The tech-wide reckoning that started in 2022 and ran all through into 2023 has continued into this yr. And whereas 2024’s losses are usually not at that scale, they’re nonetheless important, 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, wherein 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 gradual to construct, exterior of shiny spots inside synthetic intelligence and adjoining firms, leading to tech firms persevering with to chop again on their workforces and pivot from a development mindset to 1 based mostly on effectivity within the face of cussed market circumstances.
However monitoring these layoffs helps us to grasp the affect on innovation, which firms are dealing with robust pressures and who is obtainable to rent for the companies fortunate to be rising proper now. Sadly, it additionally serves as a reminder of the deeply human affect of layoffs and how danger profiles might evolve from right here.
Under you’ll discover a complete record of all of the recognized layoffs in tech that began final yr, to be up to date month-to-month. When you’ve got a tip on a layoff, contact us right here. Should you favor to stay nameless, you possibly can contact us right here.
The ultimate whole of layoffs for 2023 ended up being 262,735, in keeping with Layoffs.fyi. Tech layoffs carried out in 2023 had been 59% greater than 2022’s whole, in keeping with the information within the tracker. And 2024 is off to a tough begin regardless of not reaching the height of final yr’s first quarter cutbacks.
- January: 89,554 workers laid off — see all January 2023 Tech Layoffs
- February: 40,021 workers laid off — see all February 2023 Tech Layoffs
- March: 37,823 workers laid off — see all March 2023 Tech Layoffs
- April: 20,014 workers laid off — see all April 2023 Tech Layoffs
- Could: 14,928 workers laid off — see all Could 2023 Tech Layoffs
- June: 10,958 workers laid off — see all June 2023 Tech Layoffs
- July: 10,589 workers laid off — see all July 2023 Tech Layoffs
- August: 9,545 workers laid off — see all August 2023 Tech Layoffs
- September: 4,632 workers laid off — see all September 2023 Tech Layoffs
- October: 7,331 workers laid off — see all October 2023 Tech Layoffs
- November: 6,956 workers laid off — see all November 2023 Tech Layoffs
- December: 7,159 workers laid off — see all December 2023 Tech Layoffs
- January 2024: 19,350 workers laid off — see all January 2024 Tech Layoffs
Knowledge visualization by Miranda Halpern, created with Flourish
February 2024
Fisker
Plans to put off 15% of its workforce and says it probably doesn’t have sufficient money readily available to outlive the following 12 months.
EA
Reduce 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 slicing lots of of workers who labored on the corporate’s autonomous electrical automobile undertaking now that the trouble 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 can even be impacted.
Expedia
Will reportedly lower 1,500 roles in 2024, primarily in its Product & Expertise 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 robust 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 instructed TechCrunch completely.
Cisco
Introduced it should get rid of 5% of its workers, impacting greater than 4,000 folks.
Toast
Will lay off about 550 staff in a transfer designed to advertise “working expense effectivity.”
Instacart
Introduced in an SEC submitting that it’ll lay off roughly 250 workers as a part of a restructuring effort.
Mozilla
Is scaling again its funding in various merchandise, TechCrunch has discovered, leading to layoffs that may have an effect on roughly 60 workers.
Grammarly
Is shedding 230 workers worldwide as a part of the corporate’s efforts to advance its concentrate on “the AI-enabled office of the longer term.”
Getaround
Is slicing 30% of its North American workforce as a part of a restructuring.
Amazon
Is reportedly slicing 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 divisions.
Snap
Introduced plans to chop 10% of its workforce, impacting roughly 500-plus workers, in an effort to “cut back hierarchy.”
Polygon Labs
Has laid off 60 workers, or about 19% of its employees, CEO Marc Boiron introduced in a weblog publish.
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 staff in New York Metropolis, in keeping with a submitting with the New York Division of Labor.
Proofpoint
Is shedding about 6% of its international 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 accustomed to the state of affairs instructed 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 shall be affected, one supply instructed TechCrunch it was anticipated to be within the “hundreds.”
Aurora Photo voltaic
Has laid off 20% of its employees of about 1,000 folks, TechCrunch completely discovered. The cuts to the software program startup come regardless of document development within the photo voltaic trade 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 staff, or round 1% of its employees. This comes after the corporate had a major discount of 10% of its workforce in 2023.
Flexport
Is reportedly planning to chop round 20% of its employees within the subsequent few weeks. The corporate introduced related 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 can even be stepping down.
Swiggy
Is slicing about 400 jobs, 7% of its workforce, because the meals supply startup seeks to deliver additional enhancements to its funds forward of a deliberate IPO later this yr.
