Final yr’s techwide reckoning continues. The tech business has seen more than 240,000 jobs misplaced in 2023, a complete that’s already 50% greater than final yr and rising. Earlier this yr, mass workforce reductions had been pushed by the most important names in tech like Google, Amazon, Microsoft, Yahoo, Meta and Zoom. Startups throughout many sectors additionally introduced cutbacks by the primary half of the yr. And whereas tech layoffs slowed down in the summertime and fall, it seems that cuts are ramping up yet again.
Many economists have cautioned in opposition to fears of a recession, which would appear like a reason for optimism. However the momentum for a tech sector rebound has been gradual to construct, leading to tech firms persevering with to chop again on their workforces and pivot from a progress mindset to 1 based mostly on effectivity within the face of cussed market situations.
However tracking these layoffs helps us to grasp the impression on innovation, which firms are dealing with powerful pressures and who is offered to rent for the companies fortunate to be rising proper now. Sadly, it additionally serves as a reminder of the deeply human impression of layoffs and how risk profiles could evolve from here.
Beneath you’ll discover a complete listing of all of the recognized layoffs in tech which have occurred in 2023, to be up to date month-to-month. When you have a tip on a layoff, contact us here. Should you want to stay nameless, you possibly can contact us here.
The working whole of layoffs for 2023 based mostly on full months thus far is 224,503, according to Layoffs.fyi. Tech layoffs carried out thus far this yr at present exceed the full variety of tech layoffs in 2022, in response to the info within the tracker.
- 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
- Might: 14,928 workers laid off — see all May 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
Information visualization by Miranda Halpern, created with Flourish
January 2024
Pixar
Goes to put off workers in 2024, TechCrunch exclusively learned, with the full impacted workers probably reaching as excessive as 20% of the animation studio’s 1,300 individual workforce. The cutbacks come as Disney seems to cut back the studio’s output because it struggles to attain profitability in streaming.
Audible
Is shedding 5% of its workforce, citing an “increasingly challenging landscape,” in response to a leaked memo obtained by Enterprise Insider.
Discord
Is shedding 17% of its staff, impacting 170 individuals. In an inner memo obtained by the Verge, Discord CEO Jason Citron blamed the cuts on the corporate rising too rapidly.
Laid off hundreds of employees throughout its Google Assistant division and the staff 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 “several hundreds” of employees at Prime Video and MGM Studios, in response to a memo obtained by TechCrunch. The cuts come days after the 500 layoffs at Amazon’s Twitch.
Twitch
Is reportedly laying off 500 employees, 35% of its present workers, amid a continued wrestle to attain profitability within the face of rising prices and group backlash. The pending layoffs come after a whole bunch 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 response to a number of sources.
Duolingo
Confirmed it cut 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.
Hire the Runway
Will reduce about 10% of corporate roles because it goes by a restructuring plan following Anushka Salinas’ deliberate resignation as working chief and president on the finish of January.
Unity
Is reducing its workforce by about 25%, or 1,800 individuals. The online game engine maker went by 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 pursue a “completely different path.” CEO and co-founder Christian Reber additionally stepped down.
BenchSci
The AI and biomedical startup reportedly reduce 17% of its workforce January 8, citing “shifts in the economic environment,” in a LinkedIn submit saying the layoffs.
Flexe
Eradicated 38% of its staff January 8 as the web retail logistics firm follows up after conducting layoffs in September 2023.
NuScale
Introduced January 8 it’s shedding 28% of its staff, or 154 employees, because the small modular nuclear reactor firm shifts its focus to “key strategic areas.”
Trigo
Is reportedly shedding 15% of its workforce targeted 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 nearly $2B.
VideoAmp
Is shedding nearly 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 staff, totaling 60 workers. The Israel-based unicorn reportedly plans to maneuver some impacted workers into different positions on the firm.
Frontdesk
Laid off its whole 200-person workforce January 2 after makes an attempt to lift extra capital failed, TechCrunch exclusively learned. The mass layoff comes simply seven months after the startup acquired rival Zencity.
December 2023
ShareChat
Is slicing 15% of its workforce in a “strategic restructuring” effort for 2024.
