Tech Layoffs in 2025
In 2025, 111 companies laid off some 28,728 workers, according to layoffs.fyi.
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Updated on April 22.
Notable tech layoffs in April:
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.
Tech companies have been consistently laying off employees since late 2022.
In 2025, 111 companies laid off some 28,728 workers, according to layoffs.fyi., which tracks job cuts in the tech industry.
Beginning in 2022, tech layoffs increased steadily before hitting a peak of 585 companies in the first quarter of 2023, according to layoffs.fyi. Since then, tech layoffs have declined. In 2024, some 542 tech companies laid off 151,484 employees
These layoffs are an outlier in an otherwise strong job market: The unemployment rate hovered between 3.4% and 3.9% Dec. 2021 to April 2024, Bureau of Labor Statistics data shows. Since then, unemployment has ticked up, hitting 4.2% for November.
Employment, at large, is doing well. But when layoffs are happening in the most visible sector on the internet, you’re going to hear about it.
What tech companies have laid off workers recently?
Notable tech layoffs in March:
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.
Notable tech layoffs in February:
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.
Notable tech layoffs in January:
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.
What’s going on with layoffs in tech?
The biggest tech layoffs have occurred at high-profile companies. During 2024, the biggest companies with major layoffs included Microsoft, Google, Tesla, eBay, PayPal, Expedia Group, Intuit, TikTok, Salesforce and others.
Cutbacks in 2023 and late 2022 included mass layoffs at Accenture, an IT company; Amazon; Meta, which owns Facebook and Instagram; Zoom Video Communications, Inc.; Dell; Spotify; Google-parent Alphabet; Microsoft; and Twitter.
Other big-name companies laid off employees in 2023 and they run gamut of what tech has to offer: crypto (Coinbase), e-commerce (Shopify), ridesharing (Lyft), online payments (Stripe), work management platform (Asana) and an online real estate broker (Redfin). The list goes on and on.
When did all of the tech layoffs start?
Roger Lee, creator of Layoffs.fyi, has been following layoffs in tech since 2020 as startups started laying off employees during the early days of the pandemic. According to Lee, the pandemic created an opportunity for people to increasingly turn to the Internet for work, shopping and socializing. In response, tech companies went on a hiring spree to meet consumer demand.
This growth in tech employment started in late 2020 and lasted through 2021. At the same time the Federal Reserve’s policy slashed interest rates throughout 2021, which enabled tech companies to raise capital and invest in growth, Lee said. But both trends reversed in early 2022.
The majority of layoffs at the beginning of 2022 came from startups, according to Lee. But in late 2022 and early 2023 it started to creep into bigger tech, as well. Lee also said that “Big Tech” layoffs like those seen at Meta and Twitter “present a unique opportunity to recruit a caliber of talent that would've previously been impossible to attract.”
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