Aurora
Laid off dozens of staff, in keeping with sources accustomed to the choice. The autonomous automobile 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 publish, 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 employees, affecting 282 staff. In a weblog publish, Co-CEO Pedro Franceschi stated that the corporate is prioritizing “long-term considering and possession over short-term positive aspects 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 keeping with NPR’s preliminary reporting, are largely in gross sales and promoting.
Vroom
Is slicing 90% of its workers because it shuts down its on-line used automobile market and shifts assets into two enterprise models: 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 also be sunsetting its five-year-old publishing group, Riot Forge.
Wayfair
Is eliminating 13% of its international workforce, affecting 1,650 workers, in a restructuring effort geared toward slicing 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.
Is shedding “lots of” of workers in its promoting gross sales group, in keeping 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 instructed 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 completely discovered, with the entire impacted workers probably reaching as excessive as 20% of the animation studio’s 1,300 particular person workforce. The cutbacks come as Disney seems to be to cut back the studio’s output because it struggles to attain profitability in streaming.
Audible
Is shedding 5% of its workforce, citing an “more and more difficult panorama,” in keeping with a leaked memo obtained by Enterprise Insider.
Discord
Is shedding 17% of its employees, impacting 170 folks. In an inner memo obtained by the Verge, Discord CEO Jason Citron blamed the cuts on the corporate rising too shortly.
Laid off lots of of workers throughout its Google Assistant division and the group 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 keeping 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 employees, amid a continued battle to attain profitability within the face of rising prices and group backlash. The pending layoffs come after lots of extra workers had 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 keeping with a number of sources.
Duolingo
Confirmed it lower 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.
Lease the Runway
Will lower about 10% of company roles because it goes via 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 via three rounds of layoffs in 2023.
Pitch
Laid off two-thirds of its workers because the German startup, which constructed collaborative presentation software program, seems to be to pursue a “fully completely different path.” CEO and co-founder Christian Reber additionally stepped down.
BenchSci
The AI and biomedical startup reportedly lower 17% of its workforce January 8, citing “shifts within the financial atmosphere,” in a LinkedIn publish asserting the layoffs.
Flexe
Eradicated 38% of its employees 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 employees, or 154 staff, because the small modular nuclear reactor firm shifts its focus to “key strategic areas.”
Trigo
Is reportedly shedding 15% of its workforce centered on laptop 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 take care of its battle with Nielsen over media measurement. CEO Ross McCray stepped down from the corporate.
Orca Safety
Is shedding roughly 15% of its employees, totaling 60 workers. The Israel-based unicorn reportedly plans to maneuver some impacted workers into different positions on the firm.
Frontdesk
Laid off its complete 200-person workforce January 2 after makes an attempt to boost extra capital failed, TechCrunch completely 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 slicing 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 publish 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 stated 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 lower 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 completely discovered.
Bolt
Confirmed it laid off 29% of its employees December 15. The e-commerce firm recognized for its one-click checkout expertise was at one time the topic of a federal probe.
Cruise
In an announcement obtained completely by TechCrunch, the embattled self-driving automobile firm is slicing 900 workers, or 24% of its workforce, per a December 14 electronic 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 numerous departments. It will 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.
Ambiance
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 employees, 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 slicing about 145 roles because the journey startup beforehand referred to as TripActions plans to develop 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 lower 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 entire employees of Filmic, the group behind fashionable video and photo-editing apps that Bending Spoons acquired in July.
November 2023
Zepz
Reduce 30 roles November 30 after the fintech unicorn eradicated 26% of its workforce earlier this yr.
Domo
Made reductions to 7% of employees, 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 employees, the corporate introduced to employees November 30. The A-Rod and Marc Lore-founded sports activities betting startup beforehand raised $100 million.
Loco
Is slicing its workforce by about 36%, co-founders Anirudh Pandita and Ashwin Suresh introduced at a November 30 city corridor.
Unity
Is shedding 265 staff November 29 after eliminating its Wētā Digital division, which it acquired in 2021.
Tier Mobility
Is slicing roughly 22% of its employees, CEO and co-founder Lawrence Leuschner introduced November 28.
Dataminr
Is shedding about 20% of its employees beginning November 28, citing “the latest fast developments of our AI platform,” in keeping with a memo from founder and CEO Ted Bailey.
Multiverse
Will lay off practically a 3rd of their U.S. employees. It’s the second spherical of layoffs on the U.Ok.-based unicorn firm in simply over a month.
