197,762
Worldwide verified job cuts ▲ 36% vs Q2 2025
The main number, every figure traces to a filing or named report.
48,579
🤖 blamed on AI by the employer 25% of the total
AI or automation named as a cause, in the company’s own words.
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Across 933 separate verified layoff events in 30 countries · 48,729 AI-attributed including announced plans.
AI, in the employer’s own words 9 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 → - 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 → - 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 → - 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 → - 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 → - 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
“describing its decision to axe 45 roles due to artificial intelligence”
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Biggest single cuts
| US Department of Veterans Affairs | 30,000 |
| Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) 🤖 | 19,755 |
| Tend Exchange Subsidiary LLC and Delaware Tender Staffing LLC · CA | 16,132 |
| Intel | 15,500 |
| Microsoft | 15,000 |