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77 stories corrected · Latest November 13, 2026
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Published September 8, 2026
An earlier version of this article’s headline said Google was cutting its biggest hardware team outside the US. Reports that the Banciao hardware hub is affected come only from unverified social media posts. Google confirmed only that organisational adjustments in Taiwan have begun and will continue, without giving a number or naming departments, according to the Taipei Times(opens in new tab).
Published August 31, 2026
An earlier version of this article said T-Mobile told the state that six of its locations will close. T-Mobile's notice marks seven Washington locations to close, including the location at 2550 W Nob Hill Blvd. in Yakima, according to the Washington Employment Security Department(opens in new tab) filing.
Published July 2, 2026
An earlier version of this article said Bungie shed an estimated 400 roles. Sony did not give a total; a Washington WARN notice lists at least 292 layoffs at Bungie's Bellevue office, according to Game Developer(opens in new tab).
Published June 26, 2026
An earlier version of this article said Sony cut roughly 400 of Bungie's 800 staff and attributed that figure to Bloomberg reporter Jason Schreier. Bloomberg did not report a number; the 400 estimate came from PlayStation Universe applying a French journalist's unconfirmed claim of around 50 percent. The only documented figure is 292 layoffs at Bungie's Bellevue office in a Washington WARN notice, according to Game Developer(opens in new tab).
Published May 14, 2026
An earlier version of this article said CEO Daniel Shapero's internal memo put the cuts at about 875 employees. The memo gave no number; the roughly 5 percent figure came from unnamed sources cited by Reuters, and about 875 is an estimate based on LinkedIn's more than 17,500 staff, according to Engadget(opens in new tab).
Published May 13, 2026
An earlier version of this article said LinkedIn told staff it was cutting roughly 5% of its workforce, about 875 jobs, and attributed the layoff memo to Ryan Roslansky. LinkedIn did not give a number or percentage: the 5% figure came from people familiar with the plans cited by Reuters, and 875 is an estimate based on that figure. The memo was sent by Daniel Shapero, who succeeded Roslansky as CEO in April 2026, according to Engadget(opens in new tab).
Published May 11, 2026
An earlier version of this article said Salesforce's February 2026 reorg cut customer support staffing. The February cuts, fewer than 1,000 roles, hit marketing, product management, data analytics and Agentforce teams, according to Reuters(opens in new tab), citing Business Insider; Salesforce's support staff was cut from about 9,000 to 5,000 in 2025, according to Fortune(opens in new tab).
Published May 7, 2026
An earlier version of this article said Microsoft made roughly 8,750 voluntary buyouts. About 7% of Microsoft's US employees, roughly 8,750 people, were eligible for the voluntary retirement offer; that is not the number who took it, according to CNBC(opens in new tab).
Published May 4, 2026
An earlier version of this article said Salesforce cut roughly 1,000 customer support roles in early 2026. The early-2026 cuts were fewer than 1,000 roles in marketing, product management, data analytics and Agentforce teams, according to Reuters(opens in new tab), citing Business Insider; the customer support reduction, from about 9,000 to 5,000 staff, was disclosed by Benioff in 2025, according to Fortune(opens in new tab).
Published April 29, 2026
An earlier version of this article said the Towson store would close on June 11 and placed Apple North County in Missouri. Apple Towson Town Center closed on June 20, 2026, according to 9to5Mac(opens in new tab), and Apple North County is in Escondido, California, according to MacRumors(opens in new tab).
Published April 29, 2026
An earlier version of this article said the program was capped at roughly 7% of the US workforce, an 8,750-person ceiling. About 7% of Microsoft's US employees are eligible, according to a person familiar with the plans; that is an eligibility estimate rather than a cap, and the 8,750 figure is an estimate based on roughly 125,000 US employees, according to CNBC(opens in new tab).
Published February 4, 2026
An earlier version of this article said UPS was closing a distribution facility in Montgomery, Alabama, with 128 layoffs beginning Feb. 2. UPS's Alabama WARN filing lists 128 layoffs starting February 23, 2026, according to WSFA(opens in new tab), and UPS said its Montgomery day sort operation is ending rather than the facility closing, according to Supply Chain Dive(opens in new tab).
