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A complete checklist of 2023 & 2024 tech layoffs


The tech-wide reckoning that started in 2022 and ran all through into 2023 has continued into this yr. And whereas 2024’s losses should not at that scale, they’re nonetheless vital, pushed by huge names like Pixar, Google, Microsoft, Mozilla and TikTok. It stays to be seen if this yr’s layoff tendencies comply with final yr’s, during which layoffs slowed down in the summertime, earlier than cuts started ramping up but once more towards the winter.

Momentum for a tech sector rebound stays sluggish to construct, exterior of shiny spots inside synthetic intelligence and adjoining corporations, leading to tech corporations persevering with to chop again on their workforces and pivot from a development mindset to 1 primarily based on effectivity within the face of cussed market circumstances.

However monitoring these layoffs helps us to know the influence on innovation, which corporations are going through powerful pressures and who is on the market to rent for the companies fortunate to be rising proper now. Sadly, it additionally serves as a reminder of the deeply human influence of layoffs and how threat profiles may evolve from right here

Under you’ll discover a complete checklist of all of the identified layoffs in tech that began final yr, to be up to date month-to-month. When you have a tip on a layoff, contact us right here. When you want to stay nameless, you may contact us right here.

The ultimate complete of layoffs for 2023 ended up being 262,735, in accordance with Layoffs.fyi. Tech layoffs carried out in 2023 have been 59% larger than 2022’s complete, in accordance with the info within the tracker. And 2024 is off to a tough begin regardless of not reaching the height of final yr’s first quarter cutbacks.

Knowledge visualization by Miranda Halpern, created with Flourish

February 2024

Fisker

Plans to put off 15% of its workforce and says it seemingly doesn’t have sufficient money available to outlive the subsequent 12 months.

EA

Minimize 5% of its workforce, impacting 670 workers, because it strikes away from the “growth of future licensed IP.”

Bumble

Is letting go of about 350 workers, accounting for 30% of its workforce.

Apple

Is probably going chopping lots of of workers who labored on the corporate’s autonomous electrical automobile challenge now that the hassle has stopped, TechCrunch has discovered.

Sony

Is shedding 900 workers from its PlayStation unit, affecting 8% of the division’s workforce. Insomniac Video games, Naughty Canine, Guerrilla and Firesprite studios will even be impacted.

Expedia

Will reportedly minimize 1,500 roles in 2024, primarily in its Product & Know-how division, accounting for greater than 8% of the corporate’s workforce.

Finder

Eradicated roughly 60 workers, or 17% of its workforce. It’s the monetary startup’s third main layoff spherical prior to now 12 months.

Rivian

Is shedding 10% of its salaried workforce in a bid to chop prices in an more and more powerful marketplace for EVs.

Meati Meals

Will lay off 13% of its workforce as it really works to “construct a financially sustainable enterprise,” CEO Phil Graves advised TechCrunch solely.

Cisco

Introduced it is going to get rid of 5% of its workers, impacting greater than 4,000 folks.

Toast

Will lay off about 550 employees in a transfer designed to advertise “working expense effectivity.”

Instacart

Introduced in an SEC submitting that it’s going to lay off roughly 250 workers as a part of a restructuring effort.

Mozilla

Is scaling again its funding in plenty of merchandise, TechCrunch has discovered, leading to layoffs that can have an effect on roughly 60 workers.

Grammarly

Is shedding 230 workers worldwide as a part of the corporate’s efforts to advance its give attention to “the AI-enabled office of the long run.”

Getaround

Is chopping 30% of its North American workforce as a part of a restructuring.

Amazon

Is reportedly chopping jobs in its healthcare companies One Medical and Amazon Pharmacy. The variety of impacted roles is at present unknown.

DocuSign

Introduced plans to get rid of 6% of its workforce, largely impacting the corporate’s gross sales and advertising and marketing divisions.

Snap

Introduced plans to chop 10% of its workforce, impacting roughly 500-plus workers, in an effort to “scale back hierarchy.”

Polygon Labs

Has laid off 60 workers, or about 19% of its workers, CEO Marc Boiron introduced in a weblog submit.

Okta

Is shedding roughly 400 workers. The layoffs come virtually precisely a yr to the day after Okta introduced plans to chop about 300 workers.

January 2024

Thinx

Will lay off 95 employees in New York Metropolis, in accordance with a submitting with the New York Division of Labor.

Proofpoint

Is shedding about 6% of its world workforce, or 280 workers, the corporate confirmed to TechCrunch.

Wattpad

Performed one other spherical of layoffs earlier this month, amounting to roughly 15% of its workforce, a supply aware of the scenario advised TechCrunch. 

Block

Is reportedly shedding round 1,000 folks within the Money App, foundational and Sq. arms of Block.

PayPal

Has reportedly begun company-wide layoffs. Whereas it’s unclear how many individuals will probably be affected, one supply advised TechCrunch it was anticipated to be within the “hundreds.”

Aurora Photo voltaic

Has laid off 20% of its workers of about 1,000 folks, TechCrunch solely discovered. The cuts to the software program startup come regardless of document development within the photo voltaic business final yr.

iRobot

Is shedding 350 folks, or one-third of its headcount, after Amazon’s bid to accumulate the Roomba-maker shuttered. Longtime CEO Colin Angle has additionally stepped down.

Salesforce

Is reportedly shedding 700 employees, or round 1% of its workers. This comes after the corporate had a big discount of 10% of its workforce in 2023.

Flexport

Is reportedly planning to chop round 20% of its workers within the subsequent few weeks. The corporate introduced comparable cuts in October, when founder Ryan Petersen returned as CEO and slashed its workforce by 20%.

