Google layoffs

The short version

• Biggest round: Jan 2023, 12,000 jobs, about 6% of staff.
• 1 of the 5 rounds were tied to AI by the company or credible reporting.
• That is the 4th largest total among the 6 Big Tech employers we track.
• We track 227 employers in United States with layoffs since 2022.

Every round, newest first

1. Aug 2026−52

   A Washington state WARN notice published August 5 listed 52 roles in Kirkland, Redmond and Seattle; Google described it as a team-level reorganisation, not a company-wide round.

   Source: IBTimes

2. Oct 2025−100AI · likely

   Google cut more than 100 design related roles in its cloud unit as it shifted spending toward AI infrastructure.

   Source: The Nightly

3. Apr 2024−200

   Google laid off at least 200 staff from its Core engineering teams and moved some roles to India and Mexico.

   Source: CNBC

4. Jan 2024−1,000

   Google confirmed cutting a few hundred roles each in its hardware, core engineering and Assistant teams, around a thousand in total, and Sundar Pichai later told staff to expect more cuts in 2024.

   Source: The Verge

5. Jan 2023−12,000(6% of workforce)

   CEO Sundar Pichai said the company had hired for a different economic reality than the one it faced; the roughly 12,000 roles cut spanned Alphabet product areas, functions, levels and regions.

   Source: Company blog

Common questions about Google

How many people has Google laid off?

We have tracked 5 rounds of cuts at Google since Jan 2023. The rounds with a stated headcount add up to 13,352 jobs.

When was the latest Google layoff?

Aug 2026: 52 jobs. A Washington state WARN notice published August 5 listed 52 roles in Kirkland, Redmond and Seattle; Google described it as a team-level reorganisation, not a company-wide round.

Did Google blame AI for its layoffs?

Yes, for some rounds. We count a cut as AI-related only when the company said so or credible reporting made the link.