Published October 27, 2025
An earlier version of this article said IBM cut around 8,000 jobs in HR and administrative departments and that Salesforce disclosed plans to cut over 1,000 employees. IBM announced no such cut; CEO Arvind Krishna told The Wall Street Journal in May 2025 that AI agents had taken over the work of a couple hundred HR employees and that total employment had gone up, according to Entrepreneur(opens in new tab). Salesforce did not disclose its cut; Bloomberg reported in February 2025, citing a person familiar with the matter, that Salesforce was cutting more than 1,000 jobs, according to Reuters(opens in new tab).
Published September 16, 2025
An earlier version of this article said Google laid off over 200 AI contractors. The raters were employed by GlobalLogic, a Hitachi-owned contractor, or its subcontractors, which let them go in August 2025, and Google said they were not Alphabet employees, according to Wired(opens in new tab).
Published July 23, 2025
An earlier version of this article said PepsiCo closed an unnamed plant and did not disclose how many employees were affected or whether it would support them. PepsiCo’s July 21, 2025 WARN notice for its Detroit beverage plant at 1555 Mack Ave. listed about 83 affected employees; production, maintenance and transport operations ended Sept. 27, 2025, while warehouse, fleet, delivery, sales and field-service teams stayed, and the company said it was offering pay and benefits, according to Food Dive(opens in new tab).
Published May 29, 2025
An earlier version of this article said IBM laid off about 8,000 employees, mostly in HR, and that the cuts would free up $3.5 billion. IBM announced no such layoff. CEO Arvind Krishna told The Wall Street Journal in May 2025 that AI agents had taken over the work of a couple hundred HR employees and that IBM's total employment had gone up; the $3.5 billion is IBM's estimate of AI productivity gains over two years, according to Entrepreneur(opens in new tab).
Published May 23, 2025
An earlier version of this article said IBM let go of 8,000 employees to automate roles with AI. IBM announced no such layoff; CEO Arvind Krishna told The Wall Street Journal in May 2025 that AI agents had taken over the work of a couple hundred HR employees and that total employment had gone up, according to Entrepreneur(opens in new tab).
Published February 21, 2025
An earlier version of this article said analysts estimated a low double-digit impact in Singapore. No analyst estimate was published; The Straits Times reported that at least a dozen TikTok employees in Singapore were laid off, according to Mothership(opens in new tab).
Published January 20, 2025
An earlier version of this article said around 10,000 Microsoft employees were let go this year. Microsoft gave no figure for its January 2025 layoffs in security, devices, sales and gaming and called them small, according to Business Insider(opens in new tab). The 10,000 figure refers to Microsoft’s January 2023 layoffs.
Published December 4, 2024
An earlier version of this article said hundreds of workers, approximately 200, would be cut at a South Jersey distribution center by the end of the quarter. Walmart's WARN notice covered about 113 jobs at its Sam's Club e-commerce fulfillment center in Swedesboro (Logan Township), New Jersey, which was set to close March 7, 2025, according to Supply Chain Dive(opens in new tab).
Published September 12, 2024
An earlier version of this article said PwC had over 55,000 U.S. employees and that the cuts were about 3.3% of its domestic workforce. The 1,800 cuts were about 2.5% of PwC's roughly 75,000-person U.S. workforce, as first reported by The Wall Street Journal, according to Consulting.us(opens in new tab).
Published July 31, 2024
An earlier version of this article said SAP would lay off about 10,000 employees. SAP said its restructuring program, first announced in January 2024 at about 8,000 roles, was expected to affect 9,000 to 10,000 positions, a majority of them covered by voluntary leave programs and internal re-skilling rather than layoffs, according to SAP(opens in new tab).
Published February 20, 2024
An earlier version of this article’s headline said Google began laying off 12,000 employees. Google’s January 2024 layoffs cut hundreds of roles across its Assistant, hardware and engineering teams, and the company gave no total, according to TechCrunch(opens in new tab). The 12,000 figure comes from Google’s January 2023 layoffs.
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Published September 3, 2026
An earlier version of this article said the 2026 closures trace back to a restructuring plan launched in 2024. That plan led to 221 store closures in 2025 and was substantially complete by the end of 2025, according to CVS Health's annual filing(opens in new tab); the company says its small number of 2026 closures are primarily due to lease expirations and relocations, according to Inc.(opens in new tab)
Published August 3, 2026
An earlier version of this article said the closures were first announced in June without giving the year, implying June 2026. Kroger announced its plan to close about 60 stores over 18 months on June 20, 2025, according to CNBC(opens in new tab).
