layoffs

McDonald’s is closing its offices this week as the burger giant prepares to notify layoffs on a corporate level. The company is looking to restructure things. Employees were told to work from home and will be notified about their fate with the company. McDonald’s temporarily shuts US offices, prepares layoff notices -WSJ (yahoo.com)

Amazon just announced plans to cut another 9,000 positions, its second round of mass layoffs in recent months. The announcement comes just months after Amazon eliminated about 18,000 positions. The company will be targeting roles in its cloud computing unit, human resources division, advertising and Twitch, according to a letter to employees from CEO Andy Jassy. After […]

More layoffs are happening in the tech world. Spotify will be cutting costs through laying off staff. The company is joining Amazon, Microsoft, and Alphabet Inc. (a Google company) in thousands of job cuts. The number of job layoff is not clear according to Reuters.com however there have been reports that say 6% of jobs […]

Since Netflix reported a record low in revenue earlier this year The streaming company just announced they’re laying off a 150 people. With a major loss of subscribers Netflix predicts more revenue loss within the next quarter. Source: CNBC

According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, fewer than half of Black people in the labor force were listed as employed in April. This figure reinforces the higher risk for economic impact and job-loss on top of increased rates of COVID-19, of which the death toll is over 100,000 in the US. The employment data […]

Mayor Lovely Warren revealed this weekend that Rochester’s City budget for the next fiscal year beginning July 1 might contain a yearly homeowner property tax hike to offset losses caused by the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic. Mayor Warren described it as a “modest” yearly increase of $134 per homeowner, which breaks down to approximately $2.57 per week […]

On Tuesday, May 5, Mayor Lovely Warren announced that the City of Rochester would see a reduction of 403 “non-essential” workers (178 furloughs, 208 job shares, and 17 separations) starting next Monday. Layoffs had been expected for some time because of the negative impact of SARS-CoV-2 on revenues, the high cost to pay employees and […]

City of Rochester News Release Mayor Warren Announces City Personnel Reductions to Protect Essential Services Due To COVID-19 Over $2.1 Million in Savings Generated by 403 Changes, Including Furloughs, Work Sharing and Layoffs Notable Details Include: – Uniformed members of the Rochester Police and Fire Departments as well as the Emergency Communications Department are Unaffected […]

ShiftDiff.com, a Rochester based job search engine, will be volunteering help to anyone who has received a layoff notice from the Rochester City School District (RCSD). Teachers, Para-Professionals, Teaching Assistants, Clerical Staff, Cleaners or anyone who has been presented with a notice from the district can visit ShiftDiff.com to request resume services and professional career […]

Written by Jasmine This week we learned about the mid-year staff cuts for the Rochester City School District. In order to tame a $30 million budget deficit, the district plans to layoff more than 150 RCSD employees. According to the Rochester Teacher’s Association, layoffs will include 152 teachers, 32 non-teaching employees, 22 paraprofessionals and 12 administrators. […]