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Boston-based furniture retailer Wayfair announced another round of layoffs on Friday morning, a move that will eliminate 13% of its global workforce.

Wayfair announced Friday it is laying off over 1,600 employees just weeks after its CEO told workers to "work longer hours."

Online furniture seller Wayfair is cutting about 1,650 jobs, or 13% of its global workforce. Macy’s is laying off about 3.5% of its total headcount, which amounts to roughly 2,350 employees, and the iconic department store is closing five locations. Wayfair announced its latest job cuts Friday.

The company continues to cut costs as it pursues its profit goals.

Google: "The term rightsizing sounds more neutral," said Roger Lee, creator of Layoffs.fyi, adding that the phrase is also used "to convey the fact that these companies did a lot of hiring the past couple years, and now realize, given the current economic reality, it makes sense for the business to go back to a smaller size."

Alphabet, Googles parent company, cut 12,000 jobs, or about 6% of its global workforce, at the start of 2023. Meta laid off more than 10,000 employees, or roughly 13% of its staff. So did other household names, including Microsoft, Amazon and Disney.

As the era of low interest rates came to a halt over the past two years, hundreds of tech companies slashed jobs. Alphabet, Google’s parent company, cut 12,000 jobs, or about 6% of its global workforce, at the start of 2023. Meta laid off more than 10,000 employees, or roughly 13% of its staff. So did other household names, including Microsoft, Amazon and Disney. Sign up for The Morning newsletter from the New York Times More than 260,000 tech employees were laid off in 2023, according to...

Money management firm BlackRock plans to announce layoffs of about 3 percent of its global workforce in the coming days, totaling about 600 employees.

India is at the cusp of rapid growth and this is the countrys moment in history, he said, exuding confidence that the country will be a superpower. Over the next decade, nearly a fourth of the incremental contribution to the global workforce will be from India, Birla said, adding that by 2040, the country will have a billion people in the workforce.

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