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Monthly Job Cuts Report

atr AskTheRecruiter.com Weekly Pulse Job Cuts Report · Week of Apr 6, 2026 · 🌐 Worldwide Data as of Jul 28, 2026 · 10:23 PM EDT · AskTheRecruiter.com
26,960
Worldwide verified job cuts this week ▲ 98% vs week of Mar 30
The main number, every figure traces to a filing or named report.
21,000
🤖 blamed on AI by the employer 78% 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 73 separate verified layoff events in 8 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.

  • Oracle 21,000 jobs · 2026-04-06 · Multiple countries AI named as the cause
    “AI models for generating computer code have become so efficient that we have been restructuring our product development teams into smaller, more agile and productive groups”
    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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