Here are the companies that have announced Canadian layoffs so far in 2023

It’s been a tough begin to 2023 for greater than 1,000 Canadians affected by layoffs introduced by Canadian and American firms this month. There have additionally been additional unannounced layoffs reported by media.

Most of the introduced cuts have been amongst tech firms and comply with an earlier wave of downsizing and restructuring bulletins in late 2022 by heavyweights similar to Meta, Amazon and Lyft.

Layoffs.fyi, a layoff tracker launched by entrepreneur Roger Lee throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, reviews 155,126 tech jobs globally have been misplaced in 2022, with one other 55,324 introduced for the reason that begin of 2023.

Here are a number of the mass layoffs affecting Canadians up to now in 2023.

HUDSON’S BAY COMPANY

Hudson’s Bay Company confirmed to The Canadian Press this week that it plans to put off two per cent of its whole workforce, or an estimated 250 workers.

The Canadian Press reviews the layoffs will impression largely Canadian company roles at The Bay and Hudson’s Bay, the retailer’s on-line and brick-and-mortar operations, respectively.

POSTMEDIA

Less than per week after newspaper writer Postmedia Network Corp. stated it was grappling with “economic contraction,” The Canadian Press reviews the corporate is ready to put off 11 per cent of its editorial employees.

Postmedia workers have been reportedly knowledgeable of the layoffs throughout a city corridor assembly on Tuesday afternoon.

In an audio recording from that assembly obtained by The Canadian Press, Gerry Nott, performing senior vice-president of editorial content material, stated the cuts would impression the entire firm’s publications excluding Brunswick News and Postmedia Editorial Services, as they’ve already been downsized.

Postmedia owns publications throughout Canada, together with the National Post, Vancouver Sun and Calgary Herald, and employs about 650 journalists.

SALESFORCE

Canadian regulation agency Samfiru Tumarkin LLP reviews Salesforce, an American business software program firm, plans to put off 10 per cent of its workforce. Canadian startup news web site Betakit reviews a few of these layoffs will have an effect on Canadians, however doesn’t say what number of.

BENEVITY

Canadian tech agency Benevity introduced in a discover to its workers on Jan. 18 that it might remove 137 jobs, or 14 per cent of its workforce.

CEO Kelly Schmitt defined the corporate is at the moment “overbuilt for current market conditions,” necessitating the job cuts.

“We have always run the company for growth, both to maximize the social impact we could help to drive as an early B Corporation, and also to meet the market opportunity in front of us,” she wrote within the discover to employees.

“In response to that demand, we significantly increased the size of our team, but over the last nine months, macroeconomic conditions have changed dramatically, and the demand we expected to see has slowed significantly.”

AMAZON, MAYBE

In a memo to workers printed Jan. 4, Amazon CEO Andy Jassy introduced the corporate would remove one other spherical of jobs following mass layoffs in November. Between the 2 layoffs, the corporate plans to remove 18,000 jobs.

Jassy stated the vast majority of layoffs could be in Amazon Stores and PXT organizations, however didn’t say what number of Canadians, if any, could be affected.

“These changes will help us pursue our long-term opportunities with a stronger cost structure,” he wrote.

OTHERS

According to Layoffs.fyi, these Canadian firms have additionally lower jobs this month:

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  Montreal-based Lightspeed Commerce laid off 300 workers, or 10 per cent of its employees.
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  Canadian on-line automotive retailer Clutch laid off 148 workers. Betakit.com reviews that accounts for roughly 65 per cent of the corporate’s employees.
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  Vancouver-based software program firm Thinkific laid off 76 workers, or 19 per cent of their workforce.
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  Social media advertising software program agency Hootsuite laid off 70 workers, or seven per cent of its workforce.
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  Toronto-based supply startup GoBolt laid off 55 workers, or 5 per cent of its workforce.
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  Canadian lending agency Clearco laid off 50 workers, or 30 per cent of its workforce.
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  Toronto-based software program firm PartnerStack laid off roughly 20 per cent of its employees.

— With recordsdata from The Canadian Press