Decades-high inflation and the fallout from the Ukraine crisis have pressured many companies across the globe to consider laying off people or put a freeze on hiring.
Following is a list of companies that have announced layoffs or frozen hiring to rein in costs:
Alibaba Group China’s Alibaba might cut more than 15% of its total workforce, or about 39,000 employees, due to a sweeping regulatory crackdown in China, as well as slowing sales growth and rising prices.
Autoliv Inc., the world’s largest producer of airbags and seatbelts said it was reducing headcount to cut costs and adapt to new business conditions, but did not specify the number.
Air France, France’s flagship carrier is in talks to shed nearly 300 ground-staff positions through voluntary redundancies, with negotiations expected to be finalized by late July, newspaper Le Figaro reported.
European online car retailer Cazoo Group Ltd. said it would cut its workforce by about 15% as it looks to conserve cash.
Carvana Co. said it would lay off about 2,500 employees, or 12% of its workforce.
Global Coinbase will extend its hiring freeze for the foreseeable future and Inc rescind a number of accepted offers to deal with current macroeconomic conditions.
Real estate broker Compass Inc. will lay off 450 employees, about 10% of its current workforce, as borrowing costs and inflation pressures rise.
Brazil’s Ebanx Ltd. laid off about 20% of its staff, or 340 employees.
Turkey’s Getir plans to cut 14% of its staff globally due to rising global inflation and costs, a source with knowledge of the matter told Reuters.
German grocery app Gorillas will lay off 300 people, cutting its administrative staff in half.
Germany’s Henkel AG & Co., the company behind Schwarzkopf, will cut about 2,000 KGaA positions due to low demand of its shampoos and hair spray, as well as rising costs and global supply chain issues.
Drugmaker Heron plans to reduce its headcount by 34% as part of a cost Therapeutics reduction and restructuring plan, with around 70% of the layoffs set to affect research and development staff.
Intel Corp. has frozen hiring in PC chip division, according to a memo reviewed by Reuters.
The memo said that some hiring could resume in as little as two weeks after the division re-evaluates priorities and that all current job offers in its systems will be honored.
Swedish Klarna is slashing 10% of its 7,000-strong workforce as a consequence of a recent steep increase in inflation, fear of a recession and the war in Ukraine worsening business sentiment.
Lyft Inc. said in May it would slow down hiring and assess budget cuts in some departments.
Meta Platforms Facebook-owner Meta cut plans to hire engineers by at least 30% this year, Inc. reducing its target to around 6,000-7,000 new engineers in 2022, CEO Mark Zuckerberg told employees on June 30.
Sweden’s Move About Group will cut 17 out of 40 positions due to indirect AB effects of the war in Ukraine and an excessive cost base.
Netflix in May said it has laid off about 150 people, mostly in the U.S., as the streaming service company faces slowing growth.
Australian buy-now-pay-later firm Openpay Group will materially reduce its U.S. workforce after halting operations in the country.
Peloton in February said it will cut about 2,800 corporate jobs as it looks Interactive Inc. to revitalize sagging sales.
Redfin laid off 6% of its workforce, or 470 employees, and will continue Corporation reductions until the end of June after demand in May missed expectations.
The retail trading platform Robinhood said in April it was laying off about 9% of its Markets Inc full-time employees.
Snap Inc. CEO Evan Spiegel in May told employees the company would slow hiring for this year.
Stellantis Automaker Stellantis has indefinitely laid off an unspecified number of employees at its stamping plant in Michigan to mitigate impacts from various supply chain issues.
Tencent Holdings Chinese company Tencent is struggling to cope with the slowing economy, and might cut between 10-15% of its total workforce this year.
Tesla Elon Musk said on June 21 that the electric car maker would cut 10% of its salaried staff over three months, as he predicted a U.S. recession was more likely than not.
Twitter Inc. CEO Parag Agrawal said in a memo that the social media company would pause hiring and review existing job offers to determine whether any “should be pulled back.”
Uber will scale back hiring and reduce expenditure on its marketing and Technologies Inc incentive activities, Reuters reported in May, citing a letter from the CEO.
Unity Software, which makes software for video games and animation, said on June 30 that it would lay off 4% of its workforce.
Warner Bros Warner Bros Discovery aims to cut 30% of its ad sales workforce or about Discovery Inc. 1,000 jobs globally.
Valmet Oyj said in May it was in negotiations for temporary layoffs of up to three months, with about 340 employees part of the talks at its valve factory in Helsinki due to reduced orders caused by the war in Ukraine and COVID-19 restrictions in China.
Source: Regulatory filings, Reuters stories, company websites
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