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A few weeks ago, Apple closed its long-standing project to create an unmanned electric vehicle, and has now announced layoffs of 614 workers, according to documents provided to the California Employment Development Department (though Mark Gurman notes that the actual figure may be significantly higher).
CNBC writes that employees were informed of the layoffs on March 28 – but the changes will take effect on May 27. This is the largest reduction since the pandemic for Apple – the iPhone maker at that time was growing slower than other technology companies, so it did not resort to large layoffs in the post-Covid period.
In the layoff announcement, Apple did not mention the specific projects that the laid-off workers were involved in – but it is known that they worked outside the company's headquarters, in smaller satellite offices that worked on secret initiatives, such as the project on creating an electric car.
Apple has cut jobs for machine shop managers, hardware engineers and design engineers, according to the San Francisco Chronicle.
Bloomberg's Mark Gurman recently reported that Apple has taken on new secret projects – and is likely developing a home robot and a device with a smart display.
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