Microsoft, eBay And iRobot Cut Hundreds Of Jobs: Here Are 2024's Tech Layoffs

iRobot, the maker of Roomba, announced plans this week to cut nearly a third of its workforce, marking the company’s latest round of layoffs and the latest in a string corporate job cuts this year that have rocked the tech industry, including at Microsoft, Amazon and eBay.iRobot said Monday it will cut roughly 350 jobs, after calling off plans for an acquisition by Amazon originally valued at $1.7 billion—iRobot’s latest layoffs come after the Massachusetts-based company slashed 140 employees in August 2022 ...