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All Content from Business Insider | Cutting employee benefits is no longer off the table by Steve Russolillo AI generated summary, Read the full article for complete information. Cutting employee benefits is becoming increasingly common as companies prioritize efficiency and measurable output over loyalty. Recent reports reveal Deloitte plans to trim core perks such as parental leave, paid time off, pensions and IVF funding for support‑role staff, while Zoom is reducing its paid parental leave from 22‑24 weeks to 18 weeks for birthing parents and from 16 to 10 weeks for non‑birthing parents. The trend extends to larger tech firms: Meta announced a 10% workforce reduction and the elimination of 6,000 open roles, prompting angry employee reactions, and Microsoft is offering one‑time buyouts to long‑serving U.S. employees as part of its cost‑cutting strategy. These moves signal that even once‑sacrosanct benefits are now vulnerable, as firms across industries move into “efficiency mode,” making job cuts and benefit reductions the new norm. Read more: https://www.businessinsider.com/bi-today-sunday-newsletter-cutting-employee-benefits-2026-4 #Deloitte #Zoom #Meta #Microsoft #careers

France Just Created Its Own Open Source Alternative to #Microsoft #Teams and #Zoom https://itsfoss.com/news/france-ditches-microsoft-teams-and-zoom/

Zoom Platform is an alternative DRM-free game store | Heroic Games Launcher to support it for extra convenience ✅ ...And nooo don't confuse it with that video conferencing thingy.... Sometimes these naming choices.... Maybe we'll have itch.io on Heroic soon too for a wonderful one spot experience to these lesser known DRM-free choices 🙏 https://github.com/Heroic-Games-Launcher/HeroicGamesLauncher/pull/4882 #Zoom #ZoomPlatform #DRMfree #gaming #HeroicGamesLauncher #Linux