21,356
Worldwide verified job cuts ▲ 97% vs February 2017
The main number, every figure traces to a filing or named report.
6,040
🤖 blamed on AI by the employer 28% 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 161 separate verified layoff events in 18 countries.
AI, in the employer’s own words 2 attributions this period, each with its source
This is the receipt behind the number above. Every cut we count as AI carries the company’s own statement, quoted verbatim, and a link to where they said it. Nothing here is inferred.
- Cognizant AI named among the causes
“Automation poses big threat in IT”
See the source → - BlackRock AI named as the cause
“BlackRock is cutting jobs and replacing them with artificial intelligence that can pick stocks”
See the source →
Biggest single cuts
| Cognizant 🤖 | 6,000 |
| BNP Paribas · France | 3,710 |
| Alitalia Società Aerea Italiana · Italy | 2,037 |
| San Diego Sportservice, Inc. · CA | 1,130 |
| Eon · Germany | 1,000 |