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Monthly Job Cuts Report

atr AskTheRecruiter.com Weekly Pulse Job Cuts Report · Week of Oct 13, 2025 · 🌐 Worldwide Data as of Aug 1, 2026 · 4:11 AM EDT · AskTheRecruiter.com
19,414
Worldwide verified job cuts this week ▲ 113% vs week of Oct 6
The main number, every figure traces to a filing or named report.
16,000
🤖 blamed on AI by the employer 82% 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 43 separate verified layoff events in 12 countries · 16,439 AI-attributed including announced plans.

AI, in the employer’s own words 1 attribution 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 →

Open every AI-attributed cut in the tracker, filtered →

Biggest single cuts

Nestle 🤖16,000
TikTok · United Kingdom 🤖439
Air France · France404
Heineken · Netherlands400
Claire's España · Spain372

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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