Talent Risk · Job cuts archive · December 2025
Job cuts in December 2025
43 announcements at 35 employers in December 2025: 2,548 jobs cut, counted once per announcement and only when the employer, a formal notice or two reports confirm the figure; 38 are US layoff notices (WARN).
43AnnouncementsCuts, consultations, buyouts and reported plans
2.5kJobs cut, counted2,548, once per announcement
35Employers11 of them in the Index
0Linked to AIBy the company or a major outlet
Day by day
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Each square is a day; the number is announcements that day, the smaller one jobs cut. Darker is busier.
The largest
- 23rd Dec329jobs cut
- 11th Dec282jobs cut
- 11th Dec200jobs cut
- 10th Dec176jobs cut
- 1st Dec151jobs cut
- 1st Dec146jobs cut
- 15th Dec121jobs cut
- 9th Dec114jobs cut
- 19th Dec95jobs cut
- 1st Dec91jobs cut
Every announcement
Newest first. Employers in the Index and rounds of 250 jobs or more lead; smaller notices at other employers fold under each day, read under the same rule.
Wednesday 31st December 386 jobs
- 66jobs cut
- No figure
1 smaller notice at an employer outside the Index: Jones Lang LaSalle
- 31st Dec20jobs cut
Tuesday 23rd December 3398 jobs
- 329jobs cut
2 smaller notices at employers outside the Index: Maximus Inc., University of Oregon
- 23rd Dec44jobs cut
- 23rd Dec25jobs cut
Monday 22nd December 21 jobs
- No figure
1 smaller notice at an employer outside the Index: Illumina
- 22nd Dec1jobs cut
Friday 19th December 195 jobs
1 smaller notice at an employer outside the Index: Archer Daniels Midland
- 19th Dec95jobs cut
Wednesday 17th December 15 jobs
1 smaller notice at an employer outside the Index: Warner Music Group
- 17th Dec5jobs cut
Tuesday 16th December 1
1 smaller notice at an employer outside the Index: Charles River Laboratories
- 16th Dec71jobs, not yet confirmed
Monday 15th December 5315 jobs
- 84jobs cut
- 77jobs cut
3 smaller notices at employers outside the Index: Westlake Corporation, Parsons Corporation, Raytheon
- 15th Dec121jobs cut
- 15th Dec32jobs cut
- 15th Dec1jobs cut
Friday 12th December 11 jobs
1 smaller notice at an employer outside the Index: French Connection
- 12th Dec1jobs cut
Thursday 11th December 4564 jobs
- 282jobs cut
3 smaller notices at employers outside the Index: Packaging Corporation of America, Zebra Technologies, Illumina
- 11th Dec200jobs cut
- 11th Dec75jobs cut
- 11th Dec7jobs cut
Wednesday 10th December 2176 jobs
- 200jobs, not yet confirmed
1 smaller notice at an employer outside the Index: Charter Communications
- 10th Dec176jobs cut
Tuesday 9th December 3117 jobs
- 114jobs cut
- 3jobs cut
- No figure
Monday 8th December 3163 jobs
- 67jobs cut
2 smaller notices at employers outside the Index: Eastern Bank, Jabil
- 8th Dec75jobs cut
- 8th Dec21jobs cut
Friday 5th December 1
- No figure
Thursday 4th December 13 jobs
1 smaller notice at an employer outside the Index: Illumina
- 4th Dec3jobs cut
Wednesday 3rd December 558 jobs
- 45jobs cut
- 10jobs cut
- 2jobs cut
- 1jobs cut
1 smaller notice at an employer outside the Index: Kroger
- 3rd DecNo figure
Tuesday 2nd December 129 jobs
1 smaller notice at an employer outside the Index: French Connection
- 2nd Dec29jobs cut
Monday 1st December 6537 jobs
6 smaller notices at employers outside the Index: Anheuser-Busch, Intercept Pharmaceuticals, Ryder, Interpublic Group of Companies and 1 more
- 1st Dec151jobs cut
- 1st Dec146jobs cut
- 1st Dec91jobs cut
- 1st Dec90jobs cut
- 1st Dec57jobs cut
- 1st Dec2jobs cut
Labels are our opinion, reached by applying one published rule to the sources listed on each employer’s page. Summaries are machine-written from the best source; the source is what counts. How it works