Layoffs

Laid off 2,000+ employees in 2024-2025. Cut 35% of managers in August 2025. Introduced Voluntary Exit Program in January 2025.

Laid off 15,000+ employees in 2025 (7% of workforce), largest since 2014. CEO Nadella received $96.5M compensation while calling layoffs "weighing heavily" on him.

Microsoft conducted multiple layoff rounds in 2025 totaling over 15,000 employees: ~6,000 in May to reduce management layers, hundreds more in June, and ~9,000 in July.

Laid off ~5,000 employees in 2025 including 1,000 in February and 4,000 support roles attributed to AI automation.

Layoffs nearly monthly throughout 2024. Cut 53+ partner managers in January 2025 to eliminate "operational complexity."

Meta announced 5% cuts targeting lowest-performing employees in January 2025. In October 2025, Meta laid off roughly 600 employees within its AI unit.

Laid off 9,600 jobs (7% of workforce) in two rounds 2024. Cut 4,000 in February, then 5,600 more in August. Shifting to AI and cybersecurity focus.

Webex (Cisco) layoffs as part of Cisco 9,600 job cuts. Video conferencing struggled.

Announced 15,000+ layoffs (15% of workforce) August 2024. Stock crashed 30%. CEO Gelsinger cut own pay. Largest layoffs in company history.

Laid off 15% of US workforce in 2024. Bob Bakish ousted. Merger uncertainty. Streaming losses.

Laid off 1,800 employees (10% of workforce) July 2024 to "reallocate resources to AI." Cut customer service and marketing roles.

Laid off 7% of staff (150 employees) in June 2024 while ending crypto support for Cardano, Solana, Polygon. Nearly 30% workforce cut 2022-2023.

Laid off 10,000+ employees since 2023 across cloud and health units. Cut 3,000+ in 2024 alone. Cuts hit acquired companies Cerner and NetSuite hardest.

Quiet layoffs throughout 2024 without public announcements. Employees report 5-7% cuts across teams. No official press release.

Laid off 23% as ChatGPT destroyed homework help business. Stock crashed 98% from peak.

Adobe quiet layoffs throughout 2024. No public announcements but 5-7% cuts reported.

Northvolt laid off some staff in 2024. European battery company restructuring.

Fisker filed bankruptcy in 2024. EV startup failed. Henrik Fisker unable to scale.

Laid off 1,250+ employees in 2024. Cutting costs amid smartphone market slowdown. Additional cuts expected through 2025.

Laid off 5% (600+) in 2024. Cancelled games. GTA 6 delays. Zynga integration cuts.

Rippling laid off 6% in 2024. HR/IT platform cutting costs despite growth.

Laid off 18,500+ employees (13% of workforce) since 2023. Multiple rounds of cuts. "Organizational streamlining" amid PC market decline.

Laid off 4% pre-Cisco acquisition. Cisco integration expected to bring more cuts.

Laid off 10% in 2024. Emad Mostaque resigned as CEO. Cash running out. Multiple investor concerns.

PlanetScale laid off team in 2024. Database company struggling despite technical excellence.

Notion laid off 5% in 2024. Note-taking app joining layoff trend despite profitability.

Render laid off 10% in 2024. Heroku alternative cutting costs despite growth.

HiBob laid off 10% in 2024. HR platform restructuring.

Lucid laid off 18% in 2024. Luxury EV company struggling with production.

Remote laid off 10% in 2024. Global employment platform cutting costs.

Laid off 6% (670+) in 2024. Cancelled games including Apex Legends mobile. Andrew Wilson cost cutting.

Laid off 3% of workforce (525 employees) in February 2024. First significant layoffs in company history.

Laid off 2,500+ employees in 2024. Multiple rounds of cuts since 2023. Focus on cost reduction and AI transformation.

Massive layoffs under Broadcom ownership. Thousands of employees cut. Entire product lines eliminated. Iconic Silicon Valley company gutted.

Laid off 5% in 2023, another 7% in 2024. Security breaches damaged reputation. Cost cutting mode.

