223,653
Worldwide verified job cuts ▼ 10% vs 2017
The main number, every figure traces to a filing or named report.
500
🤖 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 1,600 separate verified layoff events in 34 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.
- Suncor Energy AI named as the cause
“Union outcry as automation eats up 400 oilsands jobs”
See the source → - Department of Home Affairs AI named as the cause
“Plans to automate simple visa applications threaten Tasmanian jobs”
See the source →
Biggest employers cut (full year)
| IBM · 2 events | 30,099 |
| Novartis · 2 events | 22,395 |
| Fonction publique d'État | 14,500 |
| Wells Fargo | 13,250 |
| BT | 13,000 |
| Bayer · 2 events | 12,350 |
| Deutsche Bank · 3 events | 11,220 |
| Verizon Communications Inc | 10,400 |