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Monthly Job Cuts Report

atr AskTheRecruiter.com Year in Review Job Cuts Report · 2016 · 🌐 Worldwide Data as of Jul 28, 2026 · 1:04 PM EDT · AskTheRecruiter.com
247,815
Worldwide verified job cuts ▼ 4% vs 2015
The main number, every figure traces to a filing or named report.
0
🤖 blamed on AI by the employer 0% of the total
AI or automation named as a cause, in the company’s own words.

Every figure below is a live link: click any number, company or industry to open the exact rows and sources behind it, filtered to this period.

Across 1,598 separate verified layoff events in 36 countries.

Month by month, verified cuts in 2016

Jan 33,696
Feb 20,247
Mar 18,731
Apr 39,269
May 14,426
Jun 22,201
Jul 18,139
Aug 14,981
Sep 11,003
Oct 28,175
Nov 8,165
Dec 18,782

Biggest employers cut (full year)

Volkswagen · 3 events53,000
Larsen & Toubro14,000
Marinopoulos13,000
Nokia · 5 events12,918
Shell · 4 events12,055
INTEL CORP12,000
ING · 4 events11,800
BHS11,000

Top industries

Methodology: Verified cuts have a primary source behind each figure, an SEC filing, a state WARN notice, or a named news report with a quote. AI attribution requires the employer’s own words. Machine-extracted numbers are double-checked and every correction is disclosed openly.

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