657,279
Worldwide verified job cuts ▲ 18% vs 2024
The main number, every figure traces to a filing or named report.
75,982
🤖 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 3,816 separate verified layoff events in 36 countries · 78,314 AI-attributed including announced plans.
AI, in the employer’s own words 18 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.
- Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) AI named among the causes
“AI-driven shifts”
See the source → - Nestle AI named among the causes
“due partly to automation”
See the source → - Tata Consultancy Services AI named among the causes
“The rise of AI and automation has accelerated this shift”
See the source → - Accenture AI named among the causes
“We are exiting on a compressed timeline people where reskilling, based on our experience, is not a viable path for the skills we need. Our overall workforce is positioned to grow in line with the future of digital and AI consulting”
See the source → - HP AI named among the causes
“There are many things that today we have to do using people that in the future AI will do better and will do faster”
See the source → - Salesforce AI named as the cause
“I've reduced it from 9,000 heads to about 5,000 because I need less heads. So we have now done about a million-and-a-half conversations with customers, and at the same time, that's the agentic layer speaking to the customers”
See the source → - DBS Group AI named as the cause
“DBS Group plans to reduce its workforce by 10% over the next three years due to increased AI adoption”
See the source → - Workday AI named among the causes
“Companies everywhere are reimagining how work gets done, and the increasing demand for AI has the potential to drive a new era of growth for Workday”
See the source → - Indeed AI named among the causes
“AI is changing the world, and we must adapt by ensuring our product delivers truly great experiences for job seekers and employers”
See the source → - Zomato AI named among the causes
“The company also leverages artificial intelligence (AI) to automate its artificial intelligence (AI) for customer support functions in order to reduce costs for the company”
See the source → - CrowdStrike AI named among the causes
“AI has always been foundational to how we operate. AI flattens our hiring curve, and helps us innovate from idea to product faster”
See the source → - Chegg AI named as the cause
“the new realities of AI and its impact on traffic”
See the source → - Fiverr AI named among the causes
“AI can automate and streamline processes, liberate humans from manual and tedious tasks”
See the source → - Atlassian AI named as the cause
“replacing them with AI technology”
See the source → - Microsoft AI named among the causes
“navigating a job search shaped by automation, AI tools, and broader industry belt-tightening”
See the source → - Amazon Web Services AI named as the cause
“adoption of generative AI tools would trigger a workforce reduction”
See the source → - Commonwealth Bank AI named as the cause
“it won’t hire more people unless the job cannot be done by artificial intelligence”
See the source → - Commonwealth Bank AI named as the cause
“describing its decision to axe 45 roles due to artificial intelligence”
See the source →
Biggest employers cut (full year)
| Department of Government Efficiency Service (DOGE) | 60,000 |
| United Parcel Service | 48,000 |
| Intel · 3 events | 40,195 |
| US Department of Veterans Affairs | 30,000 |
| Microsoft · 6 events 🤖 | 26,458 |
| Rite Aid | 24,500 |
| Bosch · 4 events | 23,570 |
| Internal Revenue Service | 20,000 |