Insightec
Is reportedly shedding 100 employees, with 60 from the corporate’s Israel headquarters.
Udaan
Reportedly laid off up to 150 employees 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 around 10%, impacting roughly 350 contractors and workers, president and CEO Badri Kothandaraman wrote in a weblog submit December 18.
Arm Holdings PLC
Reportedly laid off more than 70 software 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 mentioned December 18.
eBay
Is reportedly eliminating nearly 10% of its workforce in Israel. It’s the corporate’s second spherical of layoffs this yr.
Intel
Will reduce 235 employees 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 exclusively learned.
Bolt
Confirmed it laid off 29% of its staff 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 exclusively by TechCrunch, the embattled self-driving automotive firm is slicing 900 employees, or 24% of its workforce, per a December 14 e-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 challenging macro and competitive environment.”
Chipper Money
Has reportedly laid off 15 people 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 more than 500 employees after closing achievement facilities in Ohio and Nevada in February 2024.
D2iQ
Is shutting down its operations and promoting its property to Nutanix.
Environment
Has reportedly eliminated a big a part of its workforce. The business-focused streaming TV service raised $100 million in 2022.
Tidal
Is shedding more than 10% of its staff, the corporate confirmed to TechCrunch December 7.
ZestMoney
Is shutting down operations. The Goldman Sachs-backed “buy now, pay later” startup was as soon as valued at $450 million.
Navan
Is cutting about 145 roles because the journey startup beforehand often known as TripActions plans to grow to be public.
Incredibuild
Is shedding 20% of its workforce. The software program improvement startup beforehand raised $35 million in a Collection B funding in 2022.
Invoice
Will reduce round 15% of its workforce, the corporate introduced December 5, and shut its Sydney workplace to extend profitability.
CourseHero
Introduced December 5 it eliminated 23 employees throughout engineering, operations and improvement.
Pivo
Shut down operations December 5. The Nigerian fintech startup beforehand raised $2 million in a seed spherical.
Twilio
Introduced hundreds 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 the entire staff of Filmic, the staff behind well-liked 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 workers, along with reductions in its contract workforce, CEO Joshua G. James introduced within the firm’s Q3 earnings call November 30.
Mojo
Is shedding 20% of its staff, the corporate introduced to workers 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 workers November 29 after eliminating its Wētā Digital division, which it acquired in 2021.
Tier Mobility
Is slicing roughly 22% of its staff, CEO and co-founder Lawrence Leuschner introduced November 28.
Dataminr
Is shedding about 20% of its staff beginning November 28, citing “the recent rapid advancements of our AI platform,” in response to a memo from founder and CEO Ted Bailey.
Multiverse
Will lay off almost a third of their U.S. staff. 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 around 25% November 27, citing “market conditions” 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 shop, in response to a number of experiences, after reaching unicorn status in 2022.
Tulip
Laid off 25 workers, CEO Ali Asaria announced November 24.
Anar
Is shutting down operations and returning capital to buyers, CEO Nishank Jain announced November 23.
Alerzo
Reduce 100 workers November 21, reportedly resulting from will increase in automation. The latest layoffs come after Alzero reduce 15% of its workforce earlier this yr and 5% in 2022.
C3.ai
Reportedly cut jobs throughout departments November 20, citing a necessity to cut back prices. Folks accustomed to the matter advised Bloomberg that a number of impacted workers acquired only one month of severance.
Jodo
Reportedly reduce around 100 roles throughout engineering, buyer success, information and gross sales November 20.
Amazon
Is reportedly shedding “several hundred” workers of their Alexa division and its freshly launched Synthetic Basic Intelligence staff.
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 cutting 25% of its workforce amid a bigger restructuring and cost-cutting effort.
Paystack
Laid off 33 employees in Europe and Dubai November 16 as the corporate cuts down on operations outdoors of Africa.
Sega
Is reportedly planning to “phase out” 80 temporary workers by 2024. The corporate is now dealing with an unfair labor apply criticism, with employees alleging the layoffs are retaliation for unionizing.
Chewy
Laid off more than 200 employees November 14. The cuts impression roles in HR, recruiting, information, enterprise intelligence, plus administrators and better managers.
