Tech companies, big bank slash hundreds more Bay Area jobs as layoffs widen

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Tech companies and a big bank have slashed a combined hundreds more jobs in the Bay Area.

SAN RAMON — Tech companies and a big bank have slashed a combined hundreds more jobs in the Bay Area, unsettling revelations that arrive on the heels of monthly job losses in the once-robust region.

With the layoffs by streaming video giant Roku and green technology firm Bloom Energy, an additional 183 tech jobs are being cut. — BMO, which conducted the layoffs after it bought Bank of the West, has decided to slash 228 jobs in the Bay Area. These include 200 job cuts in San Ramon and another 28 in San Francisco.

— Bloom Energy disclosed plans to eliminate the jobs of 47 of its own employees. The company also is cutting the positions of 50 contractors who were on assignment from staffing agencies.

 

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