eBay is laying off 9 percent of its workforce

Re:eBay is laying off 9 percent of its workforce by BizarreByte on Wednesday January 24, 2024 @09:30AM (#39117709)

I know a site like this can never be accurate, but the non-tech company I work for had a significant reduction in tech workers and isn't on the list. I really think that sound count.

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Re:eBay is laying off 9 percent of its workforce by hn_throwaway_99 on Wednesday January 24, 2024 @09:40AM (#39117836)

layoffs.fyi says "72 tech companies w/ layoffs" right at the top, big and bold - it's pretty clear it's only tracking tech companies.

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Re:eBay is laying off 9 percent of its workforce by apwell23 on Wednesday January 24, 2024 @12:40PM (#39120166)

every company rebranded to tech like they are doing with AI now

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Re:eBay is laying off 9 percent of its workforce by BizarreByte on Wednesday January 24, 2024 @10:15AM (#39118294)

Yes, which means it isn't an accurate reflection of tech layoffs.

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Re:eBay is laying off 9 percent of its workforce by hn_throwaway_99 on Wednesday January 24, 2024 @10:35AM (#39118536)

And my car isn't an accurate reflection of a helicopter. Neither of them are purporting to be something they're not.

More to the point, tracking "tech layoffs within non-tech companies" is impossible with public data because that information is rarely broken out.

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Re:eBay is laying off 9 percent of its workforce by BizarreByte on Wednesday January 24, 2024 @12:29PM (#39120006)

I don’t disagree, all I was doing was reminding people it doesn’t show the whole picture.

Things are worse than many think.

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Re:eBay is laying off 9 percent of its workforce by jjav on Thursday January 25, 2024 @01:57PM (#39133391)

> More to the point, tracking "tech layoffs within non-tech companies" is impossible

Which begs the question, what is a tech company anymore or a non-tech company?

Aside from the fact that they use technology (but everyone uses technology), ebay is not a tech company. They don't sell technology product.

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Re:eBay is laying off 9 percent of its workforce by stevenzzzzzzz on Thursday January 25, 2024 @01:05AM (#39126675)

Checkout WARNtracker.com which tracks US layoffs from all companies through mandatory government reporting (for layoffs above a certain size)!

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