Layoff

CISA cuts more staff and reassigns others as government stays shut down

America's main cybersecurity agency has lost almost 1,000 people this year

Public Sector14 Oct 2025 | 6

Fiverr cuts 30% of staff in pivot to being 'an AI-first company'

ai-pocalypse 250 people now have the chance to sell their freelance services on the site

AI + ML16 Sep 2025 | 17

Your call is very important to us – which is why we're connecting you to a human

ai-pocalypse Gartner survey shows very few are planning to replace human support staff

AI + ML12 Sep 2025 | 24

Four more execs man the decks at leaky sales vessel Atos

'Leading provider of AI-powered digital transformation' plays buzzword bingo as 'seasoned leaders' climb on board

AI + ML02 Sep 2025 | 4

IRS has lost one-quarter of its IT staff since Trump took office

The 2026 tax year ought to be fun

Public Sector23 Jul 2025 | 28

Laid-off AWS employee describes cuts as 'cold and soulless'

Insiders tell The Register that a company-wide automation push means jobs are disappearing

AI + ML18 Jul 2025 | 63

Intel swings the axe again as it looks to lose 5,000 staff

Updated Our sources tell us mostly back office staff were let go, and that the mood in the office is very pessimistic

On-Prem17 Jul 2025 | 11

Security shop Adarma ceases trading, confirms it will enter administration

Former staffers of struggling UK biz say they don’t expect to be paid for July

Security16 Jul 2025 | 3

Looks like 1,300 Indeed and Glassdoor staffers will need their former employer's websites

No reason given for the 6% cull, but the CEO has previously talked up AI taking jobs

Software12 Jul 2025 | 43

Microsoft kicks off new fiscal year with more layoffs

Reports of 9,000 staff cut

Software02 Jul 2025 | 20

Intel totals automotive group

Lip-Bu Tan calls in the crusher

Systems25 Jun 2025 | 15

Microsoft boots 3% of staff in latest cull, middle managers first in line

Redmond talks up new technologies, capabilities for productivity ... just don’t call it AI

Software13 May 2025 | 26

Duolingo jumps aboard the 'AI-first' train, will phase out contractors

Luis von Ahn says small quality hits are a price worth paying to ride the wave

AI + ML29 Apr 2025 | 36

America's National Science Foundation workers fired in bulk by Trump now reinstated

Judge slams 'significant chaos' that's become Uncle Sam's standard operating procedure

Science04 Mar 2025 | 84

Binned off staff, slashed stock options. What's next? Ah yes, bigger C-suite bonuses

And really, nothing out of the ordinary for Silicon Valley

Bootnotes22 Feb 2025 | 17

National Science Foundation staff axed by Trump fear for US scientific future

Feature An inside tale: Probation extended, tenure revoked, a scramble to merge research portfolios, and more

Science21 Feb 2025 | 144

Trump can't quickly or easily kill the CHIPS Act, but he can fire the workers funded by it

Comment Reported layoffs suggest R&D functions may be hobbled, fab subsidies also at risk

On-Prem19 Feb 2025 | 79

Googlers asked if they'd like to bury themselves next to Stadia, Chromecast, DropCam

That's one way to focus the Platforms & Devices team

On-Prem31 Jan 2025 | 15

IT job market is still shrinking but not as quickly as last year

Half the number of roles axed, and yes – you can keep blaming AI

CxO15 Jan 2025 | 36

Microsoft trims jobs as new year begins

Updated Redmond claims tiny cuts are performance based

Personal Tech09 Jan 2025 | 24

That position you just applied for might be a 'ghost job' that'll never be filled

Turns out it's perfectly legal to waste applicants' time, use posts to squeeze more productivity out of employees

Legal03 Nov 2024 | 132

Dropbox to shed another 500 staff, CEO takes 'full responsibility'

Cloudy concern has also spent over $500M buying back its own shares amid multiple rounds of layoffs

SaaS31 Oct 2024 | 65

Bandai Namco reportedly tries to bore staff into quitting, skirting Japan’s labor laws

Welcome to the oidashi beya, aka expulsion rooms

Offbeat16 Oct 2024 | 60

Dell says biz transformation continues. Translation: More layoffs

This follows the tech giant's August plan to cut 12,500 jobs

Systems11 Sep 2024 | 4

You had one job – and four US regulators will share info to check a merger didn't unfairly end it

The mass layoffs that follow tech acquisitions are likely to attract greater scrutiny

Public Sector04 Sep 2024 | 4

Fintech outfit Klarna swaps humans for AI by not replacing departing workers

Insists it's not cutting jobs and pays harder-to-automate people more with AI savings

AI + ML29 Aug 2024 | 17

GM axes 1,000+ jobs in software and service division, majority in US

Automaker claims it has to ‘make bold choices’

