An Airbnb spokesman said that the groups focused on user safety were the same size as before the layoffs and that the company assessed its support staffing levels daily. “Brian has always made clear that safety is our priority,” he said. During that time, Leonardo Baca, an information technology professional […]
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Visa countdown haunts Asian tech workers as US layoffs mount
PALO ALTO, U.S. — A Chinese software engineer went to a Mexican beach resort in March on what he called a “workcation” — and is still there with no work, nowhere to go and no vacation mood. The 27-year-old, who asked to be identified only by his surname, Chen, had […]
Chinese workers hit boiling point over lost wages and layoffs
SHANGHAI — Laborers from Qiantu Motor sat patiently in the company’s lobby, waiting from one of the executives to walk through on the way to their office. When they spotted an executive from the four-year-old electric vehicle maker, the workers would shout, asking when they would get the wages that […]
Next and Dixons demand furlough clarity to avoid mass layoffs
The Tory peer’s views were echoed by Dixons chief executive Alex Baldock, who has put 16,500 employees on furlough. He said: “We are starting to raise our gaze beyond this crisis to how things might be different. In short, we would support a tapering of government relief rather than just ending on a cliff […]
Layoffs will cost you in the long run, Iris chairman warns
TOKYO — Corporate Japan has acquired crisis management experience firsthand in recent years. Having lived through the earthquake, tsunami and Fukushima nuclear disaster of 2011, Chairman Kentaro Ohyama of consumer products maker Iris Ohyama is battle-tested. And the 74-year-old is convinced that laying off staffers for short-term relief will only […]
Nissan and Honda plan thousands of US layoffs and furloughs
TOKYO — Nissan Motor intends to lay off about 10,000 workers at its idle American plants while Honda Motor places more than half its U.S. staff on temporary leave, as Japan’s automakers step up their response to the coronavirus pandemic. Almost all of Nissan’s U.S. factory workers will be affected […]