103,976
Worldwide verified job cuts ▼ 14% vs Q3 2024
The main number, every figure traces to a filing or named report.
959
🤖 blamed on AI by the employer 1% of the total
AI or automation named as a cause, in the company’s own words.
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Across 695 separate verified layoff events in 35 countries.
AI, in the employer’s own words 4 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.
- ByteDance TikTok AI named among the causes
“shifts focus towards a greater use of artificial intelligence (AI) in content moderation”
See the source → - UPS 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 AI named as the cause
“streamline expenses through artificial intelligence-driven efficiencies”
See the source → - Sharan Hegde's 1% Club AI named among the causes
“Perplexity and AI make jobs redundant”
See the source →
Biggest single cuts
| Volkswagen · Germany | 35,000 |
| Amazon | 27,000 |
| Cargill | 8,000 |
| Bosch · Germany | 7,000 |
| Thyssenkrupp Steel Europe · Germany | 5,700 |