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Monthly Job Cuts Report

atr AskTheRecruiter.com Quarterly Job Cuts Report · Q2 2020 · 🌐 Worldwide Data as of Jul 28, 2026 · 10:10 AM EDT · AskTheRecruiter.com
563,964
Worldwide verified job cuts ▼ 26% vs Q1 2020
The main number, every figure traces to a filing or named report.
50
🤖 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 3,866 separate verified layoff events in 35 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.

  • Microsoft 50 jobs · 2020-05-30 · Multiple countries AI named as the cause
    “Microsoft is laying off more than 50 journalists to replace them with AI for Microsoft News and MSN”
    See the source →

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

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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