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Monthly Job Cuts Report

atr AskTheRecruiter.com Weekly Pulse Job Cuts Report · Week of Nov 18, 2024 · 🌐 Worldwide Data as of Aug 3, 2026 · 3:13 AM EDT · AskTheRecruiter.com
3,497
Worldwide verified job cuts this week ▼ 91% vs week of Nov 11
The main number, every figure traces to a filing or named report.
404
🤖 blamed on AI by the employer 12% 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 53 separate verified layoff events in 12 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.

  • UPS 404 jobs · 2024-11-18 · CO · 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 →

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

Biggest single cuts

Ford4,000
Ford · Germany3,700
Bosch · Germany3,450
Beko · Italy950
Volksbank · Netherlands700

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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