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Monthly Job Cuts Report

atr AskTheRecruiter.com Year in Review Job Cuts Report ยท 2024 ยท ๐ŸŒ Worldwide Data as of Jul 28, 2026 ยท 5:22 AM EDT ยท AskTheRecruiter.com
556,610
Worldwide verified job cuts โ–ผ 6% vs 2023
The main number, every figure traces to a filing or named report.
2,259
๐Ÿค– 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 3,401 separate verified layoff events in 43 countries ยท 10,259 AI-attributed including announced plans.

AI, in the employer’s own words 6 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.

  • Klarna 700 jobs ยท 2024-02-27 ยท Sweden AI named among the causes
    “It is doing the equivalent work of 700 full-time agents." (Klarna, on its OpenAI-powered AI assistant)”
    See the source →
  • BlackRock 600 jobs ยท 2024-05-19 ยท United States AI named among the causes
    “AI to automate tasks these workers performed”
    See the source →
  • ByteDance TikTok 500 jobs ยท 2024-10-09 ยท China AI named among the causes
    “shifts focus towards a greater use of artificial intelligence (AI) in content moderation”
    See the source →
  • UPS 404 jobs ยท 2024-11-18 ยท CO ยท United States AI named as the cause
    “UPS plans to lay off 404 workers at its Commerce City facility in January as it adds more automated processing equipment”
    See the source →
  • 1% Club 40 jobs ยท 2024-11-07 ยท India AI named as the cause
    “streamline expenses through artificial intelligence-driven efficiencies”
    See the source →
  • Sharan Hegde's 1% Club 15 jobs ยท 2024-11-07 ยท India AI named among the causes
    “Perplexity and AI make jobs redundant”
    See the source →

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

Month by month, verified cuts in 2024

Jan 80,383 ๐Ÿค–10%
Feb 44,128 ๐Ÿค–2%
Mar 72,066
Apr 41,878
May 50,183 ๐Ÿค–1%
Jun 42,704
Jul 26,691
Aug 68,527
Sep 26,074
Oct 19,411 ๐Ÿค–3%
Nov 54,500 ๐Ÿค–1%
Dec 30,065

Biggest employers cut (full year)

Bosch ยท 9 events41,416
Volkswagen35,000
Amazon ยท 2 events27,400
SAP ยท 3 events20,479
Intel ยท 3 events20,100
Citigroup20,000
Dell ยท 3 events18,823
ZF14,000

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.

Cite as: “AskTheRecruiter.com Year in Review Job Cuts Report, 2024 (accessed Jul 28, 2026 ยท 5:22 AM EDT).” ยท Live tracker ยท Sources ยท Press kit