ONE
Is slicing 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 keeping with a number of stories, 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
Reduce 100 staff November 21, reportedly attributable to will increase in automation. The latest layoffs come after Alzero lower 15% of its workforce earlier this yr and 5% in 2022.
C3.ai
Reportedly lower jobs throughout departments November 20, citing a necessity to cut back prices. Folks accustomed to the matter instructed Bloomberg that a number of impacted workers acquired only one month of severance.
Jodo
Reportedly lower round 100 roles throughout engineering, buyer success, information 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 group.
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 slicing 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 “part out” 80 short-term staff by 2024. The corporate is now dealing with an unfair labor follow grievance, with staff alleging the layoffs are retaliation for unionizing.
Chewy
Laid off greater than 200 workers November 14. The cuts affect roles in HR, recruiting, information, enterprise intelligence, plus administrators and better managers.
Amazon
Is slicing “simply over 180” roles in its gaming division, VP Christoph Hartmann wrote in an electronic mail to workers November 13.
Carta
Is reportedly slicing 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 slicing a “few hundred” roles, an individual accustomed to the matter instructed TechCrunch November 9. ByteDance’s Oculus challenger held an inner assembly asserting it’s halting its enlargement this week.
Cruise
Began shedding contingent staff 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 undertaking managers November 8. CNBC reported that Snap’s vp of engineering, Nima Khajehnouri, can even be leaving.
Amazon
Began slicing staff in its music streaming division in Latin America, North America and Europe, the corporate confirmed November 8.
Confirmed November 8 it eradicated “a small variety of roles” in its client assist employees, Google Customers & Merchandise.
Virgin Galactic
Mentioned in a memo to employees November 8 it’s slicing prices and lowering employees. The variety of workers impacted is at present unknown.
Ubisoft Montreal
Confirmed November 7 it should lower 98 roles in enterprise administration and IT. Ubisoft stated 124 positions shall be eradicated total throughout Canada, together with reductions in its international IT group 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 should additionally evaluate its complete international operations for cost-cutting alternatives.
Ava Labs
Is slicing 12% of its workforce, CEO Emin Gün Sirer confirmed November 6.
OpenSea
Laid off about 50% of its employees, the corporate confirmed November 3. CEO Devin Finzer posted a press release on X saying the NFT market is now centered on “OpenSea 2.0.”
Starz
Is shedding greater than 10% of its employees forward of the corporate spinning out from Lionsgate, CEO Jeffrey Hirsch introduced November 3. The community and streaming app can even exit Australia and the U.Ok.
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 vitality 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 international workforce, the cloud information administration firm introduced in its Q3 outcomes November 1.
Splunk
Is about to chop round 500 workers CEO Gary Steele stated 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 also be delaying two of its upcoming titles consequently.
Karat
Reportedly lower 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 stated in an SEC submitting October 30.
Liberty Mutual
Plans to chop 850 members of its employees, the insurance coverage firm confirmed October 27.
Salsify
Reduce 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 costs 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 referred to as T2 introduced October 24 that it’s shutting down its operations.
Nokia
Introduced October 19 that it’ll lower as much as 14,000 jobs, or 16% of its workforce, following a large dip in Q3.
Roblox China
Reduce 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 publish October 21.
Convoy
Is halting operations attributable to 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 staff in its gross sales division, the corporate disclosed in a Employee Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act letter.
Plume
Laid off greater than two dozen staff, TechCrunch discovered October 18, a few yr after the trans healthcare startup raised a $24 million Collection B.
Eradicated at the very least 40 roles in its information division, Google confirmed October 18.
Expedia Group
Reduce round 100 jobs, Skift stories, in its second spherical of layoffs in latest months. The cuts reportedly impacted workers throughout information and AI.
Stack Overflow
Laid off 28% of its employees, greater than probably impacting 100 folks, the Prosus-owned firm introduced October 16.
Bandcamp
Eradicated 50% of its employees on October 16 after possession modified from online game firm Epic to music licensing platform Songtradr.
Confirmed October 16 that it’ll lower 668 extra jobs, bringing the entire to just about 1,400 this yr, with the majority of the newest cuts impacting these with R&D roles.
Flexport
On October 13 started shedding 20% of its staff, about 600 folks, because it prepares for restructuring, and continues a cost-cutting marketing campaign that started with rescinding affords and dealing to lease workplace house.
Qualcomm
Is slicing 1,258 jobs in two of its California workplaces. In keeping 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 keeping with The Data.
Sew Repair
Will lay off 558 workers after the non-public styling subscription service closes a distribution middle 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.
