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A complete listing of 2023 tech layoffs

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% increased than final yr and rising. Earlier this yr, mass workforce reductions have been pushed by the most important names in tech like Google, Amazon, Microsoft, Yahoo, Meta and Zoom. Startups throughout many sectors additionally introduced cutbacks via 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 sluggish to construct, leading to tech corporations 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 tracking these layoffs helps us to grasp the impression on innovation, which corporations 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 impression of layoffs and how risk profiles could evolve from here

Beneath you’ll discover a complete listing of all of the identified layoffs in tech which have occurred in 2023, to be up to date month-to-month. If in case you have a tip on a layoff, contact us here. In case you favor to stay nameless, you possibly can contact us here.

The operating whole of layoffs for 2023 based mostly on full months up to now is 224,503, according to Layoffs.fyi. Tech layoffs carried out up to now this yr presently exceed the full variety of tech layoffs in 2022, in keeping with the info within the tracker.

Knowledge visualization by Miranda Halpern, created with Flourish

December 2023

Cruise

In an announcement obtained exclusively by TechCrunch, the embattled self-driving automobile firm is slicing 900 employees, 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 challenging macro and competitive environment.”

Chipper Money

Has reportedly laid off 15 people throughout varied departments. It could 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 success 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 called TripActions plans to turn out to be 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 eliminated 23 employees 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 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 group behind fashionable video and photo-editing apps that Bending Spoons acquired in July.

November 2023

Zepz

Minimize 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 keeping with 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 keeping with a number of reviews, 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

Minimize 100 workers November 21, reportedly because of 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 cut jobs throughout departments November 20, citing a necessity to scale back prices. Individuals accustomed to the matter advised Bloomberg that a number of impacted workers acquired only one month of severance.

Jodo

Reportedly lower 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 Normal 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 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 exterior of Africa.

Sega

Is reportedly planning to “phase out” 80 temporary workers by 2024. The corporate is now dealing with an unfair labor observe 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 asserting it’s halting its enlargement 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 even be leaving.

Amazon

Began cutting workers in its music streaming division in Latin America, North America and Europe, the corporate confirmed November 8.

Google

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 presently unknown.

Ubisoft Montreal

Confirmed November 7 it is going to cut 98 roles in enterprise administration and IT. Ubisoft stated 124 positions might 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 decreasing 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 is going to 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 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 even 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 decreasing 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

Performed 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 about to chop around 500 employees 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 announced 10/30. The Sony-owned sport studio can 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 eliminate 120 roles, the corporate stated in an SEC submitting October 30.

Liberty Mutual

Plans to chop 850 members of its staff, the insurance coverage firm confirmed October 27.

Salsify

Minimize 110 jobs and are shifting 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 prices 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 called T2 introduced October 24 that it’s shutting down its operations.

Nokia

Introduced October 19 that it’s going to lower 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 because of a “massive freight recession,” CEO Dan Lewis announced in a memo October 19, per 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 couple of yr after the trans healthcare startup raised a $24 million Collection B. 

Google

Eradicated at least 40 roles in its information division, Google confirmed October 18.

Expedia Group

Minimize 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 doubtless impacting 100 folks, 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. 

LinkedIn

Confirmed October 16 that it’s going to lower 668 more jobs, bringing the full 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 workers, about 600 folks, 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. Based on a filing with the California Employment Development Department, 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 Information.

Sew Repair

Will lay off 558 employees after the private styling subscription service closes a distribution heart 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 development slowed.

Hen

Issued a new round 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 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 shifting areas in 2024. 

Hopper

Is decreasing 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 scenario advised Kotaku.

Epic Video games

Introduced on September 28 that the Fortnite maker is laying off 16% of its workforce, amounting to 870 folks.

Talkdesk

An impacted worker confirmed on September 27 that at the least 140 folks, if no more, have 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 because of restructuring efforts. The startup has eradicated greater than 10,000 positions up to now 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 lower 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.

Cell Premier League

Introduced on August 8 that it’s laying off approximately 50% of its employees or 350 folks.

Astra

Introduced on August 4 that it has laid off 25% of its workforce because the 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 have 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 may doubtless be slicing over 200 jobs, in what might be its third layoff this yr. The corporate has eradicated about 400 jobs this yr to date.

Cameo

Introduced on July 18 that it intends to lay off 80 workers.

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 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 folks.

June 2023

Niantic

Introduced June 29 that it laid of 230 employeesone 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 have been impacted.

Ursa Main

At the very least 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 folks affected. Based on LinkedIn, 292 individuals are listed as presently 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 only a few months after the corporate introduced a significant wave of layoffs.

Could 2023

Taxfix

Introduced on Could 30 that it has laid off 20% of staff—120 employees.

Meta

Introduced Could 24 that it’s laying off about 6,000 people. 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 employees on May 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 firm laid off six people. In April, the agency had 18 workers together with the founders. On Could 18, the location reveals solely 14 group members.

TuSimple

Introduced Could 18 that it’s laying off about 30% of employees.

Previous to the layoff, TuSimple had about 550 workers within the U.S. and publish discount in power the corporate could have about 220, in keeping with the corporate.

Nuro

Introduced Could 12 that it will lay off 30%, or about 340 employees throughout the corporate.

LinkedIn

Introduced Could 8 that it’s cutting 716 jobs, or about 3.6% of total employees, and can part out its native jobs app in China. Regardless of decreasing some roles, LinkedIn additionally plans to open about 250 new jobs on Could 15.

Speedy

Introduced Could 5 that Speedy (beforehand often called RapidAPI) has laid off another 70 employees lower than two weeks after letting go of 50% of its workers. 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 cut 15% of its workforce, or 251 roles. This comes after its first spherical of layoffs, which eradicated 150 roles a couple of yr in the past.

Shopify

Introduced Could 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 Could 3 that it laid off around 50 employees — or 13% of its workforce — on Could 2.

Neato Robotics

Introduced Could 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 folks impacted by right now’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 called RapidAPI, lays off 50% of its staff. The layoffs are believed to have impacted 115 folks.

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 electronic mail that might be despatched out April 27.

Lyft layoffs to affect 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 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 diminished 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 tip of Q2 2023.

GitHub

Introduced on March 28 that it has eliminated over 100 jobs in the South Asian market, shedding just about its complete engineering group 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 might 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 right now’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 folks, 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 have 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 know-how 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

Twitter

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 would not have an actual 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 lower 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 fall 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 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 staff, impacting 1,600 employees in its adtech enterprise. Yahoo is the mum or dad firm to TechCrunch.

GitLab

Introduced February 9 that it’s reducing its headcount by 7%. The spherical of redundancies will impression round 114 folks, 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 lower, however a LinkedIn post from a former worker stated “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.

Pinterest

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 stated this new set of layoffs will be spread across the first two quarters of 2023.

Inconceivable Meals

Reportedly affecting 20% of its staff, over 100 employeesBloomberg reported first.

PayPal

Introduced on January 30, about 2,000 full-time employees, or 7% of its workforce, have been affected.

Arrival

Introduced on January 30, with a newly appointed CEO, slashing 50% of its workforce — 800 employees globally.

Waymo

The self-driving know-how unit underneath Alphabet quietly laid off workers on January 24, in keeping with The Information and several 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 mum or dad firm introduced laying off 6% of its global workforce on January 21, equating to 12,000 workers. These cuts impression divisions similar 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. Based on 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 children 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 folks 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 may 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 have been additionally part of the ten% layoff announcement.

Vimeo

Introduced on January 4, cutting 11% of its workforce.

Editor’s be aware: Natasha Mascarenhas has contributed to this compilation. 

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