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As new rounds of mass layoffs at major technology companies are being announced in 2025, according to latest report by RationalFX.  The report: examining the workforce reductions around the world in 2024 and since the beginning of the year, shows about 26,215 have been laid off in 80 tech companies, primarily American.

RELATED: Over 280,000 employees in the tech sector laid off in 2024, another 11,000 job cuts in 2025

RationalFX aggregated layoff announcements sourced from U.S. WARN notices, the job portal TrueUp, TechCrunch and the Layoffs.fyi layoff tracker for the entirety of 2024. It also looked into the latest layoffs since the beginning of January 2025, focusing on companies in the technology sector. Numbers show that 280,991 employees in technology companies were laid off last year, with another 26,215 let go since January.

Key takeaways

  • A total of 80 tech companies, primarily American, have laid off 26,215 employees since January 2025. We found another 40 companies reducing their workforce or shutting down operations altogether but with no confirmed figures for the positions eliminated.
  • The tech companies with the largest layoffs so far this year are Meta (3,600 job cuts), STMicro (3,000 job cuts), Microsoft (2,280 job cuts), and Amazon (2,100).
  • Enterprise software giant Workday also announced plans to eliminate roughly 8.5% of its workforce or around 1,750 positions, followed by GM-owned autonomous taxis Cruise, which laid off 1,050 after being shut down by its parent company in December.
  • Salesforce and Jeff Bezos’ space travel company also joined the wave of layoffs, each slashing 1,000 jobs.
  • In 2024, tech companies around the world laid off 280,991 employees, with U.S. tech giants Dell, Intel, and Amazon cutting the most jobs.

U.S tech companies lead the list

Since January 2025, U.S.-based tech companies have slashed another 18,168 jobs. Globally, at least 26,215 employees in the technology sector have lost their jobs.

These are the 10 companies with the largest layoffs so far in 2025:

  • Meta (Menlo Park, CA, U.S.) – 3,600 laid-off employees
  • STMicro (Geneva, Switzerland) – 3,000 laid-off employees
  • Microsoft (Redmond, WA, U.S.), 2,280 laid-off employees
  • Amazon (Seattle, WA, U.S.) – 2,100 laid-off employees
  • Workday (Pleasanton, CA, U.S.) – 1,750 laid-off employees
  • Cruise (San Francisco, CА, U.S.) – 1,050 laid-off employees
  • Salesforce (San Francisco, CA, U.S.) – 1,000 laid-off employees
  • eFishery (Bandung, Indonesia) – 1,000 laid-off employees
  • Blue Origin (Kent, WA, U.S.) – 1,000 laid-off employees
  • Wayfair (Boston, MA, U.S.) – 730 laid-off employees

Further details about the layoffs available in the full report.

 

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