Chegg layoffs

The short version

• Biggest round: Jun 2024, 441 jobs, about 23% of staff.
• The company or credible reporting tied every one of these cuts to AI.
• That is the 3rd largest total among the 24 EdTech employers we track.
• We track 227 employers in United States with layoffs since 2022.

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Every round, newest first

1. Oct 2025−388(45% of workforce)AI · confirmed

   Chegg cited the new realities of AI and reduced traffic from internet search for falling revenue.

   Source: CNBC

2. May 2025−248(22% of workforce)AI · likely

   Chegg laid off about a fifth of its staff as students moved from its homework help service to AI tools.

   Source: CNBC

3. Jun 2024−441(23% of workforce)AI · likely

   Chegg announced a restructuring that would remove 441 employees, about 23 percent of its workforce, and close its Israel office.

   Source: CTech

4. Jun 2023−80(4% of workforce)AI · confirmed

   Chegg's SEC filing said the cut of about 80 employees was made to better position the company to execute against its AI strategy, six weeks after its shares fell more than 40% when the CEO said ChatGPT was affecting new customer growth.

   Source: SEC filing (Form 8-K)

Common questions about Chegg

How many people has Chegg laid off?

We have tracked 4 rounds of cuts at Chegg since Jun 2023. The rounds with a stated headcount add up to 1,157 jobs.

When was the latest Chegg layoff?

Oct 2025: 388 jobs, about 45% of staff. Chegg cited the new realities of AI and reduced traffic from internet search for falling revenue.

Did Chegg blame AI for its layoffs?

Yes, for every round we track. We count a cut as AI-related only when the company said so or credible reporting made the link.