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Americaโ€™s Biggest Tech Layoffs

Source: https://www.visualcapitalist.com/americas-20-biggest-tech-layoffs-since-2020

Rank Company Laid Off % of Workforce As of

  • 1 Google 12,000 6% Jan 2023
  • 2 Meta 11,000 13% Nov 2021
  • 3 Amazon 10,000 3% Nov 2021
  • 4 Microsoft 10,000 5% Jan 2023
  • 5 Salesforce 8,000 10% Jan 2023
  • 6 Amazon 8,000 2% Jan 2023
  • 7 Uber 6,700 24% May 2020
  • 8 Cisco 4,100 5% Nov 2021
  • 9 IBM 3,900 2% Jan 2023
  • 10 Twitter 3,700 50% Nov 2022
  • 11 Better.com 3,000 33% Mar 2022
  • 12 Groupon 2,800 44% Apr 2020
  • 13 Peloton 2,800 20% Feb 2022
  • 14 Carvana 2,500 12% May 2022
  • 15 Katerra 2,434 100% Jun 2021
  • 16 Zillow 2,000 25% Nov 2021
  • 17 PayPal 2,000 7% Jan 2023
  • 18 Airbnb 1,900 25% May 2020
  • 19 Instacart 1,877 — Jan 2021
  • 20 Wayfair 1,750 10% Jan 2023

European Union Economy

Source: https://www.visualcapitalist.com/16-trillion-european-union-economy

Top 3 = 53%

  • ๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ช Germany 4,031.1 24.26%
  • ๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ท France 2,778.1 16.72%
  • ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡น Italy 1,997.0 12.02%

Front Loading the EU Economy: Rank Country GDP (Billion USD) % of the EU Economy

  • ๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ช Germany 4,031.1 24.26%
  • ๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ท France 2,778.1 16.72%
  • ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡น Italy 1,997.0 12.02%
  • ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ธ Spain 1,390.0 8.37%
  • ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ฑ Netherlands 990.6 5.96%
  • ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ฑ Poland 716.3 4.31%
  • ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ช Sweden 603.9 3.64%
  • ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ช Belgium 589.5 3.55%
  • ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ช Ireland 519.8 3.13%
  • ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡น Austria 468.0 2.82%
  • ๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ฐ Denmark 386.7 2.33%
  • ๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡ด Romania 299.9 1.81%
  • ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฟ Czechia 295.6 1.78%
  • ๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ฎ Finland 281.4 1.69%
  • ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡น Portugal 255.9 1.54%
  • ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ท Greece 222.0 1.34%
  • ๐Ÿ‡ญ๐Ÿ‡บ Hungary 184.7 1.11%
  • ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฐ Slovakia 112.4 0.68%
  • ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ฌ Bulgaria 85.0 0.51%
  • ๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡บ Luxembourg 82.2 0.49%
  • ๐Ÿ‡ญ๐Ÿ‡ท Croatia 69.4 0.42%
  • ๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡น Lithuania 68.0 0.41%
  • ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฎ Slovenia 62.2 0.37%
  • ๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡ป Latvia 40.6 0.24%
  • ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ช Estonia 39.1 0.24%
  • ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡พ Cyprus 26.7 0.16%
  • ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡น Malta 17.2 0.10%

History of the EU: Country, Year of entry

  • ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ช Belgium 1958
  • ๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ท France 1958
  • ๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ช Germany 1958
  • ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡น Italy 1958
  • ๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡บ Luxembourg 1958
  • ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ฑ Netherlands 1958
  • ๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ฐ Denmark 1973
  • ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ช Ireland 1973
  • ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ท Greece 1981
  • ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡น Portugal 1986
  • ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ธ Spain 1986
  • ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡น Austria 1995
  • ๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ฎ Finland 1995
  • ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ช Sweden 1995
  • ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡พ Cyprus 2004
  • ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฟ Czechia 2004
  • ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ช Estonia 2004
  • ๐Ÿ‡ญ๐Ÿ‡บ Hungary 2004
  • ๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡ป Latvia 2004
  • ๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡น Lithuania 2004
  • ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡น Malta 2004
  • ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ฑ Poland 2004
  • ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฐ Slovakia 2004
  • ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฎ Slovenia 2004
  • ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ฌ Bulgaria 2007
  • ๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡ด Romania 2007
  • ๐Ÿ‡ญ๐Ÿ‡ท Croatia 2013