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Monthly Job Cuts Report

atr AskTheRecruiter.com Weekly Pulse Job Cuts Report · Week of Mar 9, 2026 · 🌐 Worldwide Data as of Jul 29, 2026 · 3:43 AM EDT · AskTheRecruiter.com
6,519
Worldwide verified job cuts this week ▼ 56% vs week of Mar 2
The main number, every figure traces to a filing or named report.
1,600
🤖 blamed on AI by the employer 25% 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 67 separate verified layoff events in 13 countries.

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.

  • Atlassian 1,600 jobs · 2026-03-12 · Australia AI named as the cause
    “attributing them to AI”
    See the source →

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

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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