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Western Digital lays off 251 employees — November 22, 2022

Western Digital, a hardware company based in United States, laid off 251 employees on November 22, 2022. At the time, the company was at the Post-IPO stage. The layoff was reported by this source.

Company
Western Digital
Employees laid off
251
Date
November 22, 2022
Industry
Hardware
Country
United States
Company stage
Post-IPO
Total raised (pre-layoff)
$900M

Source: https://www.bizjournals.com/sanjose/news/2022/11/22/western-digital-latest-valley-company-with-layoffs.html

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