Published June 29, 2026
An earlier version of this article said H&M planned to close about 160 stores and open about 80 in 2026. That was its earlier plan; in its June 25, 2026 six-month report, H&M said it plans around 170 closures and 90 openings this year, according to the H&M Group(opens in new tab).
Published June 2, 2026
An earlier version of this article said Panera was cutting 399 jobs by closing all nine of its remaining fresh dough facilities. The 399 jobs come from four 2026 layoff notices for dough facilities in Massachusetts, Illinois, Maryland and Ohio, according to TheStreet(opens in new tab).
Published May 27, 2026
An earlier version of this article said Albertsons had confirmed 295 corporate and divisional support layoffs. Albertsons cut corporate and division support staff in January 2025, after the Kroger merger collapsed, and did not say how many, according to The Spokesman-Review(opens in new tab).
Published May 7, 2026
An earlier version of this article said Spirit AeroSystems was cutting 17,000 jobs. Spirit AeroSystems announced no such cut; about 17,000 jobs were affected by the May 2026 shutdown of Spirit Airlines, a separate company, according to The Associated Press(opens in new tab).
Published April 29, 2026
An earlier version of this article attributed the Maral Sanat example to the Wall Street Journal. The trailer maker's layoff of 1,500 workers for lack of steel was reported by CNN(opens in new tab).
Published April 6, 2026
An earlier version of this article said Dimon's remarks about the hybrid-work petition came at a February 2026 town hall, when more than 2,000 employees had signed it. The town hall was held in February 2025, weeks after JPMorgan announced its five-day mandate, and the petition then had more than 1,200 signatures, according to Fortune(opens in new tab).
Published April 1, 2026
An earlier version of this article listed CrowdStrike's 500 job cuts among 2026 layoffs. CrowdStrike announced the cuts, about 5% of its workforce, in May 2025, according to SiliconANGLE(opens in new tab).
Published February 20, 2026
An earlier version of this article presented Kimberly-Clark's closure of two UK factories as a 2026 event. Kimberly-Clark confirmed in August 2024 that both of its plants in Flint, North Wales, would close in 2025, according to ITV News(opens in new tab).
Published February 12, 2026
An earlier version of this article said Kraft Heinz was cutting roughly 1,000 jobs alongside its paused split. The February announcement included no job cuts; in May, Kraft Heinz said in an SEC filing that it expects to eliminate about 400 roles outside North America in 2026, according to Reuters(opens in new tab).
Published February 4, 2026
An earlier version of this article said IAC Alma would eliminate 246 positions. The 246 layoffs cover two IAC Group plants in Michigan, 178 in Mendon and 68 in Alma, filed in October 2025, according to PlasticsToday(opens in new tab).
Published December 29, 2025
An earlier version of this article said ZF Friedrichshafen had cut 7,600 jobs in its electric powertrain division. ZF agreed on October 1, 2025, with its works council and IG Metall to cut 7,600 jobs in the division by 2030, according to Reuters(opens in new tab).
Published November 5, 2025
An earlier version of this article said Carter's 300 job cuts would come over three years. Carter's said it would cut about 300 corporate jobs, roughly 15% of its corporate workforce, by the end of 2025, while its 150 store closures span three years, according to Retail Dive(opens in new tab).
Published October 15, 2025
An earlier version of this article said Nike closed multiple Sydney stores on October 13, eliminating hundreds of positions. Seven Nike-branded Sydney stores closed after Nike franchisee AF1 went into liquidation in late September 2025, costing about 115 jobs, according to SmartCompany(opens in new tab).
Published September 29, 2025
An earlier version of this article said the shift cut would put 2,000 jobs on the line. About 750 GM workers are affected, and about 1,500 more jobs at auto-parts suppliers could also be lost, according to CBC News(opens in new tab).
Published September 3, 2025
An earlier version of this article said Exelixis was halting operations at its Alameda, California headquarters. Exelixis is closing its King of Prussia, Pennsylvania lab and reorganizing to focus on its Alameda operations, according to The Philadelphia Inquirer(opens in new tab).