Microsoft

Is shedding 1,900 workers throughout its gaming divisions following its acquisition of Activision Blizzard. Blizzard president Mike Ybarra introduced he will even be stepping down.

Swiggy

Is chopping about 400 jobs, 7% of its workforce, because the meals supply startup seeks to convey additional enhancements to its funds forward of a deliberate IPO later this yr.

Aurora

Laid off dozens of employees, in accordance with sources aware of the choice. The autonomous car expertise firm has since confirmed that about 3% of its workforce has been laid off.

eBay

Will lay off 9% of the corporate’s workforce, affecting about 1,000 full-time workers. In a weblog submit, the corporate additionally plans to chop contract roles within the coming months.

SAP

Introduced it intends to supply voluntary buyouts or job modifications to eight,000 workers amid restructuring.

Brex

Laid off 20% of its workers, affecting 282 employees. In a weblog submit, Co-CEO Pedro Franceschi mentioned that the corporate is prioritizing “long-term pondering and possession over short-term good points in our comp construction.”

TikTok

Eradicated round 60 jobs throughout the U.S. in Los Angeles, New York, and Austin along with layoffs in worldwide markets. The affected roles, in accordance with NPR’s preliminary reporting, are largely in gross sales and promoting.

Vroom

Is chopping 90% of its workers because it shuts down its on-line used automobile market and shifts sources into two enterprise items: one centered on auto financing and the opposite on AI-powered analytics.

Riot Video games

Is shedding 11% of its workforce, affecting about 530 workers, as the corporate focuses on “fewer, high-impact initiatives.” The League of Legends maker can be sunsetting its five-year-old publishing group, Riot Forge.

Wayfair

Is eliminating 13% of its world workforce, affecting 1,650 workers, in a restructuring effort aimed toward chopping layers of administration.

YouTube

Will get rid of 100 workers, a spokesperson confirmed to TechCrunch, as a part of a restructuring effort in its creator administration and operations groups.

Google

Is shedding “lots of” of workers in its promoting gross sales crew, in accordance with a leaked memo. The cuts come per week after the corporate did sweeping layoffs throughout its {hardware} groups. And extra layoffs will come all year long, as CEO Sundar Pichai advised the corporate in a memo obtained by the Verge.

Misplaced Boys Interactive

Reportedly laid off a “sizable” variety of workers January 12. The sport developer studio was acquired by Borderlands maker Gearbox in 2022.

Pixar

Goes to put off workers in 2024, TechCrunch solely discovered, with the overall impacted workers probably reaching as excessive as 20% of the animation studio’s 1,300 particular person workforce. The cutbacks come as Disney appears to cut back the studio’s output because it struggles to realize profitability in streaming.

Audible

Is shedding 5% of its workforce, citing an “more and more difficult panorama,” in accordance with a leaked memo obtained by Enterprise Insider.

Discord

Is shedding 17% of its workers, impacting 170 folks. In an inside memo obtained by the Verge, Discord CEO Jason Citron blamed the cuts on the corporate rising too shortly.

Google

Laid off lots of of workers throughout its Google Assistant division and the crew that manages Pixel, Nest and Fitbit {hardware}. The corporate confirmed to TechCrunch that Fitbit co-founders James Park and Eric Friedman are additionally exiting.

Amazon

Is shedding “a number of lots of” of workers at Prime Video and MGM Studios, in accordance with a memo obtained by TechCrunch. The cuts come days after the 500 layoffs at Amazon’s Twitch.

Twitch

Is reportedly shedding 500 workers, 35% of its present workers, amid a continued battle to realize profitability within the face of rising prices and group backlash. The pending layoffs come after lots of extra workers have been laid off in 2023.

Treasure Monetary

Confirmed to TechCunch that layoffs, carried out in December, had impacted 14 workers, accounting for 60% to 70% of the corporate, in accordance with a number of sources.

Duolingo

Confirmed it minimize 10% of its contractor workforce on the finish of 2023 because it turns to AI to streamline content material manufacturing and translations beforehand dealt with by people.

Hire the Runway

Will minimize about 10% of company roles because it goes by way of a restructuring plan following Anushka Salinas’ deliberate resignation as working chief and president on the finish of January.

Unity

Is lowering its workforce by about 25%, or 1,800 folks. The online game engine maker went by way of three rounds of layoffs in 2023.

Pitch

Laid off two-thirds of its workers because the German startup, which constructed collaborative presentation software program, appears to pursue a “utterly completely different path.” CEO and co-founder Christian Reber additionally stepped down.

BenchSci

The AI and biomedical startup reportedly minimize 17% of its workforce January 8, citing “shifts within the financial atmosphere,” in a LinkedIn submit asserting the layoffs. 

Flexe

Eradicated 38% of its workers January 8 as the net retail logistics firm follows up after conducting layoffs in September 2023.

NuScale

Introduced January 8 it’s shedding 28% of its workers, or 154 employees, because the small modular nuclear reactor firm shifts its focus to “key strategic areas.”

Trigo

Is reportedly shedding 15% of its workforce centered on pc imaginative and prescient for retailers.

InVision

Is shutting down on the finish of 2024 after a 12 yr run. The design collaboration startup was as soon as valued at practically $2B.

VideoAmp

Is shedding practically 20% of its workforce because it tries to keep up its battle with Nielsen over media measurement. CEO Ross McCray stepped down from the corporate.

Orca Safety

Is shedding roughly 15% of its workers, totaling 60 workers. The Israel-based unicorn reportedly plans to maneuver some impacted workers into different positions on the firm.

