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fromTechCrunch
2 weeks ago

Three weeks after acquiring Windsurf, Cognition offers staff the exit door | TechCrunch

According to an email The Information viewed, employees were given until August 10 to decide whether they want to take the buyout, which amounts to nine months of salary. Those who choose to stay are reportedly required to spend six days at the office and clock 80+ hour weeks - draconian conditions that have become table stakes among workers at top AI firms.
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fromwww.eastbaytimes.com
1 month ago

Supreme Court allows Trump to lay off nearly 1,400 Education Department employees

Supreme Court permits President Trump to proceed with layoffs of nearly 1,400 Education Department employees.
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SF politics
fromNextgov.com
2 months ago

Here's where the State Department is planning its layoffs and changes

The State Department plans significant structural reductions to streamline operations, impacting over 3,400 employees and consolidating more than 300 offices.
fromInvestopedia
2 months ago

Google Is Offering Buyouts to US Employees Throughout the Company

Earlier this year, some of our teams introduced a voluntary exit program with severance for U.S.-based Googlers, and several more are now offering the program to support our important work ahead.
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fromNextgov.com
3 months ago

More than 2,100 GSA employees have accepted deferred resignations

The return to office mandate was another effective lever to get people to quit since they limited the offices people could return to a small number of key cities, whereas much of GSA was purposefully hired remote.
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fromBusiness Insider
4 months ago

I'm a federal employee watching colleagues get laid off by DOGE. It's been devastating - we aren't cogs, we're human beings.

Many employees who have been let go are newer to the National Park Service. A buyout offer is also still in progress.
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