Published August 4, 2025
An earlier version of this article said StoneRidge Piggly Wiggly in Wautoma was letting go of 56 employees after being purchased. The store was not sold; StoneRidge is closing it to expand its own wholesale division into the space and is offering all affected workers jobs there, according to FOX 11(opens in new tab).
Published June 18, 2025
An earlier version of this article said Hasbro was cutting around 1,000 employees. The 3% cut amounted to about 150 jobs, according to CNBC(opens in new tab).
Published June 18, 2025
An earlier version of this article said Duolingo’s cut of 10% of its contractors happened in 2025. Duolingo ended work with about 10% of its contractors at the end of 2023, according to TechCrunch(opens in new tab); in April 2025 its CEO said it would gradually stop using contractors for work AI can handle, according to The Register(opens in new tab).
Published June 6, 2025
An earlier version of this article said Winnebago blamed its job cuts on tariff costs and that tariffs had raised raw material prices about 25%. Winnebago cited decreased customer demand and elevated inventory when it announced 196 layoffs in Iowa, according to KTTC(opens in new tab), and its June 5, 2025 update tied headcount changes to weak motorhome demand and macroeconomic uncertainty, according to Winnebago Industries(opens in new tab).
Published May 29, 2025
An earlier version of this article said nearly 800 Chevron jobs were being cut in the Permian Basin. Chevron is laying off about 200 employees at three Midland, Texas, facilities; the 800 figure was a Texas Workforce Commission reporting error, according to Hart Energy(opens in new tab).
Published April 22, 2025
An earlier version of this article said 146 Mack Trucks workers were being laid off. Mack said it would lay off 250 to 350 workers at its Lehigh Valley Operations plant over about three months, according to LehighValleyNews.com(opens in new tab).
Published February 19, 2025
An earlier version of this article said Southwest was cutting 15% of its workforce and payroll, affecting thousands. Southwest cut about 1,750 jobs, roughly 15% of its corporate positions, according to Southwest Airlines(opens in new tab).
Published February 10, 2025
An earlier version of this article said Dine Brands was moving to a leaner organizational model and had reassured customers that restaurants would not be affected. Dine Brands said the layoffs, about 9% of its corporate team, were part of a plan to better align with current market conditions, and it made no statement about restaurant operations, according to Nation's Restaurant News(opens in new tab).
Published February 10, 2025
An earlier version of this article said the University of Reading cited a shortfall of £7 million and that the University of Liverpool planned to cut its workforce by 5% over a £50 million deficit. No published source gives the Reading figure; its union branch describes a targeted voluntary redundancy scheme, according to Reading UCU(opens in new tab). Liverpool opened a voluntary leavers scheme, gave no job-cut number and forecast a small deficit, according to Times Higher Education(opens in new tab).
Published January 22, 2025
An earlier version of this article called the employer “Grinnell Window Plant,” described it as a company launched in the 1980s, and said the layoffs were due to falling demand. The layoffs are at JELD-WEN’s Grinnell plant, where the company is ending window production and cutting 298 jobs while keeping door production; it did not cite a drop in demand, according to KCCI(opens in new tab).
Published January 20, 2025
An earlier version of this article said the district had eliminated 70 positions earlier in the year and was weighing 40 more job cuts. Mesa Public Schools laid off nearly 400 staff members the previous year, and in February 2025 it said it would eliminate 147 district-level positions for 2025-26, including a reduction in force of 42 certified staff, according to AZFamily(opens in new tab).
Published January 16, 2025
An earlier version of this article said Wensleydale Creamery was seeking a buyer that could save the jobs and blamed the cuts on rising costs and shifting demand. Reports did not mention any buyer: owner Saputo Dairy UK proposed closing the Kirkby Malzeard packing plant and moving most cheese packing to its Nuneaton site to cut costs, putting around 80 jobs at risk, according to the Yorkshire Post(opens in new tab).
Published January 14, 2025
An earlier version of this article said the closure could cost up to 2,500 jobs. ArcelorMittal South Africa said about 3,500 direct and indirect jobs may be affected by the wind-down of its long steel business, according to TimesLIVE(opens in new tab).
