Salesforce lays off 8,000 employees — January 4, 2023
Salesforce, a sales company based in United States, laid off 8,000 employees on January 4, 2023. At the time, the company was at the Post-IPO stage. The layoff was reported by this source.
Source: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/01/04/business/salesforce-layoffs.html
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