187,538
Worldwide verified job cuts ▼ 5% vs Q3 2025
The main number, every figure traces to a filing or named report.
20,508
🤖 blamed on AI by the employer 11% of the total
AI or automation named as a cause, in the company’s own words.
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Across 950 separate verified layoff events in 31 countries · 20,947 AI-attributed including announced plans.
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.
- Nestle AI named among the causes
“due partly to automation”
See the source → - HP AI named among the causes
“There are many things that today we have to do using people that in the future AI will do better and will do faster”
See the source → - Chegg AI named as the cause
“the new realities of AI and its impact on traffic”
See the source → - Microsoft AI named among the causes
“navigating a job search shaped by automation, AI tools, and broader industry belt-tightening”
See the source →
Biggest single cuts
| United Parcel Service | 48,000 |
| Nestle 🤖 | 16,000 |
| Verizon | 13,000 |
| Telefonica España · Spain | 5,401 |
| US Government | 4,200 |