Amazon
Is slicing “just over 180” roles in its gaming division, VP Christoph Hartmann wrote in an email to workers November 13.
Carta
Is reportedly cutting more of its workforce. The variety of positions affected are unknown, however it will be the unicorn startup’s third layoff spherical this yr.
Pico
Is slicing a “few hundred” roles, an individual accustomed to the matter advised TechCrunch November 9. ByteDance’s Oculus challenger held an inner assembly saying it’s halting its growth this week.
Cruise
Began laying off contingent workers who supported driverless operations November 9. These layoffs got here after the corporate recalled 950 robotaxis and lost key commercial permits to function in California.
Snap
Laid off fewer than 20 project managers November 8. CNBC reported that Snap’s vice chairman of engineering, Nima Khajehnouri, may also be leaving.
Amazon
Began cutting workers in its music streaming division in Latin America, North America and Europe, the corporate confirmed November 8.
Confirmed November 8 it eliminated “a small number of roles” in its shopper help workers, Google Customers & Merchandise.
Virgin Galactic
Stated in a memo to workers November 8 it’s cutting costs and reducing staff. The variety of workers impacted is at present unknown.
Ubisoft Montreal
Confirmed November 7 it’s going to cut 98 roles in enterprise administration and IT. Ubisoft mentioned 124 positions might be eradicated general throughout Canada, together with reductions in its world IT staff 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 around 19% of its non-production workers. The plant-based meat firm says it’s going to additionally overview its whole world 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 staff, the corporate confirmed November 3. CEO Devin Finzer posted a statement on X saying the NFT market is now targeted on “OpenSea 2.0.”
Starz
Is shedding more than 10% of its staff forward of the corporate spinning out from Lionsgate, CEO Jeffrey Hirsch introduced November 3. The community and streaming app may also exit Australia and the U.Ok.
Faire
Laid off about 250 people 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 competition.”
100 Thieves
Is lowering its workforce by 20%, CEO John Robinson announced November 2. The esports model is spinning out its sport studio in addition to its power drink model, Juvee.
OpenSpace
Carried out a spherical of layoffs, CEO Jeevan Kalanithi announced November 2. The variety of workers impacted by the layoffs has but to be reported.
Informatica
Is shedding 10% of its global workforce, the cloud information administration firm introduced in its Q3 outcomes November 1.
Splunk
Is ready to chop around 500 employees CEO Gary Steele mentioned 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 announced 10/30. The Sony-owned sport studio can be delaying two of its upcoming titles in consequence.
Karat
Reportedly reduce 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 eliminate 120 roles, the corporate mentioned in an SEC submitting October 30.
Liberty Mutual
Plans to chop 850 members of its staff, 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 fees 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 alternative beforehand often known as T2 introduced October 24 that it’s shutting down its operations.
Nokia
Introduced October 19 that it’s going to reduce up to 14,000 jobs, or 16% of its workforce, following a large dip in Q3.
Roblox China
Cut 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 post October 21.
Convoy
Is halting operations resulting from a “massive freight recession,” CEO Dan Lewis announced in a memo October 19, every week after shedding 20% of its workforce.
LegalZoom
Plans to put off more than 100 workers in its gross sales division, the corporate disclosed in a Employee Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act letter.
Plume
Laid off more than two dozen workers, TechCrunch realized October 18, a few yr after the trans healthcare startup raised a $24 million Collection B.
Eradicated at least 40 roles in its information division, Google confirmed October 18.
Expedia Group
Reduce round 100 jobs, Skift reports, 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 staff, greater than probably impacting 100 individuals, the Prosus-owned firm introduced October 16.
Bandcamp
Eradicated 50% of its staff on October 16 after possession modified from online game firm Epic to music licensing platform Songtradr.
Confirmed October 16 that it’s going to reduce 668 more jobs, bringing the full to almost 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 workers, about 600 individuals, because it prepares for restructuring, and continues a cost-cutting marketing campaign that started with rescinding presents and dealing to lease workplace area.
Qualcomm
Is slicing 1,258 jobs in two of its California places of work. In line with a filing with the California Employment Development Department, the semiconductor firm plans to make the reductions in December.
