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Monthly Job Cuts Report

atr AskTheRecruiter.com Quarterly Job Cuts Report · Q2 2018 · 🌐 Worldwide Data as of Jul 28, 2026 · 11:45 AM EDT · AskTheRecruiter.com
51,086
Worldwide verified job cuts ▼ 32% vs Q1 2018
The main number, every figure traces to a filing or named report.
100
🤖 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 452 separate verified layoff events in 22 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.

  • Department of Home Affairs 100 jobs · 2018-04-05 · Australia AI named as the cause
    “Plans to automate simple visa applications threaten Tasmanian jobs”
    See the source →

Open every AI-attributed cut in the tracker, filtered →

Biggest single cuts

BT13,000
Telstra · Australia8,000
Deutsche Bank7,000
T-Systems · Germany6,000
Eon · Germany5,000

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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