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Monthly Job Cuts Report

atr AskTheRecruiter.com Weekly Pulse Job Cuts Report · Week of Feb 23, 2026 · 🌐 Worldwide Data as of Jul 29, 2026 · 4:48 AM EDT · AskTheRecruiter.com
14,174
Worldwide verified job cuts this week ▲ 158% vs week of Feb 16
The main number, every figure traces to a filing or named report.
4,000
🤖 blamed on AI by the employer 28% of the total
AI or automation named as a cause, in the company’s own words.

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Across 76 separate verified layoff events in 14 countries · 4,400 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.

  • Block 4,000 jobs · 2026-02-26 · Multiple countries AI named among the causes
    “CFO Amrita Ahuja: cuts position the company to "move faster with smaller, highly talented teams using AI to automate more work." Jack Dorsey (X post, per Fortune): "We're already seeing that the intelligence tools we're creating and using, paired with smaller and flatter teams, are enabling a new way of working." (TechCrunch)”
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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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