Blue Origin
Laid off 40 individuals October 10, together with software program engineers and program managers, in response to The Information.
Sew Repair
Will lay off 558 employees after the non-public styling subscription service closes a distribution middle in Dallas.
Synapse
Confirmed October 6 that it had laid off 86 people, about 40% of the a16z-backed fintech firm. Earlier within the yr, Synapse laid off 18% of its workers after its progress slowed.
Chicken
Issued a new round of layoffs after buying Spin, in response to an e-mail interim CEO Michael Washinushi despatched to the corporate. The layoffs got here one week after the company was delisted from the New York Stock Exchange, and the precise quantity stays unknown.
Qualtrics
Introduced on October 4 that 780 roles are being eliminated and that “several hundred” roles are altering or transferring areas in 2024.
Hopper
Is lowering its full-time workers by 30%, amounting to 250 job cuts, the corporate announced October 3.
Chainalysis
Introduced October 2 that it’s shedding around 15% of its workforce, affecting roughly 150 workers.
September 2023
IronNet
In a regulatory submitting revealed September 29, the cybersecurity startup has ceased all business activities because it prepares for Chapter 7 chapter and has laid off its remaining workers.
Naughty Canine
Is reportedly slicing at the least 25 contract builders, two sources accustomed to the state of affairs advised Kotaku.
Epic Video games
Introduced on September 28 that the Fortnite maker is laying off 16% of its workforce, amounting to 870 individuals.
Talkdesk
An impacted worker confirmed on September 27 that at the least 140 individuals, if no more, had been affected by Talkdesk’s third round of layoffs in lower than 14 months.
Byju’s
Introduced on September 26, the corporate plans to cut 5,000 jobs resulting from restructuring efforts. The startup has eradicated greater than 10,000 positions previously two years.
Roblox
Confirmed to TechCrunch on September 21, Roblox let go of 30 employees in its expertise acquisition group. No different groups are impacted.
Divvy Houses
Introduced on September 11 that it’s laying off 94 employees.
Sensor Tower
Introduced on September 8 that it laid off approximately 40 people out of the 270+ on the firm, together with C-suite executives.
Roku
Introduced September 6 that it plans to lay off approximately 10% of its workforce, representing over 300 workers.
August 2023
Malwarebytes
Introduced on August 31 that it laid off 100 employees, primarily impacting company workers.
Twiga
Introduced on August 21 that it’s laying off 283 employees, or 33% of its workforce.
SecureWorks
Introduced on August 14 that it’s going to let go of 15% of its workforce, impacting about 300 employees. That is the corporate’s second spherical of layoffs this yr.
CoinDesk
Introduced on August 14 that it is cutting 16% of staff.
NCC Group
Confirmed on August 10 that it is making more 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 reduce 125 workers in February.
Rapid7
Introduced on August 9 that it plans to lay off 18% of its workforce, affecting more than 400 employees globally.
Cellular Premier League
Introduced on August 8 that it’s laying off approximately 50% of its employees or 350 individuals.
Astra
Introduced on August 4 that it has laid off 25% of its workforce for the reason that starting of the quarter.
Discord
Announced on August 3 that it has let go of almost 40 workers or 4% of its workforce.
HackerOne
Introduced on August 2 that it’s shedding 12% of its workforce, approximately 50 employees.
Tekion
Introduced on August 2 by Inc42, the startup laid off around 300 employees 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 employees, or 10% of staff.
July 2023
Dunzo
Introduced July 19 that it’s suspending worker salaries for a month and plans a brand new wave of layoffs as soon as July 20. Dunzo executives knowledgeable workers that they’ll probably be slicing over 200 jobs, in what might 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 workers.
Ability-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 laying off 52 employees.
Microsoft
Introduced July 10 that the corporate is eliminating additional jobs a week after the start of its 2023 fiscal year. These layoffs are along with the 10,000 layoffs announced in January.
ClickUp
Introduced on July 4 that it has laid off 10% of its workforce, about 90 individuals.
June 2023
Niantic
Introduced June 29 that it laid of 230 employees — one year after it laid off round 90 workers.
Plex
Introduced June 29 that it laid off approximately 20% of its staff, or 37 workers.
