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Monthly Job Cuts Report

atr AskTheRecruiter.com Year in Review Job Cuts Report · 2022 · 🌐 Worldwide Data as of Jul 28, 2026 · 5:22 AM EDT · AskTheRecruiter.com
195,157
Worldwide verified job cuts ▲ 3% vs 2021
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 1,474 separate verified layoff events in 31 countries.

Month by month, verified cuts in 2022

Jan 25,217
Feb 10,853
Mar 14,107
Apr 8,147
May 11,827
Jun 12,964
Jul 9,295
Aug 12,799
Sep 13,743
Oct 33,989
Nov 20,308
Dec 21,908

Biggest employers cut (full year)

WELLS FARGO & COMPANY/MN16,000
Meta · 2 events10,320
Royal Mail10,000
Novartis · 4 events8,650
Philips · 3 events6,506
Twitter · 4 events4,965
Micron Technologies4,800
Getir · 2 events4,730

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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