Frontdesk

Laid off its total 200-person workforce January 2 after makes an attempt to lift extra capital failed, TechCrunch solely discovered. The mass layoff comes simply seven months after the startup acquired rival Zencity

Knowledge visualization by Miranda Halpern, created with Flourish

December 2023

ShareChat

Is chopping 15% of its workforce in a “strategic restructuring” effort for 2024.

Insightec

Is reportedly shedding 100 workers, with 60 from the corporate’s Israel headquarters.

Udaan

Reportedly laid off as much as 150 workers in a restructuring effort. This month, the business-to-business e-commerce startup scored $340 million in new funding.

Enphase

Is lowering their workforce by round 10%, impacting roughly 350 contractors and workers, president and CEO Badri Kothandaraman wrote in a weblog submit December 18.

Arm Holdings PLC

Reportedly laid off greater than 70 software program engineers in China and can relocate some roles.

Supply Hero

Is shutting down operations in Taiwan and Turkey and plans to get rid of roles at its Berlin headquarters, the corporate mentioned December 18.

eBay

Is reportedly eliminating practically 10% of its workforce in Israel. It’s the corporate’s second spherical of layoffs this yr.

Intel

Will minimize 235 workers at its Folsom workplace campus on the finish of the yr, the corporate reported to state employment officers December 15.

Superpedestrian

Is shutting down its U.S.-based shared scooter operation and exploring a sale of its European enterprise, TechCrunch has solely discovered

Bolt

Confirmed it laid off 29% of its workers December 15. The e-commerce firm identified for its one-click checkout expertise was at one time the topic of a federal probe.

Cruise

In an announcement obtained solely by TechCrunch, the embattled self-driving automobile firm is chopping 900 workers, or 24% of its workforce, per a December 14 e mail from new president and CTO Mo Elshenawy.

Etsy

Is shedding 11% of its workforce. In a letter to workers December 13, CEO Josh Silverman cited a “very difficult macro and aggressive atmosphere.”

Chipper Money

Has reportedly laid off 15 folks throughout varied departments. It could be the fintech unicorn’s fourth spherical of layoffs this yr.

SmileDirectClub

Has shut down three months after submitting for Chapter 11 chapter, citing $900 million of debt. 

Sunfolding

Is reportedly winding down its operations. On its web site, Y Combinator categorizes Sunfolding as an “inactive” firm.

Zulily

Will lay off greater than 500 workers after closing achievement facilities in Ohio and Nevada in February 2024.

D2iQ

Is shutting down its operations and promoting its belongings to Nutanix.

Environment

Has reportedly eradicated a big a part of its workforce. The business-focused streaming TV service raised $100 million in 2022.

Tidal

Is shedding greater than 10% of its workers, the corporate confirmed to TechCrunch December 7. 

ZestMoney

Is shutting down operations. The Goldman Sachs-backed “purchase now, pay later” startup was as soon as valued at $450 million. 

Navan

Is chopping about 145 roles because the journey startup beforehand often called TripActions plans to turn into public.

Incredibuild

Is shedding 20% of its workforce. The software program growth startup beforehand raised $35 million in a Collection B funding in 2022.

Invoice

Will minimize round 15% of its workforce, the corporate introduced December 5, and shut its Sydney workplace to extend profitability.

CourseHero

Introduced December 5 it eradicated 23 workers throughout engineering, operations and growth. 

Pivo

Shut down operations December 5. The Nigerian fintech startup beforehand raised $2 million in a seed spherical.

Twilio

Introduced lots of of job cuts December 4, amounting to five% of the corporate’s workforce.

Spotify

Is eliminating about 1,500 jobs, the corporate introduced December 4. This marks Spotify’s third spherical of layoffs this yr.

Bending Spoons

Has laid off your complete workers of Filmic, the crew behind in style video and photo-editing apps that Bending Spoons acquired in July.

November 2023

Zepz

Minimize 30 roles November 30 after the fintech unicorn eradicated 26% of its workforce earlier this yr. 

Domo

Made reductions to 7% of workers, along with reductions in its contract workforce, CEO Joshua G. James introduced within the firm’s Q3 earnings name November 30.

Mojo

Is shedding 20% of its workers, the corporate introduced to workers November 30. The A-Rod and Marc Lore-founded sports activities betting startup beforehand raised $100 million.

Loco

Is chopping its workforce by about 36%, co-founders Anirudh Pandita and Ashwin Suresh introduced at a November 30 city corridor.

Unity

Is shedding 265 employees November 29 after eliminating its Wētā Digital division, which it acquired in 2021.

Tier Mobility

Is chopping roughly 22% of its workers, CEO and co-founder Lawrence Leuschner introduced November 28.

Dataminr

Is shedding about 20% of its workers beginning November 28, citing “the current speedy developments of our AI platform,” in accordance with a memo from founder and CEO Ted Bailey.

Multiverse

Will lay off practically a 3rd of their U.S. workers. It’s the second spherical of layoffs on the U.Okay.-based unicorn firm in simply over a month.

ONE

Is chopping its workforce by round 25% November 27, citing “market circumstances” affecting the EV battery startup.

ByteDance

Began mass layoffs November 27 in its gaming division, Nuverse, after two years of tepid efficiency. The variety of affected workers is unknown.

Veev

Is closing up store, in accordance with a number of reviews, after reaching unicorn standing in 2022.

Tulip

Laid off 25 workers, CEO Ali Asaria introduced November 24.

Anar

Is shutting down operations and returning capital to traders, CEO Nishank Jain introduced November 23.

