The Company PayPal Holdings Announced On Tuesday Afternoon (31) That It Will Cut About 7% Of Its Employees; Nearly 2 Thousand Workers Are Joining The Group Of Digital Payment Companies That Have Been Affected By The Slowdown Of The Economy.
“Although We Have Made Substantial Progress In Right-Sizing Our Cost Structure And Focusing Resources On Our Core Strategic Priorities, We Still Have More Work To Do,” Said Dan Schulman, CEO Of PayPal In A Statement.
In November Last Year, PayPal Also Reduced Its Annual Revenue Growth Forecast Due To The Anticipation Of The Economic Slowdown And Also Stated That It Did Not Expect Much From E-Commerce In The United States In The Last Quarter Of 2022.
‘Big Techs’
The Group Named “Big Techs”, Which Includes Apple, Microsoft, Amazon, Meta (Owner Of Whatsapp, Facebook, And Instagram), And Alphabet (Google) Has Already Laid Off About 40 Thousand People In This First Month Of 2023.
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Electrolux surprises, closes colossal factory and lays off 400 people in a mass dismissal that will have a direct effect later this year, following a cost review, with an impact of R$ 272.5 million and R$ 109 million in cash in Chile.
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The Lula government is pursuing re-election and is therefore preparing a package with discounts of up to 80% on debts, subsidies for diesel, gas for 15 million, and energy, after reaching 51% disapproval six months before the election.
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The chamber approves a project that transforms plots of up to 2,000 square meters into official rural properties, allowing thousands of small producers who were invisible to the government to now access credit, tax exemptions, and technical assistance.
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Factory 52, in the USA, cost over $5 billion, covers 270,000 square meters, and manufactures cutting-edge chips: it was named Project of the Year by the world’s largest engineering magazine, marking the global race for semiconductors.
These Layoffs In January Occurred In Three Of The Companies In This Group:
– Amazon (About 18 Thousand Employees)
– Microsoft (10 Thousand Employees)
– Google (12 Thousand Employees)
PayPal Announces Layoff Of 2 Thousand Employees
When Considering The Entire Technology Sector, January Recorded Nearly 100 Thousand Layoffs. This Is The Estimate Provided By The Platform TrueUp, Specialized In Jobs In The Area.
What Is The Reason?
The Macroeconomic Slowdown And The Drop In Advertising Revenue Explain The Entire Negative Scenario. To Make It Easier To Understand This Situation, It Is Necessary To Consider The Consistent Increases In Interest Rates In Recent Months In The United States, To Curb Inflation.
In Addition To The Impact On Sales, The Scenario Has Also Caused Companies To Cut Advertising Spending, Which Is Hitting All The Tech Giants That Rely On Ads.
Not To Mention That The Covid-19 Pandemic Gave Many Hopes To The Sector With So Many People Online And A Boom In The Electronics Sector. With All This Perspective, These Companies Made Mass Hires, Which Later Proved To Be Not Entirely Sustainable.


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