QA Testing Jobs In Danger: Mass Layoffs Coming Soon?

Every week it seems like another big tech company is doing mass layoffs.

• Yahoo plans to lay off 20% of its workforce.
• Google cut roughly 12,000 jobs this year
• Microsoft plans to layoffs 10,000 employees this year
• Amazon 18,000 employees will be laid off
• Coinbase 950 employees will be laid off

So with all of these big tech companies downsizing, is a QA testing job still a safe career path? Let’s dive deeper by going through these topics

• Why these firings might be happening
• How safe are QA testing jobs today

Why these firings might be happening

Usually, the job market has its phases of mass hiring and mass firing, so this is not a new concept. Many well-qualified people are left jobless or left competing against tough competition because of bad timing and they are entering the job market when it is rough. Other times as long as you can walk and talk at the same time, a company would take a chance on you and give you a job. Timing is very important.

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