Alerzo

Minimize 100 employees November 21, reportedly as a consequence of will increase in automation. The current layoffs come after Alzero minimize 15% of its workforce earlier this yr and 5% in 2022.

C3.ai

Reportedly minimize jobs throughout departments November 20, citing a necessity to cut back prices. Individuals aware of the matter advised Bloomberg that a number of impacted workers acquired only one month of severance.

Jodo

Reportedly minimize round 100 roles throughout engineering, buyer success, knowledge and gross sales November 20.

Amazon

Is reportedly shedding “a number of hundred” workers of their Alexa division and its freshly launched Synthetic Common Intelligence crew.

FreshBooks

Laid off 6% of their workforce November 17 as the corporate shuts down operations in Raleigh, North Carolina. President Mark Girvan and CEO Don Epperson are additionally leaving the corporate.

Beamery 

Is reportedly chopping 25% of its workforce amid a bigger restructuring and cost-cutting effort.

Paystack

Laid off 33 workers in Europe and Dubai November 16 as the corporate cuts down on operations exterior of Africa.

Sega

Is reportedly planning to “section out” 80 short-term employees by 2024. The corporate is now going through an unfair labor apply criticism, with employees alleging the layoffs are retaliation for unionizing.

Chewy

Laid off greater than 200 workers November 14. The cuts influence roles in HR, recruiting, knowledge, enterprise intelligence, plus administrators and better managers.

Amazon

Is chopping “simply over 180” roles in its gaming division, VP Christoph Hartmann wrote in an e mail to workers November 13.

Carta

Is reportedly chopping extra of its workforce. The variety of positions affected are unknown, however it might be the unicorn startup’s third layoff spherical this yr.

Pico

Is chopping a “few hundred” roles, an individual aware of the matter advised TechCrunch November 9. ByteDance’s Oculus challenger held an inside assembly asserting it’s halting its enlargement this week.

Cruise

Began shedding contingent employees who supported driverless operations November 9. These layoffs got here after the corporate recalled 950 robotaxis and misplaced key industrial permits to function in California.

Snap

Laid off fewer than 20 challenge managers November 8. CNBC reported that Snap’s vp of engineering, ​​Nima Khajehnouri, will even be leaving.

Amazon

Began chopping employees in its music streaming division in Latin America, North America and Europe, the corporate confirmed November 8.

Google

Confirmed November 8 it eradicated “a small variety of roles” in its shopper assist workers, Google Customers & Merchandise.

Virgin Galactic

Mentioned in a memo to workers November 8 it’s chopping prices and lowering workers. The variety of workers impacted is at present unknown.

Ubisoft Montreal

Confirmed November 7 it is going to minimize 98 roles in enterprise administration and IT. Ubisoft mentioned 124 positions will probably be eradicated general throughout Canada, together with reductions in its world IT crew and its VFX studio, Hybride.

Nextdoor

Revealed in its Q3 earnings that it’s lowering its workforce by 25%.

Past Meat

Introduced cuts November 6 affecting round 19% of its non-production workers. The plant-based meat firm says it is going to additionally assessment its total world operations for cost-cutting alternatives. 

Ava Labs

Is chopping 12% of its workforce, CEO Emin Gün Sirer confirmed November 6.

OpenSea

Laid off about 50% of its workers, the corporate confirmed November 3. CEO Devin Finzer posted an announcement on X saying the NFT market is now centered on “OpenSea 2.0.”

Starz

Is shedding greater than 10% of its workers forward of the corporate spinning out from Lionsgate, CEO Jeffrey Hirsch introduced November 3. The community and streaming app will even exit Australia and the U.Okay.

Faire 

Laid off about 250 folks November 3 as a part of restructuring. The wholesale market raised a $416 million extension at a $12.6 billion valuation final yr.

Niu

Confirmed to TechCrunch November 3 that it’s issuing a spherical of layoffs affecting about 10% of their workforce, citing “fierce competitors.”

100 Thieves

Is lowering its workforce by 20%, CEO John Robinson introduced November 2. The esports model is spinning out its sport studio in addition to its power drink model, Juvee.

OpenSpace

Performed a spherical of layoffs, CEO Jeevan Kalanithi introduced November 2. The variety of workers impacted by the layoffs has but to be reported.

Informatica

Is shedding 10% of its world workforce, the cloud knowledge administration firm introduced in its Q3 outcomes November 1.

Splunk

Is about to chop round 500 workers CEO Gary Steele mentioned in a message to workers November 1 forward of its deliberate acquisition by Cisco.

October 2023

Bungie

Is shedding about 100 workers, CEO Pete Parsons introduced 10/30. The Sony-owned sport studio can be delaying two of its upcoming titles because of this.

Karat

Reportedly minimize an estimated 10% of its workforce October 27 after the monetary startup for creators raised a $70 million Collection B spherical earlier this yr.

Hippo

Plans to get rid of 120 roles, the corporate mentioned in an SEC submitting October 30.

Liberty Mutual

Plans to chop 850 members of its workers, the insurance coverage firm confirmed October 27.

Salsify

Minimize 110 jobs and are transferring some roles overseas, CEO and co-founder Jason Purcell introduced October 25.

Slync

Is shutting down, months after its former CEO Chris Kirchner was arrested on fraud prices and sued the corporate to pay for his authorized payments.

Shipt

Introduced October 24 in an organization assertion that it laid off 3.5% of their workforce and can shut many open roles.

Pebble

The X various beforehand often called T2 introduced October 24 that it’s shutting down its operations.

Nokia

Introduced October 19 that it’s going to minimize as much as 14,000 jobs, or 16% of its workforce, following a large dip in Q3.