Seize
Introduced the week of June 23 that it laid off more than a thousand people, or 11% of its workers.
Olx Group
Introduced on June 20 that it has cut around 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 company will be laying off some 150 employees, 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 least 50% of its staff or about 45 people at Tada.
Higher.com
Introduced on June 7 that it laid off its real estate team, it isn’t clear how many individuals had been impacted.
Ursa Main
A minimum of 14 people 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 individuals affected. In line with LinkedIn, 292 persons are listed as at present working at Ursa.
Spotify
Introduced June 5 that it’s going to cut 200 jobs in its podcast unit, resulting in a workforce discount of two%. This comes just some months after the corporate introduced a significant wave of layoffs.
Might 2023
Taxfix
Introduced on Might 30 that it has laid off 20% of staff—120 employees.
Meta
Introduced Might 24 that it’s laying off about 6,000 people. In whole, about 21,000 individuals have misplaced their jobs at Meta since November.
JioMart
Reliance Retail’s on-line purchasing platform laid off over 1,000 employees on May 22, and plans to chop as many as 9,900 extra roles over the approaching weeks.
Krebs Stamos Group
Introduced Might 18 that the consulting firm laid off six people. In April, the agency had 18 workers together with the founders. On Might 18, the location exhibits solely 14 staff members.
TuSimple
Introduced Might 18 that it’s laying off about 30% of employees.
Previous to the layoff, TuSimple had about 550 workers within the U.S. and submit discount in pressure the corporate may have about 220, in response to the corporate.
Nuro
Introduced Might 12 that it will lay off 30%, or about 340 employees throughout the corporate.
Introduced Might 8 that it’s cutting 716 jobs, or about 3.6% of total employees, and can section out its native jobs app in China. Regardless of lowering some roles, LinkedIn additionally plans to open about 250 new jobs on Might 15.
Speedy
Introduced Might 5 that Speedy (beforehand often known as RapidAPI) has laid off another 70 employees lower than two weeks after letting go of 50% of its workers. Simply 42 individuals stay on the firm, down from 230 in April, dropping a complete of 82% in headcount.
Meesho
Introduced Might 4 that it has cut 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 Might 4 that it’s laying off 20% of its workforce, impacting more than 2,000 people. It’s additionally promoting its logistics enterprise to Flexport for roughly 13% in inventory.
Bishop Fox
Introduced Might 3 that it laid off around 50 employees — or 13% of its workforce — on Might 2.
Neato Robotics
Introduced Might 1 that Vorwerk-owned Neato Robotics is shutting down, with nearly 100 employees impacted by the transfer.
April 2023
Clubhouse
Introduced April 27 that it has laid off more than 50% of staff. A spokesperson for Clubhouse declined to touch upon the variety of individuals impacted by at the moment’s workforce discount or the variety of workers who stay on the firm. Final October, Davison told TechCrunch that Clubhouse had near 100 workers.
Dropbox
Introduced April 27 that it would be laying off 500 employees or 16% of staff.
Amazon
Introduced on April 26 that it’s shutting down its Halo Health division, effective July 31, among other divisions. The layoffs are a part of the 9,000 employees announced in March. Together with the 18,000-person layoffs announced in January, this brings the full to 27,000 job cuts or 8% of Amazon’s company workforce this yr.
Speedy
Introduced on April 25, Speedy, beforehand often known as RapidAPI, lays off 50% of its staff. The layoffs are believed to have impacted 115 individuals.
Anthemis Group
Introduced on April 25 that it’s going to lay off 16 people from its staff, or 28% of employees.
Lyft
Introduced on April 21 that employees will learn whether they have a job or not by way of an e-mail that might be despatched out April 27.
Lyft layoffs to affect 26% of workforce, or about 1,072 individuals as promised on April 27.
Meta
Introduced April 18th that it’s anticipated to lay off 10,000 jobs in the coming months. That is on high of the 11,000 jobs that were cut in November.
Redfin
Introduced April thirteenth that it has laid off 201 employees, 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 laying off a small number of roles on its company retail groups.
