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Monthly Job Cuts Report

atr AskTheRecruiter.com Weekly Pulse Job Cuts Report · Week of Sep 8, 2025 · 🌐 Worldwide Data as of Aug 1, 2026 · 9:33 AM EDT · AskTheRecruiter.com
5,442
Worldwide verified job cuts this week ▼ 53% vs week of Sep 1
The main number, every figure traces to a filing or named report.
0
🤖 blamed on AI by the employer 0% 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 56 separate verified layoff events in 10 countries.

Biggest single cuts

Novo Nordisk9,000
Novo Nordisk · Denmark5,000
ANZ Bank · United Kingdom3,500
ANZ · Australia3,500
Ørsted2,000

Top industries

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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