Published January 6, 2025
An earlier version of this article misnamed SolarEdge’s new CEO, said he took over in April, said this was the fourth wave of cuts in under six months, and gave no job count. SolarEdge is cutting about 400 jobs worldwide, roughly half in Israel, in its fourth round of layoffs since January 2024 and the first under Shuki Nir, who became CEO in December 2024, according to Calcalist(opens in new tab).
Published December 11, 2024
An earlier version of this article said Bosch announced plans to cut 10,000 jobs in Germany, with 7,000 employees affected directly and 3,000 positions lost through retirement and voluntary departures. Bosch announced up to 5,550 job cuts, about 3,800 of them in Germany, according to Reuters(opens in new tab); the 10,000 figure was a worker representative's estimate of German jobs at risk, according to Automotive News(opens in new tab).
Published December 10, 2024
An earlier version of this article said the layoffs affected about 10% of L.L.Bean’s workforce, mainly retail and support staff, as the company focused on digital sales. L.L.Bean said it would lay off 50 to 75 corporate headquarters employees in Freeport, about 2% to 3% of its Maine workforce, and did not tie the cuts to digital sales, according to the Portland Press Herald(opens in new tab).
Published November 27, 2024
An earlier version of this article said the layoffs mostly hit sales and marketing roles. The roughly 200 cuts, about 1% of LinkedIn’s workforce, fell mainly in engineering and customer support, according to Investing.com(opens in new tab), citing The Information.
Published October 16, 2024
An earlier version of this article said Blue Shield of California would lay off dozens of Bay Area employees, approximately 80 in total. Blue Shield filed WARN notices to lay off 61 employees statewide, 16 of them at its Oakland headquarters, according to the San Francisco Chronicle(opens in new tab).
Published October 16, 2024
An earlier version of this article said university officials had stated the layoffs would particularly affect non-tenured faculty and that about 50 positions might be eliminated. WWU said it would eliminate about 55 positions over two years, starting with 20 vacant and five filled positions, and its announcement did not single out faculty, according to KIRO 7(opens in new tab).
Published October 16, 2024
An earlier version of this article said about 200 employees lost their jobs when the mill said it would shut down for good, and it named a different company as the mill's owner. The owner, Willamette Falls Paper Company, laid off 158 of its 223 employees on Aug. 9, 2024, and said it might close the plant, according to its WARN notice to the state of Oregon(opens in new tab).
Published October 15, 2024
An earlier version of this article said the layoffs affected an undisclosed number of employees. Rivalry CEO Steven Salz said the October 2024 restructuring affected 28 employees, its second round of cuts that year after 29 in July, according to GamblingNews(opens in new tab).
Published October 15, 2024
An earlier version of this article said St. Luke's Behavioral Hospital was laying off about 260 employees as part of a restructuring to improve efficiency. The layoffs followed Arizona's August 2024 order suspending the hospital's operations over a broken air-conditioning system, and owner Steward Health Care, in Chapter 11 bankruptcy, filed a WARN notice covering 255 workers, according to Becker's Hospital Review(opens in new tab).
Published October 14, 2024
An earlier version of this article said Spotify announced a roughly 6% workforce reduction at the same time it reaffirmed its remote work policy in October 2024. That 6% cut, about 600 jobs, was announced in January 2023, according to TechCrunch(opens in new tab), and Spotify's most recent layoffs before October 2024 were a 17% cut, about 1,500 jobs, in December 2023, according to CNBC(opens in new tab).
Published October 2, 2024
An earlier version of this article said the layoffs were in CVS’s Omnicare long-term care pharmacy division and would be completed in 2023. CVS said on October 1, 2024, that it would lay off about 2,900 employees, mostly in corporate roles, as part of a $2 billion cost-cutting plan, and that store, pharmacy and distribution-center jobs would not be affected, according to AJMC(opens in new tab).
Published October 2, 2024
An earlier version of this article said Genpact cut the jobs because of economic and cost pressures, and quoted a company statement about operational changes and a pledge of severance and job placement help. Genpact’s WARN notice ties the layoffs to some services performed at its Jacksonville office, and its only statement said it does not share details about confidential client engagements, according to the Jacksonville Daily Record(opens in new tab).