March 2023
Netflix
Introduced on March 31, Netflix confirms a “handful of layoffs,” which includes 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 employees, or 6% of its workforce. The corporate had laid off 200 U.S. employees back in November.
Unacademy
Introduced March 30 that it has laid off more 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 laying off 1,300 employees, or 18% of its workforce, to be accomplished by the top of Q2 2023.
GitHub
Introduced on March 28 that it has eliminated over 100 jobs in the South Asian market, shedding just about its whole engineering staff in India. A GitHub spokesperson advised 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 will be three rounds of layoffs, the primary starting this week. The job cuts will impression roughly 7,000 workers, which was announced in February.
Salesforce
On March 24, Bloomberg reported that more layoffs could be on the way at Salesforce, quoting chief working officer Brian Millham, who indicated that the corporate could possibly be including to the ongoing job cutting on the CRM chief and in tech generally. If the layoffs occur, it will come on high of the 10% cut in January.
Accenture
Introduced March 23 that it plans to cut 19,000 jobs, or 2.5% of its workforce.
Certainly
Introduced March 22 that it’s going to lay off 2,200 employees, or 15% of its staff.
Roofstock
Introduced March 22 that it has laid off 27% of its staff, approximately 100 employees.
Twitch
Introduced March 20 that it’s going to lay off 400 employees.
Amazon
Introduced March 20 another round of considerable layoffs, this time 9,000 people are set to lose their jobs. TechCrunch is listening to that round 10% of at the moment’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 least 100 employees, about 2% of the company’s workforce.
Course Hero
Introduced March 16 that it has cut 15% of staff, or 42 people.
Klaviyo
Introduced March 15 that it has laid off 140 of its staff across all teams.
Microsoft
As part of its recent announcement to layoff 10,000 individuals, Microsoft laid off an entire team dedicated to guiding AI innovation that results in moral, accountable and sustainable outcomes. On March 27, Microsoft laid off 559 workers from its Bellevue and Redmond operations.
Meta
CEO Mark Zuckerberg confirmed rumors March 14 that the corporate might be cutting 10,000 people from its workforce and around 5,000 open roles that it had but to fill.
Y Combinator
Introduced March 13 that it’s going to impact 20% of staff, or 17 team 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, more employees are just learning they have been laid off. Salesforce confirmed that these layoffs had been a part of the ten%.
Atlassian
Introduced on March 6, Atlassian is laying off about 500 employees, or 5% of its total workforce.
SiriusXM
Introduced on March 6, the company laid off 475 employees, or 8% of its total 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 laid off 15% of its full-time workforce, the company 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 employees.
Waymo
Introduced March 1, Alphabet’s Waymo issued a second round of layoffs this year. Mixed with the initial 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 company laid off about 4% of its global workforce — roughly 500 workers.
February 2023
Introduced on February 26, the company laid off more than 200 employees, 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 more than 70%.
Poshmark
Introduced February 24, Poshmark confirmed with TechCrunch that less than 2% of its workforce was affected, primarily within the U.S. The corporate employs roughly 800+ workers.
Inexperienced Labs
We wouldn’t have a precise determine of what number of Inexperienced Labs plans to put off its workers. Green Labs confirmed to TechCrunch that it is conducting a round of layoffs that might impression at the 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 reduce roughly 12.5% of its workforce. Chipper Cash relieved almost one-third of its workforce, about 100 employees.
Evernote
On February 17 the company confirmed laying off 129 people.
Jumia
Introduced February 16 that it cut 20% of its staff, or more than 900 positions across its 11 markets, in This autumn of 2022.
Convoy
Introduced on February 16 that it’s shuttering its Atlanta office and laying off workers as part of restructuring. That is the third time in lower than a yr that the corporate has laid off employees.
Sprinklr
Introduced on February 15 that it’s going to impact 4% of its global workforce — or more than 100 employees.
iRobot
Introduced on February 13 that it’s going to lay off 7% of its workforce, roughly 85 employees.
Twilio
Introduced on February 13 that it’s going to impact around 17% of its global workforce, about 1,400 people.
GitHub
Introduced February 9, 10% of its staff will be impacted by the top 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 staff, impacting 1,600 employees in its adtech enterprise. Yahoo is the mother or father firm to TechCrunch.
