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Monthly Job Cuts Report

atr AskTheRecruiter.com Monthly Job Cuts Report · January 2026 · 🌐 Worldwide Data as of Jul 28, 2026 · 8:12 AM EDT · AskTheRecruiter.com
76,189
Worldwide verified job cuts ▲ 161% vs December 2025
The main number, every figure traces to a filing or named report.
300
🤖 blamed on AI by the employer 0% 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 352 separate verified layoff events in 24 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.

  • Commonwealth Bank 300 jobs · 2026-01-01 · Australia AI named as the cause
    “it won’t hire more people unless the job cannot be done by artificial intelligence”
    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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