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Tech Layoffs 2024

Tech layoffs in 2024, in full

Every major tracked layoff of 2024: who cut, how many, and how much of it was attributed to AI. Part of the WorkforceSignal tech layoff tracker.

People affected

66K

Tracked in 2024

Events

23

Major, sourced

AI-attributed

35%

Of people affected

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The biggest tech layoffs of 2024

  • IntelAug 2024 · Hardware & Chips

    Historic cost-cutting after missing the AI datacenter boom that lifted Nvidia.

    −15,000
  • TeslaApr 2024 · Automotive

    Global 10%+ cut including the entire Supercharger team.

    −14,000
  • SAPJan 2024 · Enterprise SaaS · AI-attributed

    €2bn restructuring explicitly 'to increase focus on key strategic growth areas, in particular business AI'.

    −8,000
  • DellMar 2024 · Hardware & Chips · AI-attributed

    One of several waves in 2024 (~12,500 total) as Dell reorganised its salesforce around AI infrastructure.

    −6,000
  • CiscoAug 2024 · Hardware & Chips · AI-attributed

    Second 2024 cut, explicitly to 'invest in key growth opportunities and drive more efficiencies', AI and security.

    −5,900
  • PayPalJan 2024 · Fintech

    Second major cut in twelve months under a new CEO.

    −2,500
  • Microsoft (Activision Blizzard)Jan 2024 · Gaming

    Post-acquisition consolidation of the gaming division.

    −1,900
  • IntuitJul 2024 · Enterprise SaaS · AI-attributed

    CEO openly reframed layoffs as reallocation: same headcount re-hired into AI-focused roles.

    −1,800
  • UnityJan 2024 · Gaming

    'Company reset' after the runtime-fee pricing backlash.

    −1,800
  • ExpediaFeb 2024 · Travel

    Restructuring after a multi-year platform rebuild.

    −1,500
  • General Motors (software org)Aug 2024 · Automotive

    Software and services division trimmed after rapid over-hiring.

    −1,000
  • eBayJan 2024 · E-commerce

    Full-time roles cut alongside contractor reductions.

    −1,000
  • GoogleJan 2024 · Big Tech · AI-attributed

    Hardware, Assistant and ad-sales cuts; Sundar Pichai warned of more as resources shifted to Gemini. Ad-sales roles were replaced partly by AI tooling.

    −1,000
  • Amazon (Twitch, Prime Video, MGM)Jan 2024 · Big Tech

    Twitch cut 35% of staff; Prime Video and MGM Studios trimmed hundreds more.

    −1,000
  • Sony (PlayStation)Feb 2024 · Gaming

    Studio closures including PlayStation London.

    −900
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