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One-third of U.S. video game industry workers say they were laid off last year, according to a new survey conducted by the organizers behind the newly revamped Game Developers Conference…
In today’s workplace, layoffs are no longer rare—they’re a reality many employees have seen up close or have experienced themselves. On LinkedIn, the posts seem endless, each one paired…
Resplendent in costume and production design, but shaky in overall execution, the star-studded fantasy romance “100 Nights of Hero” is the second feature from writer-director Julia…
Many of us have heard of “boomerang employees”—someone who leaves a company and later returns—but there’s a newer version showing up in the workplace: the layoff boomerang. Maybe you’ve…
“Get laid off with me.” So read the closed captions of a recent TikTok post. “My boss just put a 15 minute sink on my calendar,” creator @mbraindump said in the now-viral post. “I can’t…
The latest wave of tech layoffs doesn’t have to be a step backward—it can be a launchpad. If you’ve spent years shipping products, debugging systems, and partnering with go-to-market…
Five years ago, I sat under a tree and cried. It was Cinco de Mayo 2020, and I woke up to an email: I was being laid off from my dream job as a global creative lead at Airbnb, one of 25%…
This year alone, companies have announced over 740,000 job cuts so far, a high since 2020. And that’s just in the US. But for a growing number of professionals (even before 2025), the…
Tulsi Gabbard's stunning words that Barack Obama led a "treasonous conspiracy" to sabotage incoming successor Donald Trump stand as the starkest event so far in the Democratic…
When I was laid off from my position at Forbes, I felt completely blindsided. I had spent years associating myself with my title of marketing director at such a well-known brand, and then…
Last week, Microsoft laid off about 9,100 workers, which came just months after the company announced it would invest $80 billion in data centers for Artificial Intelligence. The impact of…
Ever dream about work? Have nightmares? According to a survey by the mattress review site EachNight.com, nearly two-thirds of us have job-related dreams that cause us to wake up stressed…
It’s been 30 years since the publication of Nick Hornby’s novel “High Fidelity,” and there’s a reason that it has been adapted into a movie, a TV show and a Broadway musical. Turns out, a…
Tanenhaus’s biography complicates this narrative. It offers a deeply affectionate portrait of Buckley’s personal life: of his munificence, his sense of humor, his extraordinary loyalty and…
Peacock has canceled “Laid” after one season. The series starred Stephanie Hsu as Ruby Yao, a woman who learns that her former sexual partners have begun dying off in the order in which…
Did Elmo get sacked as a result of President Trump’s attempts to defund public media? A LinkedIn post purportedly written by the lovable red Muppet — in which Elmo says he “was recently…
Alamo Drafthouse workers in New York City ended their 58-day strike after reaching an agreement with the management of the dine-in cinema chain. Employees at the lower Manhattan and…
When Diana Trinh was laid off from her corporate marketing job in tech, she found herself working for minimum wage at her local Applebee's as a host. In a video on TikTok filmed in 2023,…
