Breitbart Business Digest: Workers in Tech Are Losing Their Jobs. Is Everyone Else Next?
The layoffs in tech announced over the past month or so have many asking if this is a bellwether for the broader labor market.
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Report: Politically-Connected IBM Outsources More U.S. Tech Jobs to India
Multinational tech corporation IBM is reportedly outsourcing more United States-based tech jobs to lower-wage India as executives rake in enormous annual salaries.
Uber Lays Off 400 U.S. Employees, Imports Hundreds of Foreign Workers
Uber Technologies Inc. is laying off nearly 400 American employees at its California offices while seeking to import hundreds of foreign workers through the H-1B visa program.
Masters of the Universe: ‘Unassuming’ Silicon Valley Home Shatters Record with $2 Million Sales Price
Houses in Sunnyvale, California, are selling for record multi-million dollar prices due to their proximity to Silicon Valley jobs, according to a report.
Man Poses as Delivery Guy to Show Resume to Silicon Valley Bosses
A Lithuanian-born marketing professional, whose dream is to work in a big Silicon Valley company, is trying to break through to potential employers by hand-delivering donut boxes with his resume posted to the inside.
Silicon Valley Job Cuts Double in 2016
Cisco Systems, Inc. announced August 17 that it will slash 5,500 jobs. The cuts are consistent with Silicon Valley tech terminations running almost double the pace of 2015.
Donald Trump Rips Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg on Immigration
In the immigration plan he released Sunday, Donald Trump slammed Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg for making the path easier for immigrants to land jobs at high-tech firms.
14 Facts the Tanking ‘Women in Tech’ Movement Doesn’t Want You to Know
We’re invited to believe, contrary to the evidence all around us, that the highly-progressive, socially-conscious and liberal-minded technology industry is in fact one of the most retrograde and oppressive places for women to work. But here’s the dirty secret about the shrill and insatiable “women in tech” movement: none of that is true.
