Meta is firing about 20 employees for leaking Meta has fired “roughly 20” employees who leaked “confidential information outside the company,” according to a spokesperson. “We tell employees when they join the company, and we offer periodic reminders, that it is against our policies to leak internal information, no matter the intent,” Meta spokesperson Dave Arnold tells The Verge …

Trump Appointees Fire 2,000 U.S.A.I.D. Employees and Put Others Worldwide on Leave The announcement, by email, came two days after a judge said the Trump administration could proceed with plans that amount to dismantling the aid agency.

I.R.S. to Begin Laying Off Roughly 6,000 Employees on Thursday The terminations will target relatively recent hires at the I.R.S., which the Biden administration had attempted to revitalize.

Trump Fired, Then Unfired, National Nuclear Security Administration Employees. What Were Their Jobs? The administration asked some of the agency’s workers, who were part of last week’s massive layoffs across the federal government, to come back.

Trump Tests Legal Limits in Pushing out Federal Employees President Trump and Elon Musk, who is leading the administration’s downsizing efforts, are pushing for quick and widespread layoffs. But the blitz has run into a complicated set of restrictions.

Legal Roadblocks Slow Trump’s Removal of Federal Employees President Trump and Elon Musk, who is leading the administration’s downsizing efforts, are pushing for quick and widespread layoffs. But the blitz has run into a complicated set of restrictions.

1099 employees vs w2 I’ve always been a w2 employee, got offered a position 1099. I’m not the smartest person when it comes to taxes and such, how much do we realistically have to pay back at the end of the year? How much would I potentially around about have to take out of each paycheck? The job is only 23$ an hour. Before I go ahead and accept the offer I’m just d…

Sonos Lays Off 200 Employees After App Failure Sonos is laying off 200 employees in an effort to streamline its product teams, reports Bloomberg. The layoffs come as Sonos continues to recover from a failed app redesign last May that alienated longtime customers. Following widespread criticism over the app’s buggy interface and missing features, Sonos temporarily suspended development on ha…

My daughter’s former employer refuses to mail W2 forms to ex employees. Is this legal? The establishment is telling ex employees they need to pick up the forms in person. My daughter’s currently away at college and that seems unreasonable. submitted by /u/jankie_toe

Mark Zuckerberg to employees in leaked all-hands meeting: ‘buckle up’ Tensions were high inside Meta ahead of Mark Zuckerberg’s first all-hands meeting of the year. Employee-submitted questions for the CEO touched on a couple of big themes: concerns about his announcement that “low-performers” would be let go on February 10th, his MAGA-fueled changes to Meta’s content moderation policies and DEI programs, …

Google offers ‘voluntary exit’ to all US platforms and devices employees A year ago, Google started off 2024 with some layoffs. It hasn’t taken similar steps (yet) in 2025, but employees are fearing the worst. And if the Platforms and Devices team is anything to go by, there’s ample reason for concern. Google has distributed a memo to all US employees working on Android, Pixel hardware,

Google offering ‘voluntary exit’ for employees working on Pixel, Android submitted by /u/5MegaMonkeyMan

Google employees petition for ‘job security’ ahead of expected cuts Google employees have begun a petition for “job security” after CFO Anat Ashkenazi in October said the company could “push a little further” with cost cuts.

Amazon lays off about 200 employees in its stores unit The cuts are focused in Amazon’s core retail unit, which spans a wide range of businesses, including fashion and fitness, Prime and private label brands.

TikTok Says U.S. Employees Will Have Jobs Even if the App Is Banned The company is awaiting a decision over the constitutionality of a new law that aims to force a sale of the app to a non-Chinese owner under the threat of a ban.

Washington Post Employees Plead With Jeff Bezos to Meet In a letter, more than 400 employees asked Mr. Bezos, the company’s owner, to meet, saying they were “deeply alarmed” by recent decisions at the paper.

Why Binance Employees Are Remote-First A globally distributed workforce allows us to recruit better people and serve our customers more effectively, says Binance CEO Richard Teng.

Canoo Imposes ‘Mandatory Unpaid Leave’ On All Employees, Locking Workers Out Of Systems Until 2025 Good morning! It’s Monday, December 26, 2024, and this is The Morning Shift, your daily roundup of the top automotive headlines from around the world, in one place. Here are the important stories you need to know. Read more…

All of Canoo’s employees are reportedly on a ‘mandatory unpaid break’ Image: CanooDays after furloughing dozens of its employees without pay, EV startup Canoo told the remainder of its staff they will be on a “mandatory unpaid break” through at least the end of the year, TechCrunch reported Friday. A company email seen by the outlet said employees would be locked out of Canoo’s systems by the end of Friday, with t…

Boss is going to start paying all employees via 1099 not w2 (construction) I have no idea my best course of action. 10 or so employees (myself 8years here). Boss supplies company vehicles, some larger tools, pays for all materials. He is now saying come the new year he will be switching everyone to 1099 at the same pay rate. From what I’m reading I’ll be paying much more in taxes. I’m also worried about how that relate…