Laid off 10% (360+) in 2023, then 6% more in 2024. Streaming platform cutting costs.

Laid off 9% (1,500+) in 2024. CEO Ariane Gorin cutting costs. Travel recovery slower than expected.

Railway laid off staff in 2024. Developer platform restructuring.

SentinelOne laid off 5% in 2024. Endpoint security company cutting costs.

Rapid7 laid off 18% in 2024. Security analytics company restructuring.

Tenable laid off 9% in 2024. Vulnerability scanner company restructuring.

Snyk laid off 14% in 2024. Developer security company cutting costs despite funding.

Justworks laid off 11% in 2024. HR platform cutting costs.

BambooHR laid off 15% in 2024. HR software cutting costs.

Personio laid off 7% in 2024. German HR platform cutting costs.

QuantumScape laid off 15% in 2024. Solid-state battery company cutting costs.

Rivian laid off 10% in 2024. EV company cutting costs despite production ramp.

Deel laid off some staff in 2024. Global payroll platform despite unicorn status.

Laid off 2,500 (7%) in 2024. Second consecutive year of mass layoffs. Alex Chriss cutting costs.

Massive layoffs post-VMware acquisition. Cut 2,800+ VMware employees. Aggressive cost-cutting culture under CEO Hock Tan.

Laid off 1,900 employees (8%) in January 2024 after Microsoft acquisition. Cut Blizzard and King studios. Second wave in 2024.

Laid off 7% of workforce (500+) in January 2024. First significant layoffs in company history.

Laid off 11% (115+) in January 2024. Video platform struggling post-spinoff from IAC.

Announced 8,000 job cuts in January 2024 as part of AI-focused restructuring. Cutting traditional roles while hiring AI specialists.

Laid off 530 employees (11%) in January 2024. Cut Legends of Runeterra, Forge, and other projects. First major layoffs.

Laid off 13% (1,750+) in January 2024. Third round of mass layoffs. CEO Niraj Shah cutting costs.

Cut 17% of workforce (1,500 employees) in early 2024. Another 5% (300 employees) in early 2025. Total layoffs since 2022 exceed 3,000 (one-third of staff).

Laid off 17% of workforce (170 employees) in January 2024. CEO Jason Citron blamed over-hiring during pandemic.

Laid off 1,800 employees (25%) in January 2024. Previous rounds cut 1,000+. CEO John Riccitiello resigned over runtime fee disaster.

Laid off 10% of contractors in 2024 as AI takes over content creation.

Laid off 8% of workforce in 2024. Apache Kafka company cutting costs despite growth.

Multiple rounds of layoffs 2023-2024. French gaming giant struggling. Studio closures in Sweden.

Laid off hundreds in 2024 as Alphabet cut costs. Robotaxi operations expanding but workforce cut.

Box laid off 7% (170+) in 2024. Enterprise storage company cost cutting despite cloud growth.

Squarespace laid off 10% in 2024. Website builder streamlining ahead of PE acquisition.

Wix laid off 6% (400+) in 2024. Israeli website builder cutting costs despite profitability.

Supabase laid off 15% in 2024. Firebase alternative cutting costs despite growth.

Figma laid off some staff after Adobe acquisition failed. Design tool restructuring.

Magento (Adobe) staff reductions as part of Adobe layoffs. E-commerce platform consolidated.

BigCommerce laid off 9% in 2024. E-commerce platform cutting costs.

Squarespace layoffs 10% in 2024. Website builder streamlining before PE acquisition.

Namecheap small layoffs in 2024. Domain registrar restructuring.

Fastly laid off 15% in 2024. CDN company cutting costs despite edge computing demand.

Qualys small layoffs in 2024. Vulnerability management company cutting costs.

Wiz rapid growth but some restructuring. Israeli cybersecurity unicorn. Google acquisition talks.

Orca Security laid off 15% in 2024. Cloud security startup cutting costs.

Databricks laid off some staff in 2024 despite strong growth. IPO preparation costs.