Hen
Issued a brand new spherical of layoffs after buying Spin, in keeping with an electronic 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 Change, 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 employees 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 revealed September 29, the cybersecurity startup has ceased all enterprise actions because it prepares for Chapter 7 chapter and has laid off its remaining employees.
Naughty Canine
Is reportedly slicing at the very least 25 contract builders, two sources accustomed to the state of affairs instructed 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 at the very least 140 folks, if no more, had 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 attributable to 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 Properties
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’ll 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 slicing 16% of employees.
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 lower 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 had been from Tekion’s India workplace.
Planet
Introduced on August 1 that it’s shedding 117 workers, or 10% of employees.
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 probably be slicing over 200 jobs, in what shall be its third layoff this yr. The corporate has eradicated about 400 jobs this yr to this point.
Cameo
Introduced on July 18 that it intends to lay off 80 staff.
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 extra 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 workers — one yr after it laid off round 90 workers.
Plex
Introduced June 29 that it laid off roughly 20% of its employees, or 37 workers.
Seize
Introduced the week of June 23 that it laid off greater than a thousand folks, or 11% of its employees.
Olx Group
Introduced on June 20 that it has lower 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 shall 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 at the very least 50% of its employees or about 45 folks at Tada.
Higher.com
Introduced on June 7 that it laid off its actual property group, it’s not clear how many individuals had been impacted.
Ursa Main
No less than 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 keeping with LinkedIn, 292 individuals are listed as at present working at Ursa.
Spotify
Introduced June 5 that it’ll lower 200 jobs in its podcast unit, resulting in a workforce discount of two%. This comes just some months after the corporate introduced a important wave of layoffs.
Could 2023
Taxfix
Introduced on Could 30 that it has laid off 20% of employees—120 workers.
Meta
Introduced Could 24 that it’s shedding about 6,000 folks. In whole, 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 reveals solely 14 group 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 publish discount in pressure the corporate could have about 220, in keeping with the corporate.
Nuro
Introduced Could 12 that it will lay off 30%, or about 340 workers throughout the corporate.
Introduced Could 8 that it’s slicing 716 jobs, or about 3.6% of whole workers, and can part out its native jobs app in China. Regardless of lowering some roles, LinkedIn additionally plans to open about 250 new jobs on Could 15.
Fast
Introduced Could 5 that Fast (beforehand referred to as RapidAPI) has laid off one other 70 workers lower than two weeks after letting go of fifty% of its employees. 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 lower 15% of its workforce, or 251 roles. This comes after its first spherical of layoffs, which eradicated 150 roles a few 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 employees. A spokesperson for Clubhouse declined to touch upon the variety of folks impacted by immediately’s workforce discount or the variety of workers who stay on the firm. Final October, Davison instructed TechCrunch that Clubhouse had near 100 workers.
Dropbox
Introduced April 27 that it could be shedding 500 workers or 16% of employees.
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 entire to 27,000 job cuts or 8% of Amazon’s company workforce this yr.
Fast
Introduced on April 25, Fast, beforehand referred to as RapidAPI, lays off 50% of its employees. The layoffs are believed to have impacted 115 folks.
Anthemis Group
Introduced on April 25 that it’ll lay off 16 folks from its employees, or 28% of workers.
Lyft
Introduced on April 21 that workers will study whether or not they have a job or not by way of an electronic mail that shall 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 high of the 11,000 jobs that had been lower 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 slicing 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 tip of Q2 2023.
GitHub
Introduced on March 28 that it has eradicated over 100 jobs within the South Asian market, shedding nearly its complete engineering group in India. A GitHub spokesperson instructed 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 inner memo to workers, Disney revealed there shall be three rounds of layoffs, the primary starting this week. The job cuts will affect roughly 7,000 workers, which was introduced in February.
Salesforce
On March 24, Bloomberg reported that extra layoffs might be on the best way at Salesforce, quoting chief working officer Brian Millham, who indicated that the corporate might be including to the ongoing job slicing on the CRM chief and in tech basically. If the layoffs occur, it might come on high of the ten% lower 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’ll lay off 2,200 workers, or 15% of its employees.
Roofstock
Introduced March 22 that it has laid off 27% of its employees, roughly 100 workers.
Twitch
Introduced March 20 that it’ll 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 immediately’s whole 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 at the very least 100 workers, about 2% of the corporate’s workforce.
Course Hero
Introduced March 16 that it has lower 15% of employees, or 42 folks.
Klaviyo
Introduced March 15 that it has laid off 140 of its employees throughout all groups.
