Noelle King: 2022 has been a year for tech companies. Mark Zuckerberg's 11,000 employees or 13% of the company gone. Amazon reportedly plans to lay off around 10,000 people. Elon Musk fired half of Twitter and laid off 10% of Tesla staff this year. Noelle King: What is going on with Facebook?
Mark Zuckerberg fired 11,000 employees at Meta. Elon Musk axed half his staff at Twitter. Other tech giants are slashing jobs and eliminating perks, too. Recode’s Peter Kafka says the era of big tech growth is over.
This episode was produced by Amanda Lewellyn, edited and fact-checked by Matt Collette, engineered by Paul Robert Mounsey, and hosted by Noel King.
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