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    South Africa bleeding IT skills

    South Africa bleeding IT skills Emigration consultant Nicholas Avramis has said that IT professionals make up a quarter of all people who contact his agency for assistance emigrating. Avramis, a regulated Canadian immigration consultant (RCIC) at Beaver Immigration, told MyBroadband that pay...
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    Take-Two retrenching 5% of workforce

    Take-Two retrenching 5% of workforce Take-Two Interactive Software Inc., the company behind the Grand Theft Auto video games, plans to fire 5% its workforce and drop several projects as part of a cost-savings drive. The company sees expenses of up to $200 million as part of the downsizing...
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    Vodacom SA cutting 80 jobs

    Vodacom SA cutting 80 jobs Vodacom Group Ltd. is planning to cut jobs at home in South Africa, its biggest market, to help reduce costs. Africa’s largest wireless company by market value expects to cut about 80 jobs, the Johannesburg-based Vodacom said in response to queries on Monday...
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    EA retrenching 5% of workforce

    EA retrenching 5% of workforce Electronic Arts said it’s cutting 5% of its workforce, or about 670 people, citing shifting customer needs and a refocusing of the company. EA will also be ceasing development on an undisclosed number of games and pulling back on its real estate holdings, the...
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    Twitter Africa staff reach deal with X a year after retrenchment

    Twitter Africa staff reach deal with X a year after retrenchment The company formerly known as Twitter reached an agreement with laid-off staff from its only African office following about a year of negotiations. The affected employees in the Ghanaian capital, Accra, were fired in November...
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    Cisco retrenching 5% of workforce

    Cisco retrenching 5% of workforce Cisco Systems Inc., the largest maker of networking equipment, plans to cut thousands of jobs after a slowdown in corporate tech spending wiped out its sales growth. A restructuring plan will affect roughly 5% of Cisco’s workforce, the company said. [Bloomberg]
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    IT salaries —SA vs the US and UK

    IT salaries — SA vs the US and UK South African IT professionals can earn much higher salaries for the same positions in the United Kingdom or the United States. However, those considering a move should keep in mind that the living costs in those two countries are also substantially higher...
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    Amazon cutting hundreds of jobs in healthcare unit

    Amazon cutting hundreds of jobs in healthcare unit Amazon.com Inc. is laying off hundreds of employees in its healthcare division, stepping up an ongoing campaign to trim costs. The job cuts will impact “a few hundred roles” between the One Medical chain of doctors offices Amazon acquired last...
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    Snap shedding 10% of its workforce

    Snap shedding 10% of its workforce Snap Inc. is reducing its workforce by roughly 10% worldwide, joining the chorus of technology companies that have announced fresh rounds of cuts since the start of the year. The cuts are being made to “best position our business to execute on our highest...
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    PayPal retrenching 2,500 employees

    PayPal retrenching 2,500 employees PayPal Holdings Inc. will reduce its workforce by about 9% as chief executive officer Alex Chriss, who took over in September, grapples with rising competition, profit pressures and a raft of analyst downgrades. In a letter to staff on Tuesday, Chriss said...
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    Microsoft slashes 1,900 jobs and cancels Odyssey game

    Microsoft slashes 1,900 jobs and cancels Odyssey game Microsoft Corp. will lay off 1,900 people across its video-game divisions, including at Activision Blizzard, which it purchased for $69 billion in an acquisition that closed late last year. In an email to staff reviewed by Bloomberg...
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    Major SAP restructuring will affect 8,000 staff

    Major SAP restructuring will affect 8,000 staff SAP SE is planning a restructuring that will affect about 8,000 jobs and increase the German software maker’s focus on artificial intelligence. The company projected that operating profit would rise to roughly €10 billion (R206.62 billion) next...
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    eBay retrenching 1,000 employees

    eBay retrenching 1,000 employees EBay Inc. will cut about 1,000 jobs, or 9% of its full-time employees, and reduce work for its outside contractors, saying its staffing and expenses have outpaced growth. The e-commerce company said it needs to be “more nimble” in the face of a “challenging”...
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    Riot Games cutting 530 staff

    Riot Games cutting 530 staff Tencent Holdings Ltd.’s Riot Games plans to lay off 530 employees, with management saying in a memo that the video-game maker has too many projects and too little focus. The cuts, which amount to about 11% of staff, were announced Monday in a blog post and letter...
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    Google laying off hundreds of staff

    Google laying off hundreds of staff Alphabet Inc.’s Google is laying off hundreds of staff working on its digital assistant, hardware and engineering teams, the company said as it continues its drive to cut costs. Among the affected workers are those working on the voice-based Google Assistant...
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    Unity Software cutting 1,800 jobs

    Unity Software cutting 1,800 jobs Unity Software Inc., which replaced its chief executive officer in October, plans to reduce its workforce by 25%, eliminating about 1,800 jobs in a new round of cuts. The San Francisco-based company, which makes software used by video game creators, said in a...
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    Spotify cuts 1,500 employees

    Spotify cuts 1,500 employees Spotify Technology SA is reducing its workforce by 17% in the company’s steepest cuts this year, part of an aggressive effort to shrink costs and drive profitability. Employees affected by the layoffs will be notified on Monday, the music streaming company said in...
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    Amazon retrenching 180 workers in gaming division

    Amazon retrenching 180 workers in gaming division Amazon.com Inc.’s gaming division is cutting 180 jobs and shutting down two of its business units, including a channel on the company’s own livestreaming site Twitch. The online retail giant is shuttering the Crown Channel, where gaming...
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    Nokia shedding up to 14,000 employees

    Nokia shedding up to 14,000 employees Nokia Oyj plans to cut as many as 14,000 jobs, or 16% of its workforce, as a dearth of investment in fifth-generation mobile infrastructure forces it to take cost-cutting measures. The move is expected to save as much as €400 million (R8.05 billion) next...
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    LinkedIn sheds another 668 jobs

    LinkedIn sheds another 668 jobs Microsoft Corp.’s LinkedIn is cutting about 668 roles across its engineering, product, talent and finance teams. These are the second such cuts this year as fewer companies use the hiring platform and corporate social network. [Bloomberg]
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