GitLab
Introduced February 9 that it’s reducing its headcount by 7%. The spherical of redundancies will impression round 114 individuals, although that particular determine relies on its precise headcount as of February 9.
Affirm
Introduced on February 8 that it’s reducing its staff by 19%, or about 500 employees, and shutting down its crypto unit.
Zoom
Introduced the cut of 15% of its staff, or 1,300 people on February 7.
VinFast
VinFast has not shared what number of workers have been reduce, however a LinkedIn post from a former worker mentioned “nearly 35 roles” were affected. Introduced on February 6.
Dell
Introduced February 6, impacting 6,650 people, or 5% of worldwide workforce.
Getaround
Introduced February 2, 10% of staff — about 42 employees.
Introduced February 2, 150 employees impacted. That is the second job-cutting move inside weeks of the primary spherical in December 2022.
Rivian
Introduced on February 1, cutting 6% of its workforce for the second time in lower than a yr.
January 2023
SoFi Applied sciences
Introduced on January 31, cutting 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 staff — about 960 people.
Groupon
Impacting another 500 workers introduced on January 31. The corporate mentioned this new set of layoffs will be spread across the first two quarters of 2023.
Unattainable Meals
Reportedly affecting 20% of its staff, over 100 employees, Bloomberg reported first.
PayPal
Introduced on January 30, about 2,000 full-time employees, or 7% of its workforce, had been affected.
Arrival
Introduced on January 30, with a newly appointed CEO, slashing 50% of its workforce — 800 employees globally.
Waymo
The self-driving expertise unit below Alphabet quietly laid off workers on January 24, in response to The Information and a number of other posts on LinkedIn and Blind. It’s not but clear what number of of Waymo’s workers might be affected.
Spotify
Introduced on January 23, impacting around 6% of its global workforce — around 600 employees.
Alphabet
Google’s mother or father firm introduced laying off 6% of its global workforce on January 21, equating to 12,000 workers. These cuts impression divisions comparable to Area 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 line with a report by Variety, the company employs around 500 people, and the layoffs have affected roughly 10% of its staff 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 global workforce, about 450 people were let go.
Microsoft
As introduced on January 18, 10,000 employees will be impacted.
GoMechanic
Laid off 70% of its workforce on January 18.
Clearco
Introduced on January 17, impacting 30% of staff across all teams.
ShareChat
Introduced on January 15, ShareChat laid off 20% of its workforce — or over 400 workers — only a month after eliminating more than 100 roles.
SmartNews
Introduced on January 12 a 40% reduction of its U.S. and China workforce, or around 120 people.
Intrinsic
Alphabet’s robotic software program agency, Intrinsic, is laying off 40 employees 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 employees on January 12, or over 21% of its total headcount of 485 workers.
Profession Karma
Studying navigation platform Profession Karma laid off another 22 individuals on January 12 across its global and domestic workforce.
DirectTV
Introduced on January 12 plans to lay off about 10% of its management staff on January 20.
Informatica
Reported on January 11 that it’s going to lay off 7% of it’s workforce, or 450 staffers globally.
Carta
Introduced on January 11, the fairness administration platform cut 10% of its staff. Judging by LinkedIn information, the layoff might have impacted round 200 workers.
Citizen
Impacting 33 staff members on January 11.
Coinbase
To cut 950 jobs, or about 20% of its workforce, and shut down “several” initiatives, introduced on January 10. That is the second round of major layoffs at the crypto exchange, which eradicated 18% of its workforce, or almost 1,100 jobs final June.
SuperRare
The NFT market is cutting 30% of its staff, announced on January 6.
Amazon
Introduced on January 5, eliminating more than 18,000 roles. This announcement extends a previously announced spherical of layoffs in November of 2022. On January 19, the corporate introduced it will finish AmazonSmile.
Salesforce
Introduced on January 4 that it’s cutting 10% of its workforce, impacting more than 7,000 employees. A month later, some Salesforce employees had simply discovered they had been additionally part of the ten% layoff announcement.
Vimeo
Introduced on January 4, cutting 11% of its workforce.
Editor’s word: Natasha Mascarenhas has contributed to this compilation.
