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Monthly Job Cuts Report

atr AskTheRecruiter.com Weekly Pulse Job Cuts Report · Week of Feb 16, 2026 · 🌐 Worldwide Data as of Jul 29, 2026 · 6:34 AM EDT · AskTheRecruiter.com
5,487
Worldwide verified job cuts this week ▼ 5% vs week of Feb 9
The main number, every figure traces to a filing or named report.
1,000
🤖 blamed on AI by the employer 18% 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 35 separate verified layoff events in 11 countries · 2,000 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.

  • Livspace 1,000 jobs · 2026-02-20 · India AI named as the cause
    “the workforce reduction was part of a measured, phased transition as the company integrates AI agents and automation across core functions, including sales, design, operations and marketing”
    See the source →

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

Biggest single cuts

DB Cargo · Germany6,200
Verizon · NJ1,319
Livspace · India 🤖1,000
Klarna 🤖1,000
Walgreens · IL628

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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