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IBM to cut about 3,900 workers, still hiring in ‘higher growth’ areas
The cuts will focus on workers remaining after spinning off the Kyndryl and Watson Health units.
January 26, 2023
News
Twitter tells Asia HQ staff to clear desks, work from home
According to sources, Singapore-based staff have now been reassigned as remote workers in Twitter’s internal system.
January 12, 2023
News
Salesforce guts Tableau after spending US$15.7 bil in 2019 deal
Job reductions at Tableau were greater, proportionally, than Salesforce at large thus far.
January 06, 2023
Digital Economy
Tech could get worse before it gets better in 2023
Layoffs, crypto winter and the US-China tension, are top challenges for the tech industry this year, but there's still hope.
January 06, 2023
News
Amazon to slash more than 18,000 jobs in escalation of cuts
Amazon investors gave a positive reaction to the latest belt-tightening efforts.
January 05, 2023
Sector Focus
StarHub to lay off 300 employees as telco commences strategic review
SINGAPORE (Oct 3): StarHub is embarking on a strategic transformation review that will include laying off an estimated 300 of its full-time staff, primarily those in non-customer facing functions, with those affected to be notified by the end of this mont
October 03, 2018
Careers & Training
IBM partners IMDA to roll out 'New Collar Apprenticeship' initiative after layoffs in Singapore
SINGAPORE (Aug 16): International Business Machines (IBM) is joining the Infocomm Media Development Authority’s (IMDA) Company-Led Training programme under its TechSkills Accelerator (TeSA) initiative to roll out their first “New Collar Apprenticeship
August 16, 2018
More Singapore workers worry about skill obsolescence rather than layoffs
SINGAPORE (May 4): Singapore’s workers, known for being highly skilled, are well aware and confident of their market power. So much that the majority of employees may not even think twice about jumping ship given the opportunity, should they be displeas
May 04, 2017
Aviation & Engineering
Boeing to dismiss hundreds of engineers amid sales slowdown
CHICAGO (April 18): Boeing Co. plans to lay off hundreds of engineers in Washington state and other locations -- and may eliminate more jobs later this year as the planemaker contends with slowing aircraft sales.
April 18, 2017
Singapore registers lowest labour force growth in 2016 in over a decade as layoffs continue to rise
SINGAPORE (Jan 26): Preliminary estimates from the Ministry of Manpower’s (MOM’s) latest Labour Market Advance Release have indicated that 2016 was once again a year of increased layoffs and redundancies among Singapore’s residents and citizens as t
January 26, 2017