Microsoft layoffs hit 830 workers in home state of Washington

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Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella speaks at the Axel Springer building in Berlin on Oct. 17, 2023. He received the annual Axel Springer Award. Ben Kriemann | Getty Images Among the thousands of Microsoft employees who lost their jobs in the cutbacks announced this week were 830 staffers in the company’s home state of Washington. Nearly […]


CBS News trims staff ahead of expected mass Paramount Global layoffs: sources

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CBS News quietly slashed three high-level positions ahead of a major round of layoffs across parent company Paramount Global that is expected to kick off this summer, The Post has learned. The embattled Tiffany Network — which has seen ratings plunge at its morning show and evening news program, and is being sued by President […]


FDA Layoffs Could Raise Drug Costs and Erode Food Safety

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Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. announced wide-ranging cutbacks at federal health agencies, including the Food and Drug Administration, that would eliminate duplicative services and paper pushers. But in interviews with more than a dozen current and former F.D.A. staff members, a different picture emerged of the far-reaching effects of the layoffs that would ultimately […]


Washington DC housing market shows cracks amid federal layoffs

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The supply of homes for sale across the nation always rises ahead of the busy spring market, but the Washington, D.C., metropolitan area is seeing an outsized increase, according to Realtor.com. Inventory gains in the region, which includes the District as well as Maryland and Virginia suburbs, began to accelerate in January and February, up […]


Meta approves plan for bigger executives bonuses following 5% layoffs

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Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg looks on before the luncheon on the inauguration day of U.S. President Donald Trump’s second Presidential term in Washington, U.S., Jan. 20, 2025.  Evelyn Hockstein | Reuters Executives at Meta stand to get bigger bonuses this year.  The company said in a corporate filing Thursday that it had approved “an increase […]


Layoffs Begin at Energy Department, Part of Trump Purge

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The Energy Department began laying off staff as the Trump administration accelerated sweeping cuts across the government, according to three people familiar with the matter. Around 1,000 federal workers, all probationary employees, were told they were losing their jobs on Thursday, according to one of the people. More than 300 of those workers were employed […]


Boeing warns of 400 layoffs following NASA Artemis program delays

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Boeing on Saturday warned employees involved in its Space Launch System moon rocket program that it expected to lay off around 400 people. The news comes amid delays and rising costs for NASA’s Artemis program, which was established during President Trump’s first term, and aims to send astronauts back to the moon.  Its budget is expected to be […]


CNN, NBC News planning mass layoffs: report

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CNN boss Mark Thompson reportedly plans to announce mass layoffs Thursday – just days after he warned top on-air talent including Jake Tapper and Anderson Cooper that they ought to avoid “pre-judging” President Donald Trump. The ratings-challenge cable news pioneer will lay off hundreds of employees as it refocuses the business around a global digital […]


Spirit AeroSystems weighs more furloughs, layoffs if Boeing strike lasts

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Boeing 737 fuselages on railcars at Spirit AeroSystems’ factory in Wichita, Kansas, on July 1, 2024. Nick Oxford | Bloomberg | Getty Images Spirit AeroSystems is weighing furloughs or layoffs of hundreds more employees if the Boeing machinists’ strike stretches beyond Nov. 25, a company spokesman told CNBC Thursday. Boeing’s machinists, whose strike is about […]