Q2 2026 YTD: 130 companies have announced layoffs cutting 269,576 jobs through June.
| Company | People Cut | % of Workforce | Date | Category |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Volkswagen Group | 100,000 | 14.7% | WEAK DEMAND | |
| Volkswagen Group | 19,000 | 2.8% | WEAK DEMAND | |
| Cognizant | 15,000 | 4.2% | AI-DRIVEN | |
| Spirit Airlines | 14,000 | 100.0% | WEAK DEMAND | |
| Kyndryl | 10,000 | 13.7% | RESTRUCTURE | |
| British American Tobacco | 9,000 | 20.0% | COST CUT | |
| Microsoft | 8,750 | 7.0% | AI-DRIVEN | |
| Standard Chartered | 7,800 | 9.4% | AI-DRIVEN | |
| Commerzbank | 6,900 | 17.3% | MERGER | |
| PayPal | 4,760 | 20.0% | AI-DRIVEN | |
| Takeda | 4,500 | 9.2% | COST CUT | |
| Cisco | 4,000 | 5.0% | AI-DRIVEN | |
| Porsche | 3,900 | 9.3% | RESTRUCTURE | |
| Evonik | 3,200 | 9.7% | RESTRUCTURE | |
| Intuit | 3,000 | 16.5% | AI-DRIVEN | |
| Republic National Distributing | 2,774 | 27.7% | MERGER | |
| Amdocs | 2,500 | 8.6% | AI-DRIVEN | |
| Acrisure | 2,250 | 11.0% | AI-DRIVEN | |
| Electrolux | 2,100 | 4.0% | WEAK DEMAND | |
| BBC | 2,000 | 9.3% | COST CUT | |
| Saks Global | 1,866 | 11.0% | RESTRUCTURE | |
| BioNTech | 1,860 | 22.0% | WEAK DEMAND | |
| Goodyear | 1,700 | 2.4% | COST CUT | |
| Lucid | 1,500 | 16.7% | WEAK DEMAND | |
| JBS | 1,485 | 0.5% | RESTRUCTURE | |
| Nike | 1,400 | 1.8% | RESTRUCTURE | |
| Claire's | 1,300 | 7.6% | RESTRUCTURE | |
| Cloudflare | 1,100 | 21.3% | AI-DRIVEN | |
| Walmart | 1,100 | 0.1% | AI-DRIVEN | |
| Wix | 1,000 | 19.0% | AI-DRIVEN | |
| Snap | 1,000 | 19.0% | AI-DRIVEN | |
| Disney | 1,000 | 0.5% | RESTRUCTURE | |
| UKG | 950 | 7.4% | AI-DRIVEN | |
| Nissan | 900 | 9.7% | WEAK DEMAND | |
| 875 | 5.0% | AI-DRIVEN | ||
| Inter IKEA Group | 850 | 3.1% | RESTRUCTURE | |
| Fidelity Investments | 800 | 1.0% | RESTRUCTURE | |
| PNC / FirstBank | 777 | 35.3% | MERGER | |
| Rackspace | 750 | 15.0% | AI-DRIVEN | |
| Fifth Third Bank | 740 | 2.7% | MERGER | |
| Group 1 Automotive | 700 | 5.0% | COST CUT | |
| BILL Holdings | 700 | 30.0% | RESTRUCTURE | |
| Coinbase | 700 | 14.0% | AI-DRIVEN | |
| Bell Canada | 690 | 1.8% | RESTRUCTURE | |
| LAUSD (Los Angeles Unified School District) | 657 | 1.1% | COST CUT | |
| Verizon | 621 | 0.7% | AI-DRIVEN | |
| Amazon | 616 | 0.0% | RESTRUCTURE | |
| ZoomInfo | 600 | 20.0% | RESTRUCTURE | |
| General Motors | 600 | 0.4% | RESTRUCTURE | |
| Eagle Rock Distributing | 526 | 65.8% | MERGER | |
| Freshworks | 500 | 11.1% | AI-DRIVEN | |
| Smokey Bones | 500 | 100.0% | MERGER | |
| Bungie | 400 | 50.0% | RESTRUCTURE | |
| Groupon | 400 | 23.5% | AI-DRIVEN | |
| Ubisoft | 380 | 2.0% | RESTRUCTURE | |
| GitLab | 361 | 14.0% | RESTRUCTURE | |
| Ticketmaster | 350 | 8.0% | AI-DRIVEN | |
| Uber | 340 | 1.0% | AI-DRIVEN | |
| Innovaccer | 340 | - | AI-DRIVEN | |
| Cboe Global Markets | 332 | 20.0% | RESTRUCTURE | |
| Lucid | 319 | 4.7% | COST CUT | |
| Rivian | 300 | 2.0% | WEAK DEMAND | |
| FanDuel | 300 | 6.0% | RESTRUCTURE | |
