Microsoft’s H-1B Visa Applications Questioned Amid Mass Layoffs
Microsoft is under growing pressure to account for its H-1B visa requests after announced another round of layoffs this week, affecting around 9,000 employees across its global headcount. The latest round of layoffs, hitting roughly 4 percent of the tech giant’s workforce, comes after two other waves in May and June, affecting another 8,000 in […]
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Iowa Hit With Mass Layoffs Right After Unemployment Benefits Cut
Whirlpool Corporation will lay off 651 workers at its manufacturing plant in Amana, Iowa, the company announced this week. It’s a move that has triggered political backlash and renewed scrutiny of recent changes to the state’s unemployment benefits. The layoffs, effective June 1, represent the largest in Iowa since Tyson Foods closed its Perry facility […]
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What Do Layoffs at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Lab Signal for Space Exploration?
The Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL), a leading center for robotic space exploration run by NASA and Caltech, announced layoffs of around 325 employees, about 5 percent of its workforce. This comes after JPL previously cut 8 percent of its staff this past February because of budget constraints. JPL Director Laurie Leshin cited “funding challenges and […]
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