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Mass layoffs become routine even outside tech

TechCrunch, Sep 2 · read the original

Uber cut 10 percent of its global staff, its largest layoff since the pandemic, and Campbell's cut 13 percent of its salaried workforce and closed two plants the same week, pushing 2026's tracked layoff total past 209,000 workers.

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