19,353
Worldwide verified job cuts ▲ 20% vs September 2017
The main number, every figure traces to a filing or named report.
6,000
🤖 blamed on AI by the employer 31% of the total
AI or automation named as a cause, in the company’s own words.
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Across 132 separate verified layoff events in 16 countries.
AI, in the employer’s own words 1 attribution 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.
- Nordea AI named as the cause
“robots to take over”
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Biggest single cuts
| Nordea 🤖 | 6,000 |
| Nordea Bank | 4,000 |
| Unipost · Spain | 2,200 |
| Sainsbury's · United Kingdom | 2,000 |
| BAE Systems · United Kingdom | 1,915 |