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Monthly Job Cuts Report

atr AskTheRecruiter.com Monthly Job Cuts Report · January 2020 · 🌐 Worldwide Data as of Jul 28, 2026 · 9:16 AM EDT · AskTheRecruiter.com
32,819
Worldwide verified job cuts ▲ 39% vs December 2019
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 155 separate verified layoff events in 18 countries.

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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