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Monthly Job Cuts Report

atr AskTheRecruiter.com Year in Review Job Cuts Report · 2023 · 🌐 Worldwide Data as of Jul 28, 2026 · 5:22 AM EDT · AskTheRecruiter.com
592,705
Worldwide verified job cuts ▲ 204% vs 2022
The main number, every figure traces to a filing or named report.
523
🤖 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 3,295 separate verified layoff events in 38 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.

  • Dropbox 500 jobs · 2023-04-27 · United States AI named among the causes
    “the AI era of computing has finally arrived”
    See the source →
  • Dukaan 23 jobs · 2023-07-10 · India AI named as the cause
    “We had to layoff 90% of our support team because of this AI chatbot”
    See the source →

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

Month by month, verified cuts in 2023

Jan 66,414
Feb 32,382
Mar 47,969
Apr 51,168 🤖1%
May 81,879
Jun 79,358
Jul 52,833 🤖0%
Aug 55,175
Sep 18,314
Oct 31,688
Nov 31,193
Dec 44,332

Biggest employers cut (full year)

UBS · 3 events74,150
BT55,000
Amazon · 5 events45,727
Yellow Corporations22,000
Meta · 4 events21,566
Accenture · 3 events20,290
Salesforce · 3 events16,100
Google · 5 events12,919

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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