2025 সালের অক্টোবরে প্রযুক্তি এবং মিডিয়া ছাঁটাই: রিভিয়ান, মেটা, পেকম, এনবিসি নিউজ এবং এই শরত্কালে আরও অনেক চাকরি ছাঁটাই
Electric truck maker Rivian will lay off another 600 employees, or about 4% of its workforce, as global demand for electric vehicles wanes, The Wall Street Journal reported. This follows a previous round of layoffs in 2024. Rivian is one of many tech and media companies that have seen layoffs in October, including: Meta, Paycom, Charter, NBC News, and The Wall Street Journal. Unfortunately, October 2025 is no stranger to this. From tech companies to media conglomerates, layoffs are part of a trend in both the U.S. and Europe as companies begin to cut headcount and downsize. Some blame artificial intelligence (AI), though critics say it’s merely an excuse for companies to reduce staff. Layoffs may also be a way to hedge against current economic uncertainties caused by inflation, tariffs, skyrocketing cost of living, and now, the ongoing federal government shutdown. Here are some of the tech and media companies who have cut staff since the start of the month. Fast Company has reached out to all of the companies listed below for comment. Rivian: On Thursday, news broke that Rivian is laying off roughly 4% of its workforce, following a prior, smaller layoff that impacted approximately 1.5% of the company last month. Rivian, like many EV manufacturers, is anticipating EV sales to decline in the wake of the Trump administration’s decision to end large federal tax breaks on EV purchases. According to the Wall Street Journal, Rivian is planning to launch a new car in 2026. Meta: Meta, the owner of Facebook, Instagram, Threads, Messenger, and WhatsApp, said it will be laying off around 600 employees from Alexander Wang’s new “superintelligence” research lab, after hiring the 25-year-old prodigy and investing $14.3 billion in his company Scale AI back in June. Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg said that the social tech company plans to invest $60 billion to $65 billion in AI capex in 2025. Paycom: Earlier this month, Oklahoma City-based payroll and HR software company Paycom laid off more than 500 employees, citing “workforce restructuring due to efficiencies in advanced automation and AI-driven technologies that will impact a limited number of back-office roles.” Charter: Cable and broadband giant Charter Communications said Wednesday that to streamline operations, they are laying off approximately 1,200 employees, or just over 1% of their 95,000-person workforce, most of whom are in corporate management and back-office roles. The roles will not be in sales or service positions. According to Reuters, the company lost 117,000 internet customers in the second quarter and 60,000 internet customers in the first quarter amid growing competition from mobile phone service providers. NBC News: Meanwhile, NBC News is laying off approximately 7%, or 150, of its staff beginning the week of October 15. The cuts come ahead of a division and rebranding of cable news network MSNBC, which will now be called MS NOW (which stands for “My Source for News, Opinion and World”). The move is part of a larger spin-off of parent Comcast, which also includes CNBC and USA Network. Wall Street Journal: Also this month, The Wall Street Journal laid off several dozen reporters and editors from its education, health, and science news teams, citing structural changes. “I recognize that change can be unsettling,” editor-in-chief Emma Tucker said in a memo to staff. “I want to thank them for their many contributions to the Journal, especially Stephanie Ilgenfritz (who) has spent more than 35 years at the Journal and helped shape its distinguished and consequential journalism, including a series on Medicare fraud that won the Pulitzer Prize in 2015.”
প্রকাশিত: 2025-10-24 00:30:00
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