#layoffs

#layoffs

The "reductions in force," or RIFs, is the latest blow to the federal workforce, which is already down 200,000 employees this year. Vought announced the layoffs on X, saying, "The RIFs have begun." What they're saying: "We'll be cutting very popular democrat programs that aren't popular with republicans," President Trump said Thursday at the White House. A spokesperson for the OMB confirmed the RIFs have begun and are "substantial." They did not immediately respond to Axios' request for comment specifying which departments were impacted.

The arrogance of leadership to believe they can act with impunity throughout development and the following redundancies has pushed myself and many former and continuing employees to take a stand,

As we wrap up our work on Hyper Light Breaker, we've had to make the difficult decision to part with a number of talented team members. This was not our ideal path, but rather the only one available given the circumstances. While this path will include a conclusion on the project, it reflects broader forces beyond our control, including shifts in funding, corporate consolidation and the uncertain environment many small studios like us are navigating today.

Today's actions are a difficult but necessary step as we continue to evolve our business and prioritize investments that will help us continue to thrive in today's media environment,

The studio shared the announcement on its official site, and noted that Sackbird is self-funded "for multiple years" without the aid of outside investors. That will allow the team to retain full creative control of their own games. "After years in AAA, we wanted the freedom to take smart risks without waiting for a greenlight or chasing quarterly targets, said Sackbird Studios chief creative officer David Worley in a statement. "We're fully employee-owned and funded, which means we only answer to people who are passionate about games."

WashU chancellor Andrew Martin announced last month that the private university had cut 316 staff positions and closed another 198 vacant roles as part of an effort to restructure or reduce budgets. He wrote that the cuts, which extend to WashU's Medical Campus, total "more than $52 million in annual savings." The chancellor cited both external and internal pressures.

Of course, you and your direct reports may both fear that more cuts are on the horizon. And yet, there's work to be done. How do you support your team, keep them productive and also find the opportunities in the middle of such a big disruption, especially when you may face the need to ' do more with less '?

Starbucks said Thursday it's closing hundreds of stores in the U.S., Canada and Europe and laying off 900 nonretail employees as it focuses more of its resources on a turnaround. The Seattle coffee giant said store closures would start immediately. Starbucks said affected baristas will be offered severance packages and transfers to other locations where possible. The company wouldn't give a number of stores that are closing, but the bulk of the closures appear to be in the U.S. and Canada. Starbucks said it expects to have 18,300 North American locations when its fiscal year ends on Sunday.

You know, the consolidation happens for a simple reason. I know these companies are a little bit different from each other. Upstream, downstream, production, exploration. But listen, basically. They're all brothers and sisters, or first cousins of one another's. So the fact that you're getting roll-ups in industries where you've got related companies, isn't that surprising. What's, what's going on there in the last few months?

SAN LEANDRO - The shutdown of 21st Amendment Brewery, a Bay Area craft beer leader, will erase dozens of jobs in the Bay Area, affecting workers in two cities in the region, according to an official state government filing. The brewery intends to eliminate a total of 76 jobs in the Bay Area, the company stated in a WARN notice it filed with the state Employment Development Department.

The move comes amid an ongoing fight over pay and working conditions, according to workers who spoke to WIRED. Most raters working at GlobalLogic are based in the US and deal with English-language content. Just as content moderators help purge and classify content on social media, these workers use their expertise, skill, and judgment to teach chatbots and other AI products, including Google's search summaries feature called AI Overviews -the right responses on a wide range of subjects.