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Keywords: Job cuts
HSBC chief executive Georges Elhedery has told the bank’s 200,000 employees to embrace artificial intelligence or risk being left behind, framing generative AI as a force that will both eliminate and create jobs across the financial sector. He made the remarks during an investor day presentation......
German battery manufacturer Varta AG has announced plans to eliminate around 350 jobs following the loss of a key customer. The decision also includes the gradual end of production of button cells at its site in Noerdlingen, located in southern Germany. According to company representatives, the affected......
The Swedish furniture giant IKEA has announced plans to cut 850 jobs worldwide as part of a broader restructuring aimed at simplifying its organizational structure and reducing costs. The job reductions will affect both Sweden and international operations, with around 300 positions expected to be eliminated......
Nicolai Tangen, chief executive of Norges Bank Investment Management, warned companies against using artificial intelligence primarily as a tool for workforce reductions, arguing that aggressive job cuts could trigger public backlash and damage broader confidence in the technology. Speaking ahead of......
The German lender Commerzbank is reportedly preparing additional job cuts as part of an updated strategic plan, according to media reports, while facing renewed takeover pressure from Italy’s UniCredit. The financial newspaper Handelsblatt reported that the scale of the planned workforce reductions......
The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) has announced plans to cut around 2,000 jobs, representing roughly 10% of its total workforce, as part of a major cost-reduction strategy over the next three years. The decision marks the largest wave of redundancies at the public service broadcaster in 15......
A nationwide teachers’ strike has drawn relatively limited participation, according to official figures, as educators protest planned job cuts, school closures, and demand higher wages. Data released by the education ministry indicate that fewer than 10% of teachers took part in the strike. Participation......
An increasing number of technology executives are using artificial intelligence as a justification for sweeping job cuts, even as their companies report record revenues. In recent weeks, leaders at Google, Amazon, Meta, Pinterest, and Atlassian have announced or signaled workforce reductions, framing......
More than 1,000 employees of Dutch chip equipment manufacturer ASML participated in a lunchtime walkout at the company’s headquarters in Veldhoven on Tuesday. The protest was organized in response to plans to cut 1,700 jobs, representing 3.8% of the workforce, as part of a broader reorganization. Union......