257,727
Worldwide verified job cuts ▲ 138% vs 2014
The main number, every figure traces to a filing or named report.
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🤖 blamed on AI by the employer 0% of the total
AI or automation named as a cause, in the company’s own words.
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Across 1,682 separate verified layoff events in 31 countries.
Biggest employers cut (full year)
| Hewlett Packard Co | 33,300 |
| HSBC · 2 events | 32,000 |
| Hewlett Packard Enterprise | 25,000 |
| Weatherford International plc · 2 events | 15,000 |
| Unicredit · 2 events | 12,595 |
| Schlumberger · 2 events | 11,120 |
| Microsoft · 2 events | 10,100 |
| Areva · 3 events | 8,774 |