How Apple Has Avoided Mass Layoffs, So Far.

Jack Kelly, Founder and CEO, WeCruitr

13-Feb-23 12:00

How Apple Has Avoided Mass Layoffs, So Far.

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According to Crunchbase, more than 77,000 workers in U.S.-based tech companies have been laid off in mass job cuts so far in 2023. However, one BigTech company has managed to avoid mass layoffs so far - Apple.

We explore this with Jack Kelly, Founder and CEO of WeCruitr, and Senior Contributing Writer for Forbes, including areas such as:

-How Apple has managed to avoid mass layoffs so far.

-Whether Elon Musk kicked started the layoff snowball in tech.

-key lessons that managers and employers can learn from this .

-Will 2023 see the end of flexible or remote work.

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Produced by: Roshan Kanesan

Presented by: Roshan Kanesan, Lily Chai

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Categories: markets, economy, managing, Corporates, SME, entrepreneurs

Tags: laid off, tech companies, employers, managers, flexible work, remote work,

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