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Monthly Job Cuts Report

atr AskTheRecruiter.com Monthly Job Cuts Report · February 2025 · 🌐 Worldwide Data as of Jul 28, 2026 · 5:22 AM EDT · AskTheRecruiter.com
30,564
Worldwide verified job cuts ▼ 51% vs January 2025
The main number, every figure traces to a filing or named report.
5,750
🤖 blamed on AI by the employer 19% 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 282 separate verified layoff events in 22 countries · 7,100 AI-attributed including announced plans.

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.

  • DBS Group 4,000 jobs · 2025-02-24 · Singapore 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 1,750 jobs · 2025-02-05 · United States 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 →

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

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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