Roblox China

Minimize 15 roles on October 24, two years after the joint effort with Tencent abruptly paused its service.

Tropic

Eradicated 26 roles, CEO David Campbell confirmed in a LinkedIn submit October 21.

Convoy

Is halting operations as a consequence of a “huge freight recession,” CEO Dan Lewis introduced in a memo October 19, per week after shedding 20% of its workforce.

LegalZoom

Plans to put off greater than 100 employees in its gross sales division, the corporate disclosed in a Employee Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act letter.

Plume

Laid off greater than two dozen employees, TechCrunch discovered October 18, a couple of yr after the trans healthcare startup raised a $24 million Collection B. 

Google

Eradicated not less than 40 roles in its information division, Google confirmed October 18.

Expedia Group

Minimize round 100 jobs, Skift reviews, in its second spherical of layoffs in current months. The cuts reportedly impacted workers throughout knowledge and AI.

Stack Overflow

Laid off 28% of its workers, greater than seemingly impacting 100 folks, the Prosus-owned firm introduced October 16.

Bandcamp

Eradicated 50% of its workers on October 16 after possession modified from online game firm Epic to music licensing platform Songtradr. 

LinkedIn

Confirmed October 16 that it’s going to minimize 668 extra jobs, bringing the overall to just about 1,400 this yr, with the majority of the latest cuts impacting these with R&D roles.

Flexport

On October 13 started shedding 20% of its employees, about 600 folks, because it prepares for restructuring, and continues a cost-cutting marketing campaign that started with rescinding gives and dealing to lease workplace area.

Qualcomm

Is chopping 1,258 jobs in two of its California places of work. In line with a submitting with the California Employment Improvement Division, the semiconductor firm plans to make the reductions in December.

Blue Origin

Laid off 40 folks October 10, together with software program engineers and program managers, in accordance with The Data.

Sew Repair

Will lay off 558 workers after the non-public styling subscription service closes a distribution heart in Dallas.

Synapse

Confirmed October 6 that it had laid off 86 folks, about 40% of the a16z-backed fintech firm. Earlier within the yr, Synapse laid off 18% of its workers after its development slowed.

Fowl

Issued a brand new spherical of layoffs after buying Spin, in accordance with an e mail interim CEO Michael Washinushi despatched to the corporate. The layoffs got here one week after the corporate was delisted from the New York Inventory Trade, and the precise quantity stays unknown. 

Qualtrics

Introduced on October 4 that 780 roles are being eradicated and that “a number of hundred” roles are altering or transferring places in 2024. 

Hopper

Is lowering its full-time workers by 30%, amounting to 250 job cuts, the corporate introduced October 3.

Chainalysis

Introduced October 2 that it’s shedding round 15% of its workforce, affecting roughly 150 workers.

September 2023

IronNet

In a regulatory submitting printed September 29, the cybersecurity startup has ceased all enterprise actions because it prepares for Chapter 7 chapter and has laid off its remaining workers. 

Naughty Canine

Is reportedly chopping not less than 25 contract builders, two sources aware of the scenario advised Kotaku.

Epic Video games

Introduced on September 28 that the Fortnite maker is shedding 16% of its workforce, amounting to 870 folks.

Talkdesk

An impacted worker confirmed on September 27 that not less than 140 folks, if no more, have been affected by Talkdesk’s third spherical of layoffs in lower than 14 months.

Byju’s

Introduced on September 26, the corporate plans to chop 5,000 jobs as a consequence of restructuring efforts. The startup has eradicated greater than 10,000 positions prior to now two years.

Roblox

Confirmed to TechCrunch on September 21, Roblox let go of 30 workers in its expertise acquisition group. No different groups are impacted.

Divvy Houses

Introduced on September 11 that it’s shedding 94 workers.

Sensor Tower

Introduced on September 8 that it laid off roughly 40 folks out of the 270+ on the firm, together with C-suite executives.

Roku

Introduced September 6 that it plans to lay off roughly 10% of its workforce, representing over 300 workers.

August 2023

Malwarebytes

Introduced on August 31 that it laid off 100 workers, primarily impacting company workers.

Twiga

Introduced on August 21 that it’s shedding 283 workers, or 33% of its workforce.

SecureWorks

Introduced on August 14 that it’s going to let go of 15% of its workforce, impacting about 300 workers. That is the corporate’s second spherical of layoffs this yr.

CoinDesk

Introduced on August 14 that it’s chopping 16% of workers.

NCC Group

Confirmed on August 10 that it’s making extra layoffs, its second spherical of layoffs in simply six months. The corporate declined to say what number of workers are affected by this spherical of cuts. NCC Group minimize 125 workers in February.

Rapid7

Introduced on August 9 that it plans to lay off 18% of its workforce, affecting greater than 400 workers globally.

Cell Premier League

Introduced on August 8 that it’s shedding roughly 50% of its workers or 350 folks.

Astra

Introduced on August 4 that it has laid off 25% of its workforce for the reason that starting of the quarter.

Discord

Introduced on August 3 that it has let go of practically 40 workers or 4% of its workforce.

HackerOne

Introduced on August 2 that it’s shedding 12% of its workforce, roughly 50 workers.

Tekion

Introduced on August 2 by Inc42, the startup laid off round 300 workers or 10% of its workforce. Of the 300 workers being let go, about 200 have been from Tekion’s India workplace.

Planet

Introduced on August 1 that it’s shedding 117 workers, or 10% of workers.

July 2023

Dunzo

Introduced July 19 that it’s suspending worker salaries for a month and plans a brand new wave of layoffs as quickly as July 20. Dunzo executives knowledgeable workers that they are going to seemingly be chopping over 200 jobs, in what will probably be its third layoff this yr. The corporate has eradicated about 400 jobs this yr up to now.

