Tech layoffs in 2025
Feb. 4, 2025: Salesforce lays off over 1,000
Concurrently it’s hiring gross sales employees for its new synthetic intelligence merchandise, Salesforce is shedding over 1,000 staff throughout the corporate, in accordance with Bloomberg. As of June, 2024, the corporate had over 72,000 staff, in accordance with its web site. Salesforce didn’t touch upon the report. In 2024 the corporate reportedly laid off round 1,000 employees too, in two waves: January and July.
Jan. 14, 2025: Meta will lay off 5% of workforce
Mark Zuckerberg advised Meta staff he meant to “transfer out the low performers quicker” in an inner memo reported by Bloomberg. The memo introduced that the corporate will lay off 5% of its employees, or round 3,600 employees, starting Feb. 10. The corporate had already decreased its headcount by 5% in 2024 by pure attrition, the memo stated. Amongst these leaving the corporate will probably be employees beforehand answerable for reality checking of posts on its social media platforms within the US, as the corporate begins counting on its customers to police content material.
Tech layoffs in 2024
- Equinix
- AMD
- Freshworks
- Cisco
- Common Motors
- Intel
- OpenText
- Microsoft
- AWS
- Dell
- Cisco
Nov. 26, 2024: Equinix to chop 3% of employees
Nov. 13, 2024: AMD to chop 4% of workforce
AMD will lay off round 1,000 staff because it pivots in the direction of growing AI-focused chips, it stated. The transfer got here as a shock to employees, as the corporate additionally reported sturdy quarterly earnings.
