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Monthly Job Cuts Report

atr AskTheRecruiter.com Monthly Job Cuts Report · September 2025 · 🌐 Worldwide Data as of Jul 28, 2026 · 5:22 AM EDT · AskTheRecruiter.com
63,855
Worldwide verified job cuts ▲ 52% vs August 2025
The main number, every figure traces to a filing or named report.
34,984
🤖 blamed on AI by the employer 55% 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 334 separate verified layoff events in 24 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.

  • Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) 19,755 jobs · 2025-09-30 · Multiple countries AI named among the causes
    “AI-driven shifts”
    See the source →
  • Accenture 11,000 jobs · 2025-09-27 · Multiple countries 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 →
  • Salesforce 4,000 jobs · 2025-09-02 · United States 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 →
  • Fiverr 229 jobs · 2025-09-15 · Israel AI named among the causes
    “AI can automate and streamline processes, liberate humans from manual and tedious tasks”
    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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