126,754
Worldwide verified job cuts ▲ 22% vs Q4 2024
The main number, every figure traces to a filing or named report.
5,795
🤖 blamed on AI by the employer 5% of the total
AI or automation named as a cause, in the company’s own words.
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Across 896 separate verified layoff events in 29 countries · 7,145 AI-attributed including announced plans.
AI, in the employer’s own words 3 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 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 → - Commonwealth Bank AI named as the cause
“it won’t hire more people unless the job cannot be done by artificial intelligence”
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Biggest single cuts
| Department of Government Efficiency Service (DOGE) | 60,000 |
| Joann | 19,000 |
| Amazon | 14,000 |
| Department of Health and Human Services | 10,000 |
| Nissan | 9,000 |