“I found out that I am one of the 10 per cent impacted by the Salesforce layoffs announced in January. I’m certain that everyone who has received similar news has their own private battles to overcome. As for myself, this involves being able to continue working in a country that I now call my second home,” shares Jayant Dutta, an Indian-origin worker who recently got laid off by Salesforce in the U.S.

In what could be touted as the worst month ever for the tech industry, close to 1 lakh employees have been laid off in the month of January globally. The tech giants leading the mass wave of layoffs are Amazon (18,000), Microsoft (10,000), Google (12,000), Meta (11,000), HP (6000), and Twitter (3700), barring Apple.