Microsoft
As part of its latest announcement to layoff 10,000 folks, Microsoft laid off a whole group devoted to guiding AI innovation that results in moral, accountable and sustainable outcomes. On March 27, Microsoft laid off 559 staff from its Bellevue and Redmond operations.
Meta
CEO Mark Zuckerberg confirmed rumors March 14 that the corporate shall be slicing 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’ll affect 20% of employees, or 17 group 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 had been a part of the ten%.
Atlassian
Introduced on March 6, Atlassian is shedding about 500 workers, or 5% of its whole workforce.
SiriusXM
Introduced on March 6, the firm laid off 475 workers, or 8% of its whole 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 lsupport 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 international workforce — roughly 500 workers.
February 2023
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 don’t have a precise determine of what number of Inexperienced Labs plans to put off its employees. Inexperienced Labs confirmed to TechCrunch that it’s conducting a spherical of layoffs that might affect at the very least 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 lower 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 lower 20% of its employees, 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 staff as a part of restructuring. That is the third time in lower than a yr that the corporate has laid off staff.
Sprinklr
Introduced on February 15 that it’ll affect 4% of its international workforce — or greater than 100 workers.
iRobot
Introduced on February 13 that it’ll lay off 7% of its workforce, roughly 85 workers.
Twilio
Introduced on February 13 that it’ll affect round 17% of its international workforce, about 1,400 folks.
GitHub
Introduced February 9, 10% of its employees shall be impacted via the tip 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 employees, impacting 1,600 workers in its adtech enterprise. Yahoo is the dad or mum firm to TechCrunch.
GitLab
Introduced February 9 that it’s lowering its headcount by 7%. The spherical of redundancies will affect round 114 folks, although that particular determine relies on its precise headcount as of February 9.
Affirm
Introduced on February 8 that it’s lowering its employees by 19%, or about 500 workers, and shutting down its crypto unit.
Zoom
Introduced the lower of 15% of its employees, or 1,300 folks on February 7.
VinFast
VinFast has not shared what number of workers have been lower, however a LinkedIn publish from a former worker stated “practically 35 roles” had 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 employees — about 42 workers.
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, slicing 6% of its workforce for the second time in lower than a yr.
January 2023
SoFi Applied sciences
Introduced on January 31, slicing 65 jobs, or about 5% of its 1,300-person workforce. First reported by The Wall Road Journal.
NetApp
Introduced on January 31, impacting 8% of its employees — about 960 folks.
Groupon
Impacting one other 500 workers introduced on January 31. The corporate stated this new set of layoffs shall be unfold throughout the primary two quarters of 2023.
Inconceivable Meals
Reportedly affecting 20% of its employees, over 100 workers, Bloomberg reported first.
PayPal
Introduced on January 30, about 2,000 full-time workers, or 7% of its workforce, had 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 beneath Alphabet quietly laid off staff on January 24, in keeping with The Data and several other posts on LinkedIn and Blind. It’s not but clear what number of of Waymo’s employees shall be affected.
Spotify
Introduced on January 23, impacting round 6% of its international workforce — round 600 workers.
Alphabet
Google’s dad or mum firm introduced shedding 6% of its international workforce on January 21, equating to 12,000 workers. These cuts affect divisions reminiscent of 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 keeping with a report by Selection, the firm employs round 500 folks, and the layoffs have affected roughly 10% of its employees 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 international workforce, about 450 folks had been let go.
Microsoft
As introduced on January 18, 10,000 workers shall be impacted.
GoMechanic
Laid off 70% of its workforce on January 18.
Clearco
Introduced on January 17, impacting 30% of employees 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 whole headcount of 485 workers.
Profession Karma
Studying navigation platform Profession Karma laid off one other 22 folks on January 12 throughout its international and home workforce.
DirectTV
Introduced on January 12 plans to put off about 10% of its administration employees on January 20.
Informatica
Reported on January 11 that it’ll lay off 7% of it’s workforce, or 450 staffers globally.
Carta
Introduced on January 11, the fairness administration platform lower 10% of its employees. Judging by LinkedIn information, the layoff might have impacted round 200 workers.
Citizen
Impacting 33 employees members on January 11.
Coinbase
To lower 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 slicing 30% of its employees, 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 slicing 10% of its workforce, impacting greater than 7,000 workers. A month later, some Salesforce workers had simply discovered they had been additionally part of the ten% layoff announcement.
Vimeo
Introduced on January 4, slicing 11% of its workforce.
Editor’s observe: Natasha Mascarenhas has contributed to this compilation.