Palantir minimal layoffs. Government revenue stable. Alex Karp maintained team.

Marqeta laid off 15% in 2024. Card issuing platform cutting costs.

Lattice laid off 15% in 2024. HR software company cutting costs.

15Five laid off 22% in 2024. Performance management startup cutting deep.

Laid off 11% (225+) in December 2023. CEO Josh Silverman blamed "macroeconomic volatility."

Laid off 17% of workforce in December 2023 (1,500 employees), third round of cuts that year.

Daniel Ek Spotify three rounds of layoffs in 2023. 17% workforce cut. Joe Rogan protected.

Airtable laid off 27% (270+) in 2023. Spreadsheet-database hybrid cutting deep.

Laid off 6,000+ employees (12% of workforce) in restructuring plan through 2025. Cutting costs amid declining PC and printer demand.

Coda laid off 17% in 2023. Document collaboration tool restructuring.

ClickUp laid off 10% in 2023. Project management tool joining layoff trend.

Laid off 830 employees (16%) in September 2023. CEO Tim Sweeney admitted spending beyond means. Sold Bandcamp.

Laid off 11% of employees in September 2023 (900 people).

Laid off 12% of workforce (160+) in 2023. Neobank delaying IPO and cutting costs.

Laid off 1,000+ in Max streaming merger. Content wiped from platforms. Writers/actors strikes.

Prisma laid off team in 2023. ORM company restructuring.

Alteryx laid off 15% in 2023. Data analytics company restructuring.

Laid off 5% of workforce before IPO. Cut costs to show profitability. More cuts expected post-lockup period.

Laid off hundreds of employees in 2023 after IPO struggles.

Linear laid off some staff in 2023. Issue tracking startup streamlining.

Hasura laid off 15% in 2023. GraphQL company cutting costs.

Ramp laid off some staff in 2023. Corporate card startup despite strong growth.

Culture Amp laid off 8% in 2023. Employee engagement platform restructuring.

Laid off 20% of workforce (2,300+) in May 2023. CEO Tobi Lütke admitted over-hiring. Sold logistics business.

Laid off 13,000-17,000 employees 2023-2024. CEO Arvind Krishna announced 7,800 job cuts due to AI replacing back-office functions. Ongoing "workforce rebalancing."

Laid off 8% after going private in 2022. Additional cuts in 2024 under PE ownership.

DigitalOcean laid off 11% in 2023. Cloud infrastructure company cutting costs.

Cross River laid off 12% in 2023. Banking-as-a-service company restructuring.

Laid off 26% of workforce in April 2023. Additional cuts in 2024. CEO David Risher focused on cost cuts.

Laid off 16% of workforce (500+) in April 2023. CEO Drew Houston blamed "AI era" transition.

Laid off 10% of workforce in 2023. EdTech company blamed post-pandemic normalization.

Laid off 27,000+ employees across 2022-2023, the largest in company history.

Laid off 21,000 employees (25% of workforce) in 2022-2023, calling it "Year of Efficiency." Zuckerberg took responsibility but proceeded with multiple rounds.

Laid off 5% of workforce (500+) in March 2023. Co-CEOs blamed need to "rebalance" teams.

Laid off 13% of workforce in 2023. CEO Shay Banon announced cuts despite Elasticsearch popularity.

Laid off 34% (260+) in 2023. Stock crashed 98% from peak. Platform collapsed.

Lacework laid off 25% in 2023. Cloud security startup downsizing dramatically.

Namely laid off 20% in 2023. HR software company restructuring.

Laid off 10% in February 2023, then 6% more in 2024. Multiple rounds of cuts despite profitability.

Laid off 17% (1,500+) in 2023, another 5% in 2024. CEO Jeff Lawson stepped down. Segment sold.

GitLab laid off 7% in 2023. All-remote company cutting costs. Sid Sijbrandij blamed macro.

Laid off 19% of workforce in 2023. BNPL company Max Levchin blamed interest rate environment.

Laid off 7,000+ employees across 2023. Disney+ and streaming losses. Bob Iger cutting costs.

