Tech layoffs in 2025, in full

The biggest tech layoffs of 2025

• I
  IntelJul 2025 · Hardware & Chips

  New CEO Lip-Bu Tan shrinks Intel toward ~75,000 core employees after years of falling behind in the AI chip race.

  −24,000
• A
  AmazonOct 2025 · Big Tech · AI-attributed

  Largest corporate cut in Amazon's history; leadership cited a leaner org for the 'AI era'. Reports pointed to up to 30,000 planned.

  −14,000
• V
  VerizonNov 2025 · Telecom

  Largest cut in company history as new CEO restructures non-union workforce.

  −13,000
• TC
  Tata Consultancy ServicesJul 2025 · IT Services & Consulting · AI-attributed

  Largest layoff in Indian IT history, mid/senior staff whose skills no longer matched an AI-led delivery model.

  −12,000
• A
  AccentureSep 2025 · IT Services & Consulting · AI-attributed

  CEO said staff who cannot be reskilled for AI delivery will be 'exited', reskilling as a condition of employment.

  −11,000
• P
  PanasonicMay 2025 · Industrial & Manufacturing

  Global restructuring split between Japan and overseas operations.

  −10,000
• M
  MicrosoftJul 2025 · Big Tech · AI-attributed

  Second wave of 2025 cuts (~15,000 total for the year) while committing record capex to AI infrastructure.

  −9,000
• M
  MicrosoftMay 2025 · Big Tech · AI-attributed

  Cuts concentrated on management layers and non-coding roles; CEO noted AI now writes a meaningful share of Microsoft's code.

  −6,000
• S
  SiemensMar 2025 · Industrial & Manufacturing

  Cuts in factory-automation unit amid weak demand in China and Germany.

  −5,600
• H
  HPNov 2025 · Hardware & Chips · AI-attributed

  4,000–6,000 roles by 2028 as AI is embedded across product development, support and operations.

  −5,000
• LG
  Lufthansa GroupOct 2025 · Travel · AI-attributed

  4,000 administrative roles to be cut by 2030, explicitly attributed to AI and digitalisation.

  −4,000
• S
  SalesforceSep 2025 · Enterprise SaaS · AI-attributed

  Customer-support roles cut after CEO Marc Benioff said AI agents now handle up to half of support conversations.

  −4,000
• M
  MetaFeb 2025 · Big Tech · AI-attributed

  'Low performers' cut in a raise-the-bar exercise while Meta hired aggressively for machine-learning roles.

  −3,600
• O
  OracleAug 2025 · Enterprise SaaS · AI-attributed

  Cuts across cloud units as spending shifts toward AI datacenter build-out.

  −3,000
• PS
  Paramount SkydanceOct 2025 · Media & Streaming

  Post-merger restructuring across legacy TV and streaming units.

  −2,000