Layoff
Cuts 12,000 jobs
Alphabet laid off 12,000 employees, about 6% of its global workforce, many notified by email.
Monthly layoffs report
January 2023 Layoffs: Companies, Jobs Cut & Closures
As of November 2, 2026, the Metaintro Layoffs Tracker recorded 1 layoff or closure announcement in January 2023, affecting at least 12,000 jobs where a source states a number.
Last updated Oct 2, 2026
January 2023 at a glance
- Announcements
- 1
- Companies
- 1
- Jobs affected (reported)
- 12,000
- Stores closing
- 0
- Layoffs
- 1
- Store closures
- 0
- Return-to-office mandates
- 0
Jobs affected are as reported by each source, summed over the 1 of 1 announcements that state a number.
Latest announcement
Not enough announcements yet
A monthly report needs at least 5 published announcements
The tracker has 1 announcement for January 2023, fewer than the 5 a monthly report needs, so this edition stays out of search results.
Every announcement the tracker holds for this month is listed below. A short list reflects how many announcements have been verified so far, not a count of every layoff in the month.
Most jobs affected
Companies ranked by jobs reported affected in January 2023
- 1Google1 announcement12,000
By type
Layoffs, store closures, and return-to-office mandates in January 2023
| Type | Announcements | Share | Jobs reported |
|---|---|---|---|
| Layoffs | 1 | 100% | 12,000 |
| Store closures | 0 | 0% | 0 |
| Return-to-office mandates | 0 | 0% | 0 |
By state
US states named in January 2023 announcements
No January 2023 announcement in the tracker names a US state.
Against December 2022
Month over month, from the same tracker
January 2023 has 1 announcement, 1 more than December 2022 (0).
| Measure | January 2023 | December 2022 |
|---|---|---|
| Announcements | 1 | 0 |
| Companies | 1 | 0 |
| Jobs affected (reported) | 12,000 | Not stated |
| Stores closing | 0 | 0 |
Every announcement
January 2023, newest first. Each company links to its full layoffs timeline.
1 announcements
January 2023
1 announcement · 12,000 jobs reported
How this report is built
What counts, how jobs are counted, and the as-of date
What counts
Every published Layoffs Tracker announcement dated in January 2023: layoffs, store closures, and return-to-office mandates. Each row is one announcement by one company, dated the day the company or a filing first made it public, not the day the cuts take effect. Months follow UTC dates.
How jobs are counted
Jobs affected is counted only when a source states a number. We never estimate one, so every total on this page is a floor: announcements without a stated number are left out of the sum, not counted as zero.
As-of date
Figures are as of November 2, 2026, and the newest change to a January 2023 announcement was on October 2, 2026. Announcements verified later can still be added to this month.
An edition needs at least 5 published announcements before it is listed for search engines.
Data
Every row, all months, is in the CSV and JSON downloads. Filter on the announcement date to rebuild this report. The tracker methodology covers sources and how to cite.
Data and archives
Free to reuse with attribution to Metaintro
Every published announcement, all years, one row per event. Column names are stable, and jobs affected are blank where no source states a number.
Jobs affected are counted only when a source states a number; “Not stated” means none was disclosed. Methodology, sources and how to cite
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