| Starbucks | 300 | 1.9% | RESTRUCTURE | |
| Sodexo | 296 | - | RESTRUCTURE | |
| Robinhood | 290 | 10.0% | RESTRUCTURE | |
| ClickUp | 290 | 22.3% | AI-DRIVEN | |
| LAHSA | 284 | 47.3% | RESTRUCTURE | |
| Fujitsu UK | 270 | 10.0% | RESTRUCTURE | |
| Manhattan Associates | 260 | 5.9% | RESTRUCTURE | |
| Elastic | 250 | 7.1% | AI-DRIVEN | |
| Teva | 250 | 0.7% | RESTRUCTURE | |
| Opendoor | 250 | 17.9% | AI-DRIVEN | |
| DeepL | 250 | 25.0% | AI-DRIVEN | |
| Arctic Wolf | 250 | 8.3% | AI-DRIVEN | |
| Bolt | 250 | 33.3% | AI-DRIVEN | |
| SentinelOne | 240 | 8.0% | AI-DRIVEN | |
| Expeditors International | 230 | 1.2% | RESTRUCTURE | |
| Bristol Myers Squibb | 206 | 0.6% | COST CUT | |
| Campbell's | 205 | 36.1% | RESTRUCTURE | |
| Diageo | 200 | 0.7% | COST CUT | |
| Artlist | 200 | 40.0% | AI-DRIVEN | |
| BlackRock | 200 | 0.8% | COST CUT | |
| Southern Cross Media | 200 | 3.0% | AI-DRIVEN | |
| Sony Pictures | 200 | 1.7% | RESTRUCTURE | |
| Gilead Sciences | 192 | 91.9% | MERGER | |
| Fresh Venture Foods | 185 | 9.2% | RESTRUCTURE | |
| Cars.com | 185 | 10.9% | RESTRUCTURE | |
| Build a Rocket Boy | 170 | 68.0% | WEAK DEMAND | |
| Replimune | 161 | 59.6% | COST CUT | |
| Molina Healthcare | 156 | 0.9% | RESTRUCTURE | |
| BigID | 150 | 23.1% | AI-DRIVEN | |
| Gambling.com Group | 150 | 25.0% | AI-DRIVEN | |
| Upwork | 145 | 24.2% | AI-DRIVEN | |
| GoPro | 145 | 23.0% | RESTRUCTURE | |
| Webflow | 140 | 8.0% | AI-DRIVEN | |
| Transdev | 126 | 0.4% | RESTRUCTURE | |
| WK Kellogg Co | 117 | 3.5% | RESTRUCTURE | |
| Veritone | 112 | 25.1% | RESTRUCTURE | |
| Johns Hopkins University | 110 | 0.4% | COST CUT | |
| AI21 Labs | 110 | 61.1% | AI-DRIVEN | |
| Elementor | 100 | 30.3% | AI-DRIVEN | |
| iHeartMedia | 100 | 1.0% | RESTRUCTURE | |
| Skai | 100 | 20.0% | AI-DRIVEN | |
| Rapyd | 100 | 14.3% | AI-DRIVEN | |
| Daily Wire | 100 | 50.0% | COST CUT | |
| KPMG US | 100 | 10.0% | COST CUT | |
| GladUDid Chick-fil-A | 98 | 100.0% | RESTRUCTURE | |
| Autolus Therapeutics | 98 | 13.0% | RESTRUCTURE | |
| Snyk | 90 | 5.8% | AI-DRIVEN | |
| Pendo | 90 | 10.6% | AI-DRIVEN | |
| Salesforce | 86 | 0.1% | AI-DRIVEN | |
| BitGo | 85 | 15.0% | RESTRUCTURE | |
| Reyes Coca-Cola Bottling | 85 | 0.9% | RESTRUCTURE | |
| University of Maryland, College Park | 84 | 0.6% | COST CUT | |
| PGA Tour | 80 | 4.0% | COST CUT | |
| Lightricks | 75 | 17.0% | AI-DRIVEN | |
| Penn Entertainment | 75 | 0.3% | RESTRUCTURE | |
| Corteva | 73 | 0.3% | RESTRUCTURE | |
| Mercedes-Benz R and D North America | 72 | 2.4% | COST CUT | |
| Streamland Media | 71 | 4.7% | WEAK DEMAND | |
| Portland Trail Blazers | 70 | 28.0% | COST CUT | |
| Star Tribune | 65 | 13.1% | RESTRUCTURE | |
| Starbucks | 61 | 0.4% | RESTRUCTURE | |
| Minute Media | 60 | 12.0% | AI-DRIVEN | |
| Associated Press | 60 | 1.8% | RESTRUCTURE | |
| Ethereum Foundation | 54 | 20.0% | RESTRUCTURE | |
| Sonos | 40 | 3.0% | RESTRUCTURE | |
| MARA Holdings | 40 | 15.0% | AI-DRIVEN | |
| Los Angeles Lakers | 20 | 6.7% | COST CUT |