate impacts from
various supply chain issues.
Tencent Holdings Chinese company Tencent is struggling to cope with the slowing economy, and
might cut between 10-15% of its total workforce this year.
Tesla Elon Musk said on June 21 the electric car maker would cut 10% of its
salaried staff over three months, as he predicted a U.S. recession was more
likely than not.
Twitter Inc CEO Parag Agrawal said in a memo that the social media company would pause
hiring and review existing job offers to determine whether any “should be
pulled back”.
Uber Uber will scale back hiring and reduce expenditure on its marketing and
Technologies Inc incentive activities, Reuters reported in May, citing a letter from the
CEO.
Unity Software, which makes software for video games and
Unity Software animation, said on June 30 it would lay off 4% of its workforce.
Warner Bros Warner Bros Discovery aims to cut 30% of its ad sales workforce, or about
Discovery Inc 1,000 jobs globally.
Valmet Oyj Valmet said in May it was in negotiations for temporary layoffs of up to
three months, with about 340 employees part of the talks at its valve
factory in Helsinki due to reduced orders caused by the war in Ukraine and
COVID-19 restrictions in China.
Source: Regulatory filings, Reuters stories, company websites
(Reporting by Tiyashi Datta in Bengaluru and Louise Breusch Rasmussen, Marie Mannes and Agata Rybska in Gdansk; Editing by Devika Syamnath, Anil D’Silva and Milla Nissi)