Cameo

Introduced on July 18 that it intends to lay off 80 employees.

Talent-Lync

Introduced on July 13 that the Indian startup has laid off 20% of its workforce, round 225 workers.

Crunchbase

Introduced on LinkedIn on July 9 that the corporate is shedding 52 workers.

Microsoft

Introduced July 10 that the corporate is eliminating further jobs per week after the beginning of its 2023 fiscal yr. These layoffs are along with the 10,000 layoffs introduced in January.

ClickUp

Introduced on July 4 that it has laid off 10% of its workforce, about 90 folks.

June 2023

Niantic

Introduced June 29 that it laid of 230 workersone yr after it laid off round 90 workers.

Plex

Introduced June 29 that it laid off roughly 20% of its workers, or 37 workers.

Seize

Introduced the week of June 23 that it laid off greater than a thousand folks, or 11% of its workers.

Olx Group

Introduced on June 20 that it has minimize round 800 jobs globally. The information comes as the corporate began to shut operations of its automotive enterprise nit Olx Autos in some markets.

Mojocare

Introduced on June 18 that the firm will probably be shedding some 150 workers, a majority of the workforce.

Tada

Operated by Korean ride-sharing firm Socar’s subsidiary VCNC introduced on June 15 that it plans to let go of not less than 50% of its workers or about 45 folks at Tada.

Higher.com

Introduced on June 7 that it laid off its actual property crew, it’s not clear how many individuals have been impacted.

Ursa Main

At the very least 14 folks have been laid off from the rocket engine startup, introduced on June 7. Ursa Main didn’t reply to TechCrunch’s inquiry into the layoffs, or the variety of folks affected. In line with LinkedIn, 292 individuals are listed as at present working at Ursa.

Spotify

Introduced June 5 that it’s going to minimize 200 jobs in its podcast unit, resulting in a workforce discount of two%. This comes just some months after the corporate introduced a vital wave of layoffs.

Could 2023

Taxfix

Introduced on Could 30 that it has laid off 20% of workers—120 workers.

Meta

Introduced Could 24 that it’s shedding about 6,000 folks. In complete, about 21,000 folks have misplaced their jobs at Meta since November.

JioMart

Reliance Retail’s on-line procuring platform laid off over 1,000 workers on Could 22, and plans to chop as many as 9,900 extra roles over the approaching weeks.

Krebs Stamos Group

Introduced Could 18 that the consulting agency laid off six folks. In April, the agency had 18 workers together with the founders. On Could 18, the positioning exhibits solely 14 crew members.

TuSimple

Introduced Could 18 that it’s shedding about 30% of workers.

Previous to the layoff, TuSimple had about 550 workers within the U.S. and submit discount in pressure the corporate could have about 220, in accordance with the corporate.

Nuro

Introduced Could 12 that it will lay off 30%, or about 340 workers throughout the corporate.

LinkedIn

Introduced Could 8 that it’s chopping 716 jobs, or about 3.6% of complete workers, and can section out its native jobs app in China. Regardless of lowering some roles, LinkedIn additionally plans to open about 250 new jobs on Could 15.

Speedy

Introduced Could 5 that Speedy (beforehand often called RapidAPI) has laid off one other 70 workers lower than two weeks after letting go of fifty% of its workers. Simply 42 folks stay on the firm, down from 230 in April, dropping a complete of 82% in headcount.

Meesho

Introduced Could 4 that it has minimize 15% of its workforce, or 251 roles. This comes after its first spherical of layoffs, which eradicated 150 roles a couple of yr in the past.

Shopify

Introduced Could 4 that it’s shedding 20% of its workforce, impacting greater than 2,000 folks. It’s additionally promoting its logistics enterprise to Flexport for roughly 13% in inventory.

Bishop Fox

Introduced Could 3 that it laid off round 50 workers — or 13% of its workforce — on Could 2.

Neato Robotics

Introduced Could 1 that Vorwerk-owned Neato Robotics is shutting down, with practically 100 workers impacted by the transfer.

April 2023

Clubhouse

Introduced April 27 that it has laid off greater than 50% of workers. A spokesperson for Clubhouse declined to touch upon the variety of folks impacted by at present’s workforce discount or the variety of workers who stay on the firm. Final October, Davison advised TechCrunch that Clubhouse had near 100 workers.

Dropbox

Introduced April 27 that it can be shedding 500 workers or 16% of workers.

Amazon

Introduced on April 26 that it’s shutting down its Halo Well being division, efficient July 31, amongst different divisions. The layoffs are a part of the 9,000 workers introduced in March. Together with the 18,000-person layoffs introduced in January, this brings the overall to 27,000 job cuts or 8% of Amazon’s company workforce this yr.

Speedy

Introduced on April 25, Speedy, beforehand often called RapidAPI, lays off 50% of its workers. The layoffs are believed to have impacted 115 folks.

Anthemis Group

Introduced on April 25 that it’s going to lay off 16 folks from its workers, or 28% of workers.

Lyft

Introduced on April 21 that workers will be taught whether or not they have a job or not through an e mail that will probably be despatched out April 27.

Lyft layoffs to have an effect on 26% of workforce, or about 1,072 folks as promised on April 27.

Meta

Introduced April 18th that it’s anticipated to lay off 10,000 jobs within the coming months. That is on prime of the 11,000 jobs that have been minimize in November.

Redfin

Introduced April thirteenth that it has laid off 201 workers, about 4% of its workforce. That is the third time the Seattle-based actual property firm has decreased its workforce since June.