Software19 Aug 2024 | 9

Cisco slashes thousands of staff, 7% of entire workforce, pivots into AI

Reorg of entire biz as tech giant addresses downturn in core networking segment

Networks15 Aug 2024 | 15

Dell starts new round of layoffs while it looks to 'unlock modern AI'

HR apparently overwhelmed by attempt to sack 12.5K people in one day

Systems06 Aug 2024 | 21

Infineon announces layoffs as Q3 results disappoint

Follows 15% job cuts from chip giant Intel, with CEO blaming weak economy

Systems05 Aug 2024 | 8

Intel to shed at least 15% of staff, will outsource more to TSMC, slash $10B in costs

Analysis Share price in meltdown as Pat hopes buyers, investors, board can wait for 2026 turnaround

Systems01 Aug 2024 | 44

Intel prepares to cut 'thousands' of workers

Employees hate this one simple trick to fix failing business empires

Systems31 Jul 2024 | 9

Meta's mass layoff severance agreements illegal, says judge

You can't offer a better deal in exchange for silence, argues NLRB

Networks22 Jul 2024 | 30

Intuit decimates staff, hopes to hire same number in AI refocus

What's that Lassie? The IRS hopes to offer free direct tax filing for everyone next year?

Applications10 Jul 2024 | 6

X marks the spot where Twitter's severance math doesn't add up

Surely an everything app includes a working currency converter?

Off-Prem13 Jun 2024 | 33

Twitch ditches Safety Advisory Council, relaunches with vetted 'ambassadors'

Who needs experts when you have an army of hand-picked super users telling you what you want to hear?

Personal Tech31 May 2024 | 13

Toshiba to shed 4,000 jobs as part of revitalization plan

Over-50s to get early retirement offer

Storage17 May 2024 | 13

Tesla layoff circus runs into fourth week with another round of cuts

Musk continues quest to make Tesla leaner, meaner, more profitable

Personal Tech07 May 2024 | 69

Musk axes two more senior Tesla leaders, guts public policy team – report

It's not like you need wonks to put driverless robotaxis on public roads or anything

Personal Tech30 Apr 2024 | 60

Python, Flutter teams latest on the Google chopping block

Updated Never mind the record revenues, costs must be cut

Software29 Apr 2024 | 45

Stability AI decimates staff just weeks after CEO's exit

More like Instability AI, right kids?

AI + ML18 Apr 2024 | 13

Tesla decimates staff amid ongoing performance woe

Shares of the worst performing member of the S&P 500 slide some more as news unlikely to please investors

Personal Tech15 Apr 2024 | 85

Apple cuts hundreds of jobs after ditching the car project and more

Self-driving to the nearest job center

Personal Tech05 Apr 2024 | 12

AWS severs connection with several hundred staff

'Necessary,' 'focusing our efforts,' 'deliver maximum impact' ... sounds just like all the other tech layoffs lately

PaaS + IaaS03 Apr 2024 | 13

Sega grabs tech layoff baton and dumps couple hundred Euro staff

Gaming industry clings to 'Survive 2024'

Personal Tech30 Mar 2024 | 25

IBM said to be binning off more staff as 'workforce rebalance' continues

Next logical step after rounds of voluntary layoffs

Systems12 Mar 2024 | 24

YouTube workers laid off mid-plea at city hall meeting

Caught on camera: 'Our jobs are ended today, effective immediately'

Offbeat05 Mar 2024 | 46

Electronic Arts frags hundreds of workers 'to grow fandom'

Dating app Bumble also finds breaking up is easy to do for a third of its crew

Personal Tech29 Feb 2024 | 11

Today in tech layoffs: Sony Interactive and Expedia

Game over for 900 staff as PlayStation London office and more shuttered

CxO27 Feb 2024 | 9

Rivian decimates staff to put a brake on spending

With only enough cash on hand to keep the lights on until 2025, loss-making automaker may soon be next casualty of the EV revolution

Personal Tech22 Feb 2024 | 46

Google rings in 2024 with sweeping layoffs

Cuts are a continuation of late-2023 redundancies to help teams better 'align their resources'

Off-Prem11 Jan 2024 | 6

Latest tech layoffs: Twitch, Duolingo, Citrix parent ditch hundreds of workers

Happy New Year!

On-Prem11 Jan 2024 | 15

Unity to slash 25% of workforce under former Red Hat CEO Whitehurst

Move comes months after software licensing scandal

Software09 Jan 2024 | 18

'Only 700 new IT jobs' were created in US last year

Pandemic overhiring + AI-generated cuts at the entry level = A bad year to be a techie, says Janco

AI + ML08 Jan 2024 | 26

Xerox prints pink slips for 15% of workforce

Happy New Year, now go replace that human resources cartridge

On-Prem03 Jan 2024 | 19

Intel trims a few hundred workers in Cali just in time for Christmas

Merry Xmas! Now get out

On-Prem21 Dec 2023 | 6