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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 626

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Hundreds of employees wait in line wrapped around the outside of the Health and Human Services headquarters building, in Washington, April 1, 2025. (Amanda Seitz/AP)
April 1, 2025, 10:18 pm
Trump begins mass layoffs at FDA, CDC, other US health agencies
Many reportedly found out they were fired when front door security guards denied them entry to their places of work
By Leah Douglas, Marisa Taylor and Julie Steenhuysen
AppsFlyer founders Reshef Mann, left, and Oren Kaniel. (Courtesy/Appsflyer PR)
February 5, 2025, 5:44 pm
Israeli adtech unicorn AppsFlyer to cut 100 roles as it eyes US public listing
AppsFlyer seeks to streamline products and invest in AI tools; Innoviz, a maker of sensors for self-driving cars, will cut 9% of its workforce to save $12 million in 2025
By Sharon Wrobel
One Zero digital bank's securities platform. (Courtesy)
September 9, 2024, 6:14 pm
Israel’s One Zero bank halts expansion plans in Italy, lays off employees due to war
One Zero to let go 20 of its 350 staff; postpones plan to create digital bank with Italy’s Banca Generali due to unfavorable geopolitical environment
By Sharon Wrobel
An undated photo of a Stratasys F900 3D printer. (Business Wire via AP)
August 29, 2024, 9:18 pm
3D printing firm Stratasys to slash 15% of its workforce, including 80 jobs in Israel
Company says global cuts aim to generate $40 million in annual cost savings as it is struggling to attract new capital investments
By Sharon Wrobel
Illustrative image of employees working in the tech sector. (Hadas Porush/ Flash90)
August 11, 2024, 1:43 am
Layoffs resume as Israeli high-tech industry struggles to thrive in dark times
Fraught politics and the Gaza war are harming Israel’s technology sector, but the US is also seeing a downturn, while Europe is closing in on both of them — and fast
By Tani Goldstein
Lightricks' Facetune app. (Courtesy)
July 1, 2024, 7:59 pm
Israeli app developer cuts 12% of its workforce to focus on AI tools to create movies
Lightricks, the Israeli startup behind Facetune and Photoleap, will lay off 70 employees; says it seeks to hire dozens of AI experts mainly in Israel
By Sharon Wrobel
Representatives of the Reservists’ Wives Forum meet with Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich (left) in early 2024. (Courtesy)
March 8, 2024, 3:51 pm
Fired during war, reservists’ wives band together to battle for job security
Spouses of reserve troops create forum to help each other with employment rights and petition the government to ease their economic burden as their husbands take up arms
By Sharon Wrobel
Illustrative: Proofpoint's logo seen through a magnifying glass on a screen showing the company's website (II.studio/Shutterstock.com)
February 1, 2024, 7:18 pm
US cyber firm Proofpoint to lay off Israeli employees as part of global job cuts
The cybersecurity company, which has 300 employees in Israel after making four acquisitions in the country, is planning to slash 6% of its global workforce
By Sharon Wrobel
Innoviz shares start trading on Nasdaq on April 6, 2021, after its merger with a SPAC was completed. (Courtesy)
January 31, 2024, 8:10 pm
Israel’s Innoviz to trim 13% of its workforce in cost-cutting push
The Nasdaq-listed maker of sensors for self-driving cars, which employs about 500 workers, is realigning operations to extend its cash runway amid a competitive market environment
By Sharon Wrobel
Freightos' online marketplace for international air and ocean freight services. (Courtesy)
July 12, 2023, 4:04 pm
Israeli online freight booking platform axes 13% of its workforce
Jerusalem-based Freightos’s online booking and payment marketplace allows businesses to compare, book and manage air and ocean freight services
By Sharon Wrobel
For illustration: Workers in a startup (Vadim_Key; iStock by Getty Images)
May 16, 2023, 1:48 am
25% of tech firms plan layoffs after demand for workers halved in 2022 — report
New survey shows 17,000 open positions in high-tech industry at end of last year, down from 32,900; warns global recovery could bypass Israel if political uncertainty continues
By Sharon Wrobel
Kitchen counters covered in Caesarstone (Photo: Courtesy Caesarstone)
May 11, 2023, 4:35 pm
Countertop maker Caesarstone to shut Sdot Yam plant, lay off over 100 workers
Quartz countertop manufacturer says production facility closure is part of restructuring plan to improve profitability and cash flow
By Sharon Wrobel
The R&D center of Dropbox in the Azrieli Sarona Tower in Tel Aviv, May 15, 2018 (Shoshanna Solomon/Times of Israel)
April 30, 2023, 4:38 pm
US cloud storage giant Dropbox to close R&D operations, leave Israel
Cloud storage provider will lay off about 50 people, mostly engineers, in Tel Aviv office, as part of global cutback
By Sharon Wrobel
This file photo taken on February 14, 2020, shows the US multinational technology and internet-related services company Google logo in Brussels. (Kenzo Tribouillard/AFP)
February 14, 2023, 6:04 pm
Google reportedly starting layoffs in Israel
US tech giant sent out letters summoning dozens of employees in Israel for pre-firing hearings this week, according to Hebrew media
By Sharon Wrobel
Workers help set up the Google booth at the Las Vegas Convention Center before the start of the CES tech show, January 2, 2023, in Las Vegas. (AP/John Locher)
January 20, 2023, 3:57 pm
Google announces 12,000 job cuts as tech industry layoffs spread
Firings come day after Microsoft says it will reduce staff in next few months, similar decisions by other prominent firms, as sector faces economic downturn
By AFP
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