Published September 19, 2024
An earlier version of this article said nearly 100 employees would be laid off when the plan closed. Southwestern Health Resources is laying off 125 health plan employees, most of them in January 2025, according to D Magazine(opens in new tab).
Published September 18, 2024
An earlier version of this article said the layoffs were announced in early April and would affect over 200 workers. Sibanye-Stillwater announced on September 12, 2024 that it would lay off about 700 workers, roughly 40% of its Montana workforce, according to Montana Free Press(opens in new tab).
Published September 15, 2024
An earlier version of this article described the cuts as layoffs of nearly 5,000 employees and said Verizon faced a write-off of about $2 billion tied to losses. About 4,800 U.S. management employees are leaving under a voluntary separation program, and Verizon expects a $1.7 billion to $1.9 billion pre-tax severance charge in the third quarter of 2024, according to Verizon’s SEC filing(opens in new tab).
Published September 13, 2024
An earlier version of this article said CNH Industrial laid off nearly 3,500 North American employees and that the cuts stemmed from an automation push outlined on an earnings call. CNH notified Wisconsin of 52 permanent layoffs at its St. Nazianz plant, citing current and anticipated market conditions, according to Farm Equipment(opens in new tab) and Equipment Finance News(opens in new tab).
Published September 13, 2024
An earlier version of this article said the SPLC laid off about 40 employees, nearly 10% of its staff, and that workers had ousted CEO Margaret Huang. The SPLC's union said more than 80 staff, about a quarter of the workforce, were laid off in June 2024, according to the ABA Journal(opens in new tab); union members later voted no confidence in Huang and called for her removal, according to the Alabama Reflector(opens in new tab).
Published September 3, 2024
An earlier version of this article said Goldman Sachs would cut nearly 1,800 jobs, mainly in investment banking, and that the bank cited lower revenues. The Wall Street Journal reported cuts of 1,300 to 1,800 jobs, or 3% to 4% of staff, across various departments, and Goldman said those figures were inaccurate, according to Banking Dive(opens in new tab).
Published August 27, 2024
An earlier version of this article said Electric Boat announced the layoffs and that they would take effect by October 21. The 117 layoffs were filed by Riley Power Group, a contractor that does fabrication work for Electric Boat at Quonset Point, and are set for October 21 to November 4, according to The Boston Globe(opens in new tab).
Published August 20, 2024
An earlier version of this article said GM cut 1,000 jobs to shift resources toward artificial intelligence, mostly in administrative roles. GM laid off more than 1,000 salaried employees in its Software and Services organization after a review to streamline the unit, and did not cite AI as a reason, according to CNBC(opens in new tab).
Published August 14, 2024
An earlier version of this article said Paytm cut 3,500 jobs in June 2024. Paytm’s sales headcount fell by about 3,500 in the January-March 2024 quarter, and the layoffs it confirmed in June came without a disclosed number, according to PTI(opens in new tab).
Published January 31, 2024
An earlier version of this article said PayPal's 2,500 job cuts were due to the integration of AI tools. CEO Alex Chriss said the cuts, about 9% of the workforce, were meant to right-size the business and cited automation and consolidating technology, not AI tools, according to CNBC(opens in new tab).
Published December 6, 2023
An earlier version of this article said Yuga Labs laid off 120 employees. Yuga Labs did not disclose how many people it laid off; co-founder Greg Solano said the company still had more than 120 employees after the cuts, according to Blockworks(opens in new tab).
Published November 6, 2023
An earlier version of this article's headline said the layoffs hit Avalanche Studio's staff. Ava Labs, the developer of the Avalanche blockchain and no relation to game maker Avalanche Studios, laid off 12% of its own staff, according to The Block(opens in new tab).
Published October 17, 2023
An earlier version of this article said the layoff memo came from LinkedIn CEO Ryan Roslansky and quoted him. The memo was written by engineering head Mohak Shroff and chief product officer Tomer Cohen, according to SiliconANGLE(opens in new tab).
Published September 20, 2023
An earlier version of this article said these were Airtable’s second layoffs of 2023, announced on a Friday. Airtable’s first round, of 254 employees, was in December 2022, and the 237 layoffs came on Thursday, Sept. 14, 2023, according to the San Francisco Standard(opens in new tab).
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