Apple

Bloomberg reported on April 3 that Apple is shedding a small variety of roles on its company retail groups.

March 2023

Netflix

Introduced on March 31, Netflix confirms a “handful of layoffs,” which incorporates two longtime executives. The precise variety of layoffs is unclear. Netflix is scheduled to report Q1 2023 outcomes on April 18.

Roku

Introduced March 30 that it’s letting go of about 200 workers, or 6% of its workforce. The corporate had laid off 200 U.S. workers again in November.

Unacademy

Introduced March 30 that it has laid off greater than 350 roles, or 12% of its workforce — simply over 4 months after chopping about 350 roles in November.

Shift Applied sciences

Introduced March 29 that it laid off 30% of its workforce in Q1 2023.

Lucid

Introduced March 28 that it’s shedding 1,300 workers, or 18% of its workforce, to be accomplished by the top of Q2 2023.

GitHub

Introduced on March 28 that it has eradicated over 100 jobs within the South Asian market, shedding nearly its total engineering crew in India. A GitHub spokesperson advised TechCrunch that the layoff is a part of the streamlining effort the agency had disclosed in February to chop roughly 10% of its workforce by finish of Q1 2023.

Disney

On March 27 in an inside memo to workers, Disney revealed there will probably be three rounds of layoffs, the primary starting this week. The job cuts will influence roughly 7,000 workers, which was introduced in February.

Salesforce

On March 24, Bloomberg reported that extra layoffs may very well be on the way in which at Salesforce, quoting chief working officer Brian Millham, who indicated that the corporate may very well be including to the ongoing job chopping on the CRM chief and in tech generally. If the layoffs occur, it might come on prime of the ten% minimize in January.

Accenture

Introduced March 23 that it plans to chop 19,000 jobs, or 2.5% of its workforce.

Certainly

Introduced March 22 that it’s going to lay off 2,200 workers, or 15% of its workers.

Roofstock

Introduced March 22 that it has laid off 27% of its workers, roughly 100 workers.

Twitch

Introduced March 20 that it’s going to lay off 400 workers.

Amazon

Introduced March 20 one other spherical of considerable layoffs, this time 9,000 individuals are set to lose their jobs. TechCrunch is listening to that round 10% of at present’s complete got here from AWS. As a part of the brand new spherical of layoffs, Amazon is shutting down DPReview.

Livespace

Introduced March 20 that it has laid off not less than 100 workers, about 2% of the corporate’s workforce.

Course Hero

Introduced March 16 that it has minimize 15% of workers, or 42 folks.

Klaviyo

Introduced March 15 that it has laid off 140 of its workers throughout all groups.

Microsoft

As part of its current announcement to layoff 10,000 folks, Microsoft laid off a whole crew devoted to guiding AI innovation that results in moral, accountable and sustainable outcomes. On March 27, Microsoft laid off 559 employees from its Bellevue and Redmond operations.

Meta

CEO Mark Zuckerberg confirmed rumors March 14 that the corporate will probably be chopping 10,000 folks from its workforce and round 5,000 open roles that it had but to fill.

Y Combinator

Introduced March 13 that it’s going to influence 20% of workers, or 17 crew members.

Salesforce…continued

Salesforce first introduced that it was shedding 10% of the workforce in January, however some workers didn’t know till February. The week of March 10, extra workers are simply studying they’ve been laid off. Salesforce confirmed that these layoffs have been a part of the ten%.

Atlassian

Introduced on March 6, Atlassian is shedding about 500 workers, or 5% of its complete workforce.

SiriusXM

Introduced on March 6, the firm laid off 475 workers, or 8% of its complete workforce.

Alerzo

The Nigerian B2B e-commerce platform had a headcount of greater than 2,000 earlier than a primary spherical of layoffs in September 2022. Alerzo has lhelp off 15% of its full-time workforce, the corporate confirmed on March 6, leaving about 800 workers on the startup.

Cerebral

Introduced March 1, the corporate is letting go 15% of it’s workforce — roughly 285 workers.

Waymo

Introduced March 1, Alphabet’s Waymo issued a second spherical of layoffs this yr. Mixed with the preliminary cuts in January, the self-driving expertise firm has let go of 8%, or 209 workers, of its workforce.

Thoughtworks

Introduced on March 1, the firm laid off about 4% of its world workforce — roughly 500 workers.

February 2023

Twitter

Introduced on February 26, the firm laid off greater than 200 workers, together with Esther Crawford, Haraldur Thorleifsson and Leah Culver. Since Musk took over Twitter in October final yr, the corporate’s headcount has fallen by greater than 70%.

Poshmark

Introduced February 24, Poshmark confirmed with TechCrunch that lower than 2% of its workforce was affected, primarily within the U.S. The corporate employs roughly 800+ workers.

Inexperienced Labs

We shouldn’t have a precise determine of what number of Inexperienced Labs plans to put off its workers. Inexperienced Labs confirmed to TechCrunch that it’s conducting a spherical of layoffs that might influence not less than 50% of its workforce.

Chipper Money

Introduced on February 20, the African cross-border funds platform carried out a second spherical of layoffs simply 10 weeks after it minimize roughly 12.5% of its workforce. Chipper Money relieved virtually one-third of its workforce, about 100 workers.

Evernote

On February 17 the firm confirmed shedding 129 folks.

Jumia

Introduced February 16 that it minimize 20% of its workers, or greater than 900 positions throughout its 11 markets, in This autumn of 2022.

Convoy

Introduced on February 16 that it’s shuttering its Atlanta workplace and shedding employees as a part of restructuring. That is the third time in lower than a yr that the corporate has laid off employees.

