Apple Layoff News Today

The company disclosed it had laid off 614 employees from eight different offices in Santa Clara, a month after it reportedly scrapped its ambitious self-driving electric car project.

The Apple car project, at its peak, had a workforce of around 1,400 employees. Some of these employees will be reassigned to Apples generative AI (GenAI) projects, as the company continues to explore the potential of artificial intelligence.

Apple is taking measures to avoid layoffs according to CEO Tim Cook. He stated that he views mass layoffs as a last resort for the company, with extreme caution being taken on their hiring process. Apple is also focusing on cutting costs to compensate for the slowdown in hiring during the Covid pandemic. Cook believes that being prudent with hiring has put Apple in a better position than its competitors. In April, Apple had previously announced it was eliminating some roles in corporate teams, p...

Apple previously distinguished itself from the other tech players by avoiding layoffs, but it now seems that trend is over.

In the most recent round of performance appraisals, Meta gave thousands of employees

Apple Layoff: Apple has begun letting contractors go over the past few days, according to some media reports. The reports suggest that the iPhone-maker has cut ties with hundreds of contractors. -- aaa

The job cuts at Google affected 12,000 employees globally and included the layoffs at Google India.

An Apple layoff is not in the headlines because they did something different. Here's why the iPhone maker was able to avoid layoffs, unlike Google and other tech firms.

As every Big Tech company has announced job cuts running into thousands, Apple is yet to do so and may not plan to terminate employees as it never hired at the pace at which other tech giants did, according to analysts.

Apple layoff news: Like many other companies, Apple employs contract workers for tasks such as technical support and customer service