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Job cuts: cutting costs
58 announcements at 35 employers giving cutting costs as a reason, in the last 12 months: 90,944 jobs cut, counted once per announcement and only when the employer, a formal notice or two reports confirm the figure; 4 are US layoff notices (WARN).
58AnnouncementsCuts, consultations, buyouts and reported plans
91kJobs cut, counted90,944, once per announcement
35Employers35 of them in the Index
4WARN noticesFormal US layoff notices
Month by month
The largest
- 31st Mar30,000jobs cut
- 27th Jan16,000jobs cut
- 18th May7,000jobs cut
- 29th Jun5,500jobs cut
- 22nd Oct5,000jobs cut
- 6th Sep4,000jobs cut
- 23rd Oct3,500jobs cut
- 8th Apr3,300jobs cut
- 7th Oct2,500jobs cut
- 4th Mar2,500jobs 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 month, read under the same rule.
November 2026 2
- 4th NovNo figure
- 3rd NovNo figure
October 2026 1113,720 jobs
- 29th Oct100,000jobs, not yet confirmed
- 28th Oct250jobs cut
- 23rd Oct3,500jobs cut
- 22nd Oct5,000jobs cut
- 14th Oct1,217jobs cut
- 7th Oct2,500jobs cut
- 7th Oct1,000jobs cut
- 7th Oct253jobs cut
- 7th Oct70jobs, not yet confirmed
- 6th OctNo figure
- 4th OctNo figure
September 2026 55,300 jobs
- 29th Sep300jobs cut
- 23rd Sep1,000jobs cut
- 14th SepNo figure
- 11th SepNo figure
- 6th Sep4,000jobs cut
August 2026 3
- 11th Aug21,000jobs, not yet confirmed
- 6th AugNo figure
- 4th AugNo figure
July 2026 5300 jobs
- 30th Jul300jobs cut
- 30th JulNo figure
- 29th Jul8,000places offered
- 22nd JulNo figure
- 20th JulNo figure
June 2026 25,500 jobs
- 29th Jun5,500jobs cut
- 17th JunNo figure
May 2026 58,300 jobs
- 20th May8,000jobs, not yet confirmed
- 18th May7,000jobs cut
- 11th May600jobs cut
- 11th May361jobs, not yet confirmed
- 5th May700jobs cut
April 2026 54,374 jobs
- 30th Apr74jobs cut
- 20th Apr8,000jobs, not yet confirmed
- 14th Apr1,000jobs cut
- 14th Apr2,000jobs, not yet confirmed
- 8th Apr3,300jobs cut
March 2026 632,500 jobs
- 31st Mar30,000jobs cut
- 25th Mar700jobs, not yet confirmed
- 18th Mar20,000jobs, not yet confirmed
- 16th MarNo figure
- 5th MarNo figure
- 4th Mar2,500jobs cut
February 2026 51,000 jobs
- 26th Feb1,000jobs cut
- 9th Feb1,000jobs, not yet confirmed
- 8th Feb1,000jobs, not yet confirmed
- 8th Feb1,000jobs, not yet confirmed
- 2nd Feb25,000jobs, not yet confirmed
January 2026 719,400 jobs
- 30th Jan20,000jobs, not yet confirmed
- 27th Jan16,000jobs cut
- 23rd JanNo figure
- 21st Jan1,800jobs cut
- 15th Jan150jobs, not yet confirmed
- 14th Jan1,600jobs cut
- 12th Jan1,500jobs, not yet confirmed
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