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Google’s Waze lays off 5 percent of its workforce, closes offices in Asia and Latin America – The Verge
Waze, the Google-owned navigation app, will lay off 5 percent of its workforce, or around 30 people, and close several offices in Asia and Latin America. The company has been affected by the coronavirus pandemic, with less driving and more people staying at h…
The Google-owned navigation company is seeing drops in advertising revenue as a result of the pandemic
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Waze, the Google-owned navigation and mapping service, will lay off 5 percent of its global workforce, or about 30 people out of 555 total employees, the companys CEO said in an email to employees. Waze will also close several of its offices in the Asia-Pacific and Latin America regions as it seeks to refocus its business on certain markets.
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