Sprinklr

Introduced on February 15 that it’s going to influence 4% of its world workforce — or greater than 100 workers.

iRobot

Introduced on February 13 that it’s going to lay off 7% of its workforce, roughly 85 workers.

Twilio

Introduced on February 13 that it’s going to influence round 17% of its world workforce, about 1,400 folks.

GitHub

Introduced February 9, 10% of its workers will probably be impacted by way of the top of the corporate’s fiscal yr. Earlier than this announcement, which was first reported by Fortune, GitHub had about 3,000 workers.

Yahoo

Introduced on February 9, 20% of its workers, impacting 1,600 workers in its adtech enterprise. Yahoo is the mum or dad firm to TechCrunch.

GitLab

Introduced February 9 that it’s lowering its headcount by 7%. The spherical of redundancies will influence round 114 folks, although that particular determine depends on its precise headcount as of February 9.

Affirm

Introduced on February 8 that it’s lowering its workers by 19%, or about 500 workers, and shutting down its crypto unit.

Zoom

Introduced the minimize of 15% of its workers, or 1,300 folks on February 7.

VinFast

VinFast has not shared what number of workers have been minimize, however a LinkedIn submit from a former worker mentioned “practically 35 roles” have been affected. Introduced on February 6.

Dell

Introduced February 6, impacting 6,650 folks, or 5% of worldwide workforce.

Getaround

Introduced February 2, 10% of workers — about 42 workers.

Pinterest

Introduced February 2, 150 workers impacted. That is the second job-cutting transfer inside weeks of the primary spherical in December 2022.

Rivian

Introduced on February 1, chopping 6% of its workforce for the second time in lower than a yr.

January 2023

SoFi Applied sciences

Introduced on January 31, chopping 65 jobs, or about 5% of its 1,300-person workforce. First reported by The Wall Avenue Journal.

NetApp

Introduced on January 31, impacting 8% of its workers — about 960 folks.

Groupon

Impacting one other 500 workers introduced on January 31. The corporate mentioned this new set of layoffs will probably be unfold throughout the primary two quarters of 2023.

Unattainable Meals

Reportedly affecting 20% of its workers, over 100 workersBloomberg reported first.

PayPal

Introduced on January 30, about 2,000 full-time workers, or 7% of its workforce, have been affected.

Arrival

Introduced on January 30, with a newly appointed CEO, slashing 50% of its workforce — 800 workers globally.

Waymo

The self-driving expertise unit below Alphabet quietly laid off employees on January 24, in accordance with The Data and several other posts on LinkedIn and Blind. It’s not but clear what number of of Waymo’s workers will probably be affected.

Spotify

Introduced on January 23, impacting round 6% of its world workforce — round 600 workers.

Alphabet

Google’s mum or dad firm introduced shedding 6% of its world workforce on January 21, equating to 12,000 workers. These cuts influence divisions corresponding to Space 120, the Google in-house incubator and Alphabet’s robotics division, Intrinsic.

Fandom

The leisure firm introduced an unspecified variety of workers impacted throughout a number of properties on January 20. In line with a report by Selection, the firm employs round 500 folks, and the layoffs have affected roughly 10% of its workers throughout completely different websites.

Swiggy

Introduced plans to lay off 380 jobs on January 20 and shut down its meat market.

Sophos

Introduced on January 18, 10% of its world workforce, about 450 folks have been let go.

Microsoft

As introduced on January 18, 10,000 workers will probably be impacted.

GoMechanic

Laid off 70% of its workforce on January 18.

Clearco

Introduced on January 17, impacting 30% of workers throughout all groups.

ShareChat

Introduced on January 15, ShareChat laid off 20% of its workforce — or over 400 workers — only a month after eliminating greater than 100 roles.

SmartNews

Introduced on January 12 a 40% discount of its U.S. and China workforce, or round 120 folks.

Intrinsic

Alphabet’s robotic software program agency, Intrinsic, is shedding 40 workers TechCrunch confirmed on January 12. Amounting to round 20% of the headcount.

Greenlight

The fintech startup providing debit playing cards to youngsters laid off 104 workers on January 12, or over 21% of its complete headcount of 485 workers.

Profession Karma

Studying navigation platform Profession Karma laid off one other 22 folks on January 12 throughout its world and home workforce.

DirectTV

Introduced on January 12 plans to put off about 10% of its administration workers on January 20.

Informatica

Reported on January 11 that it’s going to lay off 7% of it’s workforce, or 450 staffers globally.

Carta

Introduced on January 11, the fairness administration platform minimize 10% of its workers. Judging by LinkedIn knowledge, the layoff may have impacted round 200 workers.

Citizen

Impacting 33 workers members on January 11.

Coinbase

To minimize 950 jobs, or about 20% of its workforce, and shut down “a number of” initiatives, introduced on January 10. That is the second spherical of main layoffs on the crypto trade, which eradicated 18% of its workforce, or practically 1,100 jobs final June.

SuperRare

The NFT market is chopping 30% of its workers, introduced on January 6.

Amazon

Introduced on January 5, eliminating greater than 18,000 roles. This announcement extends a beforehand introduced spherical of layoffs in November of 2022. On January 19, the corporate introduced it might finish AmazonSmile.

Salesforce

Introduced on January 4 that it’s chopping 10% of its workforce, impacting greater than 7,000 workers. A month later, some Salesforce workers had simply discovered they have been additionally part of the ten% layoff announcement.

Vimeo

Introduced on January 4, chopping 11% of its workforce.

Editor’s observe: Natasha Mascarenhas has contributed to this compilation. 



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