Tech Layoffs in 2025

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- Throughout August, Oracle, an enterprise software and cloud services company, has held multiple layoffs, totaling 450 workers.
- On Aug. 25, Klaviyo, an email and SMS marketing platform, held layoffs. It’s unclear how many workers were let go.
- On Aug. 19, Cisco, a networking and cybersecurity tech company, laid off 221 workers.
- On Aug. 13, F5, a cloud app security and delivery company, laid off106 workers, representing about 2% of its staff.
- On Aug. 15, Kyte, a car rental startup, shut down.
- On Aug. 14, Restaurant365, a restaurant management software company, laid off 100 workers.
- On Aug. 4, Wondery, a podcast company owned by Amazon, laid off 100 workers as part of a restructuring of its podcast strategy.
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- On July 22, ConsenSys, a crypto software company, laid off 47 workers or about 7% of its staff.
- On July 21, Zeen, a social media collaging platform company, shut down.
- On July 18, Rocket Companies, a fintech and mortgages company, cut 2% of its workforce.
- On July 17, Amazon cut staff in its cloud computing unit. It’s unclear how many workers were laid off
- On July 16, Scale AI, a data-labeling company, laid off 14% of its staff.
- On July 16, Jamf, an Apple software and security company, laid off 6% of its workforce.
- On July 15, Lenovo laid off 3% of its workforce — about 100 employees nationwide.
- Throughout July, Intel announced mass layoffs at multiple U.S. locations. On July 11, the company said that around 2,400 workers in Oregon would be laid off — up from its initial plans to lay off 500 workers. The company also said it would be cutting 1,935 jobs in California at its Folsom and Santa Clara locations. And in Chandler, Ariz., nearly 700 positions will be eliminated. Estimates place the total Intel layoffs in the U.S. at about 5,000.
- On July 11, Indeed + Glassdoor announced plans to lay off 1,300 positions, as part of restructuring efforts.
- On July 7, ByteDance, which owns TikTok, laid off 65 workers at its Bellevue, Wash. location.
- On July 2, Microsoft laid off about 4% of its global workforce or roughly 9,000 employees.
- On June 25, Bumble, the dating app, announced it would be laying off 240 workers, or about 30% of its staff.
- On June 16, Intel announced it would lay off 15% to 20% of its design and manufacturing workforce.
- On June 2, Microsoft laid off more than 300 workers in Washington state.
- On May 27, nCino, a fintech company, laid off 1,880 people or 7% of its global staff.
- On May 19, Blink Charging, an electric vehicle charging company, laid off 20% of its workforce.
- On May 14, Amazon laid off 100 employees in its devices and services unit.
- On May 13, Microsoft laid off 6,000 workers, or about 3% of its staff.
- On May 12, Chegg, an education tech company, laid off 22% of its staff, or about 248 workers.
- On May 8, Match Group, a dating app, laid off 325 of its employees, or about 13% of its workforce.
- On May 7, CrowdStrike, a cyber security company, said it would lay off some 500 of its workers.
- On April 29, Electronic Arts, a major video game company, laid off around 300 workers.
- On April 28, Expedia, the travel website, laid off 3% of its workforce.
- On April 23, Intel said it was planning to lay off 22,000 workers, or about 20% of its staff.
- On April 16, Turo, a peer-to-peer car rental startup, said it was laying off 15% of its workers. The company cut staff following its decision to not go public.
- On April 11, Google laid off hundreds of employees in its platforms and devices unit.
- On April 10, General Motors laid off 200 workers at its Factory Zero plants in Detroit and Hamtramck, Mich. The plants produce GM’s electric vehicles and the majority of the layoffs are in the battery pack manufacturing area.
- On April 2, Automattic, the maker of Wordpress.com and other online platforms, said it was laying off 16% of its staff, or around 270 workers.
- On March 3, Rec Room, an online gaming company, laid off 16% of its staff.
- On March 6, Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) said it would lay off 2,500 workers or 5% of its staff.
- On March 7, LiveRamp, a SaaS company, laid off 5% of its full-time workforce.
- On March 7, Wayfair, a home goods retailer, cut 340 workers in its Technology division.
- On March 17, HelloFresh, a meal kit company, announced it was laying off 273 workers.
- On March 19, Sequoia, a compensation and benefits company, confirmed it was laying off all workers in its D.C. office.
- On March 25, Block, a financial services provider owned by billionaire Jack Dorsey, reportedly laid off 931 employees, or about 8% of its staff.
- On Feb. 28, HP, the information technology giant, laid off 2,000 workers.
- On Feb. 28, Grubhub, a food delivery app, laid off 500 workers, or 23% of its staff.
- On Feb. 27, Autodesk, a software corporation, laid off 1,350 workers or 9% of its staff.
- On Feb. 20, SeatGeek, an event ticketing platform, laid off 150 workers or 15% of its staff.
- On Feb. 13, Blue Origin, a space technology company owned by billionaire Jeff Bezos, laid off 1,000 workers or 10% of its staff.
- On Feb. 12, Redfin, a real estate website, laid off 450 workers.
- On Feb. 10, Meta laid off 3,600 workers or about 5% of its staff.
- On Feb. 10, Justworks, an HR software company, laid off 200 workers.
- On Jan. 21, Stripe, a fintech company, laid off 300 workers.
- On Jan. 16, Aurora Solar, a solar energy software company, laid off 58 people.
- On Jan. 15, Microsoft confirmed that it would be cutting staff this year. Reports estimate about 1% of its global workforce would be impacted.
- On Jan. 15, Meta said that it would lay off 5% of its staff, or about 3,600 workers.
- On. Jan 14, Textio, an A.I. and machine learning recruiting company, laid off 15 workers.
- On Jan. 10, Zillow, the real estate website, confirmed that it had laid off staff, but didn’t specify how many workers were impacted.
- On Jan. 9, Redfin, the real estate website, laid off 46 employees.
- On Jan. 9, Vox, a news website owned by Vox Media, laid off an unspecified number of employees.
- On Jan. 9, Microsoft confirmed that it is planning to layoff employees soon. It's unclear how many workers would be impacted.
- On Jan. 7, Aqua Security, a cyber security company, laid off dozens of employees.