Porter Lays Off 300–350 Employees Amid Restructuring

By BPN News Desk November 5, 2025

Business

Logistics startup Porter has laid off between 300 and 350 employees as part of an internal restructuring aimed at improving efficiency and streamlining operations. The layoffs reportedly affect teams across multiple departments, including technology, operations, and support functions. The

Business

Amazon Plans Up To 30,000 Corporate Job Cuts

By BPN News Desk October 28, 2025

Digital commerce giant Amazon is set to reduce its corporate workforce by up to 30,000 employees, representing nearly 10 percent of its estimated 350,000-strong corporate staff. This would mark the company’s largest job-cutting exercise since the 27,000 layoffs in late 2022 and early 2023. Reason Behind The Cuts Executives cited over-hiring during the pandemic, rising […]

Business

Target to Cut 1,800 Corporate Roles

By BPN News Desk October 24, 2025

Retail giant Target has announced plans to eliminate about 1,000 current corporate jobs and scrap nearly 800 open positions, cutting roughly 8% of its global corporate workforce. The restructuring move is aimed at simplifying operations and improving efficiency. CEO Cites Too Many Layers Incoming CEO Michael Fiddelke, set to take over in early 2026, said […]

Business Finance

HDFC Bank Says AI Will Not Lead to Layoffs

By BPN News Desk October 19, 2025

HDFC Bank has clarified that the adoption of artificial intelligence will not result in job cuts. CEO Sashidhar Jagdishan said the bank sees AI as a tool to enhance efficiency and redeploy staff into customer-facing and technology roles rather than reduce its workforce. AI Experiments in Progress The bank, with a workforce of around 2.20 […]

International

Judge Blocks Trump Layoffs Amid Shutdown

By BPN News Desk October 16, 2025

A U.S. federal judge has issued a temporary restraining order that bars the Trump administration from proceeding with layoffs of thousands of federal workers during the ongoing government shutdown. Judge’s reasoning Judge Susan Illston of the U.S. District Court in San Francisco found that the planned job cuts “appear politically motivated” and lack proper justification.

International

Trump Administration Begins Layoffs of Federal Workers

By BPN News Desk October 11, 2025

The Trump administration has initiated the process of laying off federal employees amid a continuing government shutdown, with thousands of positions targeted. The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) confirmed that “substantial” reductions in force (RIFs) have begun across multiple federal agencies. Officials informed a court filing that more than 4,000 positions were

Op-Eds Opinion

IT Jobs Vanish, Minister’s Son Rides Ethanol Boom

By BPN News Desk October 10, 2025

India today is witnessing two parallel realities. In one, thousands of engineers and IT professionals are waking up to pink slips from companies like TCS, Infosys, and Wipro. These were the children of ordinary middle-class families who sold land, mortgaged houses, and took loans so their children could study Computer Science and join the great […]

Op-Eds Opinion

No Bailouts, No Excuses: How GOI Can Stop IT Layoffs Without Spending Billions

By BPN News Desk October 10, 2025

The numbers are staggering. TCS, India’s largest IT services company, reported a headcount drop of nearly 20,000 employees in just one quarter. Attrition has actually fallen, so these exits cannot be explained away as voluntary churn. Instead, they signal a deeper restructuring—one that threatens to set off ripples across India’s white-collar job market. And yet, […]

International

White House Warns of Layoffs Amid Shutdown Impasse

By BPN News Desk October 6, 2025

The White House has warned that massive federal layoffs may begin if ongoing shutdown negotiations with Congress fail to make progress. Officials say they are preparing for cuts, while still hoping a deal can be reached to avoid job losses. Layoff Threat If Talks Stall Kevin Hassett, director of the National Economic Council, said President […]

Business

Google Lays Off 200+ Contractors behind Gemini AI

By BPN News Desk September 17, 2025

Google has terminated more than 200 contractors who worked on its Gemini chatbot and AI Overviews feature. The trimmed workforce were employees of outsourcing firm GlobalLogic and its subcontractors—not directly on Google’s payroll. Roles & Cost The laid-off contractors were part of a group known as “super raters.” Many had advanced degrees and were responsible […]