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Crypto Services Firm Prime Trust Has Fired CEO Tom Pageler
29.11.2022
Crypto fintech Prime Trust’s CEO, Tom Pageler, was fired this week, CoinDesk has learned
Crypto Exchange FTX Fires 3 Top Executives, Report Reveals
19.11.2022
Three high-ranking executives of failed cryptocurrency exchange FTX have reportedly been dismissed. Among them is one of the co-founders of what was one of the industry’s largest trading platforms, which is currently in bankruptcy proceedings in the U.S. court system. 3 Members of FTX Management...
Meta Announces Layoffs Affecting 13% of Workforce; More Than 11,000 Employees to Be Fired Amidst ‘Cultural Shift’
9.11.2022
Meta, the social network company, has announced that it will cut 11,000 jobs, letting go of 13% of the employees in its workforce amidst a “cultural shift” in the company. Mark Zuckerberg, CEO of the company, explained this decision was made due to a need to become more “capital...
Twitter Begins Mass Layoffs — Elon Musk Says ‘No Choice’ Citing $4M Loss per Day
6.11.2022
Tesla CEO and Twitter chief Elon Musk has begun massive layoffs at the social media company. The billionaire explained that there is no choice since Twitter is losing over $4 million a day. “Twitter has had a massive drop in revenue, due to activist groups pressuring advertisers, even though...
Elon Musk Takes Control of Twitter, Fires CEO and CFO — Says He Buys Twitter ‘to Help Humanity’
29.10.2022
Tesla and Spacex CEO Elon Musk has completed the acquisition of Twitter Inc. and reportedly fired the company’s CEO and CFO. “The reason I acquired Twitter is because it is important to the future of civilization to have a common digital town square,” he said. “There...
UK Finance Minister Kwarteng Fired
14.10.2022
Kwarteng's departure leaves the future of the country's stablecoin laws uncertain
Fired Smash Bros. Ultimate Tester Will Get $25,000 In Nintendo Union-Busting Settlement
13.10.2022
Nintendo, and a former game tester fired earlier this year, have seemingly reached a settlement in an labor dispute that kicked off widespread allegations about bad working conditions at the Mario maker’s U.S. office. Mackenzie Clifton, who worked on games like Super Smash Bros. Ultimate, will...
Report: G Fuel Fired Five Staff Members After They Complained About CEO’s Toxic Language
8.9.2022
In June, energy drink company G Fuel attracted controversy when it fired seven talent managers under mysterious circumstances, prompting over 70 G Fuel-partnered influencers to end their relationships with the brand. Today, a report from Digiday sheds new light on the circumstances that lead to...
Overwatch League Team Apologizes To Support Player For Firing Him Via A Damn Tweet
11.8.2022
Losing a job is always an uprooting event, but getting fired in public is straight-up embarrassing, especially when you don’t know it’s coming. That’s exactly what happened this week in the world of the Overwatch League (OWL), with the New York Excelsior team unceremoniously terminating main...
Fired Assassin’s Creed Director Surfaces At Pokémon Unite Company As Ubi Devs Renew Calls For Accountability
28.7.2022
It’s been two years since a workplace reckoning over sexual misconduct at Ubisoft led to numerous departures, resigniations, and firings. Now one of the people investigated has resurfaced. Ashraf Ismail, previously creative director on the hit Assassin’s Creed Valhalla, is now working...
Shots Fired At Facebook’s VR Monopoly
28.7.2022
It’s been a very bad year so far for Meta, the company formerly known as Facebook, in ways extremely unique to being one of the biggest tech companies in the world. Despite still making almost $7 billion in profit in recent months, TikTok is eating its lunch, the stock price is in shambles,...
Vince McMahon Finally Fires Himself, And It’s A Big Deal
23.7.2022
Today, scandal-plagued former WWE CEO Vince McMahon announced his retirement from the wrestling dynasty he’s presided over for over four decades.Read more
Fresh Blow for Celsius with 150 Staff Reportedly Fired, But CEL Up 19%
4.7.2022
Another crypto lender has apparently hit the rocks, with reports claiming that the already troubled Celsius Network (CEL) has axed 150 employees.
Per the Israeli media outlet Calcalist, Celsius has previously “hired restructuring consultants and lawyers to make organizational changes to...
'You Will Be Fired': Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong Lambastes Anonymous 'Operation Revive COIN' Petitioner
11.6.2022
An online petition claiming to come from a Coinbase employee(s) called for the removal of a number of company executives
We Voted on It, and You’re Fired. Welcome to the New World of DAOs
17.3.2022
DAOs will increase transparency in businesses and other organizations and improve governance
Another Pro Gamer With History Of Homophobia Fired In Wake Of Men's Height Controversy
18.2.2022
Osaka-based esports team Cyclops Athlete Gaming has fired yet another player. Yesterday, it cancelled the contract of Tekken player Tanukana after a history of abusive comments, the last being about men under a certain height. Today, following revelations about some really unpleasant tweets, it...
Pro Gamer Fired After Making Disparaging Remarks About Men's Height
17.2.2022
Professional Tekken player Tanukana has been booted from Osaka-based esports team Cyclops Athlete Gaming for remarks she made in a livestream. Read more
Xbox Creator Nearly Got Fired After Saying Gaming Is Like Masturbating
22.1.2022
Back in 2001, one of the key creators behind the original Xbox console, Seamus Blackley, compared gaming to masturbating. Apparently, this didn’t go over well with Bill Gates and other high-ranking Microsoft execs. According to Blackley, he nearly got fired for the quote. Read more
Boston nurse fired for nudes on OnlyFans launches crypto porn app
21.1.2022
LAPD Officers Fired For Ignoring Robbery To Play Pokémon Go
11.1.2022
Two officers of the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) were fired due to, among other things, playing Pokémon Go, a newly published court document reveals (h/t Axios).Read more