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The combined impact of Seattle Tech (20,000 jobs), Oracle (30,000 jobs), Novo Nordisk (400 jobs), and Epic Games (1,000 jobs) drove a surge in April layoffs, pushing the 2026 total to 316,527 lost positions, with a concentration in the Software & Cloud sector.
Seattle Tech’s recent 20,000-job reduction, coupled with Oracle’s 30,000-job cut and further layoffs at Novo Nordisk (400) and Epic Games (1000), account for 50,400 jobs lost in the last month, significantly inflating the 2026 total to 316,527.
Seattle Tech’s 20,000-job cut on April 1st dramatically increased recent layoff activity, contributing to a total of 50,000 jobs lost in the last two weeks of March and early April, pushing the 2026 total to 316,527.
April's layoffs began with a substantial 20,000-job cut at Seattle Tech, bringing the total jobs lost since the start of 2026 to 316,527, with 50,000+ jobs impacted in the last two weeks of March and early April alone.
Following a substantial March increase, reported layoffs have paused in early April, however, the cumulative total for 2026 now stands at 295,703, with Oracle’s 30,000-job cut representing a significant single-company contribution.
Layoffs surged to 111,170 in March 2026, representing a 41.
March 2026 witnessed a dramatic spike in tech layoffs, with 110,170 positions eliminated—over 40% of the 264,303 jobs lost year-to-date—driven heavily by OpenAI's 4,500 cuts and Meta’s 700, signaling a potential acceleration of workforce reductions.
March 2026 saw a surge in layoffs with 110,170 jobs lost, a substantial increase from February’s 78,000, primarily fueled by cuts at OpenAI (4,500) and Meta (700) alongside continued restructuring in the crypto space, bringing the 2026 total to 264,303.
March 2026 experienced a 40.3% increase in monthly layoffs, totaling 104,130 jobs lost, significantly driven by large-scale cuts at Crypto.com (4100) and Block (4000 + 26).
March 2026 saw a massive surge in layoffs driven by Crypto.
Crypto.com's layoff of 15,444 jobs dominates this month’s total job loss of 104,070 across a total so far of 158,203 from 60+ companies.
The total jobs lost this year has skyrocketed to 253,703, marking the most severe tech sector job cuts over the past decade.
This month (March) saw 74,126 jobs lost, marking a significant increase from previous months with Dell laying off almost one half of all jobs alone.
March 2026 has seen a surge in layoffs with 63126 jobs lost, with tech giants like Dell and Crypto.com being the major players.
Mega layoffs continue with top companies like Dell (38000 jobs lost) and Meta (21k jobs losses)
A surge of 56,000 job losses in March, driven largely by tech and manufacturing sectors.
For 2026-03-21, there were over 56,000 jobs lost in a month alone, with the software and cloud sectors dominating with AI-attributed cuts impacting large companies including the shipping colossus Maersk.
The software and cloud sectors continue to dominate layoffs, with significant job cuts reported by major companies like Meta (16,000 jobs) and Dell (11,000 jobs). These industries are at the forefront of technological innovation and often rely heavily on AI automation, highlighting a potential correlation between technological advancements and workforce restructuring. It's worth noting that these sectors also include many jobs that can be automated with AI — potentially causing this imbalance.
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