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National Geographic lays off all of its staff writers

NEW YORK: National Geographic has laid off all its staff writers, leaving the venerable, award-winning magazine to be pieced together by editors and freelancers. In all, 19 editorial staffers were cut, including the small audio department at the magazine. They had been notified in April that the axe would fall, German news agency (dpa) quoted […]

Twitter lays off 80 pct of workforce

SAN FRANCISCO: Twitter has laid off more than 6,000 employees, around 80 per cent of its workforce since late last year, its CEO Elon Musk said in an interview with the BBC on Tuesday evening. Twitter’s workforce reduction is unmatched on a percentage basis, in comparison with other big tech companies like Google, Amazon, Microsoft […]

AirAsia confirms laying off 10 pct of staff

KUALA LUMPUR: Low-cost airline companies, AirAsia Bhd dan AirAsia X Bhd, have confirmed the retrenchment of 10 per cent of their 24,000 employees last week. This confirmed a Bernama report on Sept 28 that AirAsia might be planning a new round of layoffs involving hundreds of its personnel for the continued survival in an industry […]

Airasia may lay off employees to pare down operations

KUALA LUMPUR: AirAsia Bhd may lay off more than 300 employees to pare down its operations following the difficult situation faced due to the Covid-19 pandemic, reported Astro Awani. The layoff, which was said to have been announced by chief executive officer Riad Asmat during an internal briefing session this afternoon, is expected to involve […]