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Monthly Job Cuts Report

atr AskTheRecruiter.com Monthly Job Cuts Report · October 2025 · 🌐 Worldwide Data as of Jul 28, 2026 · 5:22 AM EDT · AskTheRecruiter.com
100,578
Worldwide verified job cuts ▲ 58% vs September 2025
The main number, every figure traces to a filing or named report.
16,388
🤖 blamed on AI by the employer 16% 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 321 separate verified layoff events in 23 countries · 16,827 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.

  • Nestle 16,000 jobs · 2025-10-16 · Multiple countries AI named among the causes
    “due partly to automation”
    See the source →
  • Chegg 388 jobs · 2025-10-27 · United States AI named as the cause
    “the new realities of AI and its impact on traffic”
    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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