Laid off 15% of workforce (1,300 employees) in February 2023.

Laid off 15% of workforce (1,300+) in February 2023. CEO Eric Yuan took 98% pay cut but still proceeded with cuts.

Laid off 10% of workforce (550+) in 2023. Restaurant tech company blamed market conditions.

Laid off 20% of workforce in 2023. Fintech company valued at $13B cutting costs.

Laid off 25% during COVID, more cuts in 2023. Review platform struggling with AI disruption.

Monday.com laid off 6% in 2023. Israeli work management platform cutting costs.

GoDaddy laid off 8% in 2023. Domain registrar and hosting cutting costs.

RingCentral laid off 10% in 2023. Cloud communications company cutting costs.

Gusto laid off 8% in 2023. Payroll startup cutting costs.

Laid off 1,000+ employees (10%) in 2023. Jack Dorsey blamed "macro environment." Cash App and Tidal cut.

Laid off 7% (250+) before IPO in 2023. More cuts in 2024. Fidji Simo cost cutting.

Laid off 12,000 employees (6% of workforce) in January 2023. CEO Pichai took responsibility.

Microsoft laid off 10,000+ in 2023. Satya Nadella took responsibility. LinkedIn, gaming, and devices hit.

Satya Nadella laid off 10,000+. Xbox gaming cuts. LinkedIn restructuring. But handled better than peers.

Laid off 10% of workforce (8,000 employees) in January 2023. Benioff blamed "over-hiring."

Multiple rounds of layoffs from 2020-2023 as gig economy faced scrutiny.

Laid off 20% (400+) in 2023. Dropped SMB customers. Focus on enterprise only.

Philippe Laffont pushed portfolio companies to cut costs aggressively in 2022-2023.

Laid off 8% in 2022, more in 2023-2024. Telehealth boom ended. Stock crashed 90%+.

Slack laid off 9% after Salesforce acquisition. Marc Benioff cut costs across acquired companies.

Linode (Akamai) layoffs after acquisition. Integration brought cuts. Classic acquisition playbook.

Coatue Philippe Laffont pushed aggressive cost cuts. Growth at all costs then crash.

D1 Capital hedge fund approach. Portfolio company cuts during drawdown.

Laid off 1,250 employees (6%) in November 2022. Additional cuts in 2023. Despite profitable quarters.

Laid off 9% of workforce in December 2022, then 9% more in 2023. Dustin Moskovitz blamed market conditions.

Fired 80% of workforce after acquisition. From 7,500 to ~1,500 employees. Mass terminations via email. Sued by laid-off workers.

Laid off 20% of workforce (1,300+) in 2022. Additional cuts in 2024. Evan Spiegel restructured company multiple times.

Laid off 31% of workforce (780+) in August 2022. Additional 23% (7%) in 2023. Vlad Tenev blamed market conditions.

Multiple layoff rounds in 2022, including 450 employees. Cut animation and Tudum divisions.

Laid off 450+ employees in 2022. Animation and Tudum cuts. Stock crash triggered cuts.

Reed Hastings Netflix "keeper test" culture. Laid off hundreds in 2022. High performance expectation.

Laid off 18% of workforce in June 2022, then another 20% in 2023. Rescinded job offers.

Laid off 10% (700+) in 2022, more in 2023-2024. Swedish BNPL company slashing costs before IPO.

Sequoia "RIP Good Times" memo in 2008. Pushed portfolio companies to cut aggressively in 2022-2023.

a16z advised portfolio companies to extend runway through layoffs. Ben Horowitz encouraged mass cuts.

Tiger Global pulled back from funding 2022-2023. Portfolio companies faced pressure.

SoftBank Vision Fund pushed portfolio to cut costs after WeWork disaster. Aggressive restructuring.

Infamous Zoom layoff of 900. Multiple rounds since. Stock crashed 98%. CEO Vishal Garg kept control.

Laid off 25% (4,400+) during COVID. Some returned but not all. Netherlands-based giant.