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Job cuts: restructuring or new strategy
94 announcements at 59 employers giving restructuring or new strategy as a reason, in the last 12 months: 132,849 jobs cut, counted once per announcement and only when the employer, a formal notice or two reports confirm the figure; 10 are US layoff notices (WARN).
94AnnouncementsCuts, consultations, buyouts and reported plans
133kJobs cut, counted132,849, once per announcement
59Employers48 of them in the Index
10WARN noticesFormal US layoff notices
Month by month
The largest
- 31st Mar30,000jobs cut
- 22nd Jun21,000jobs cut
- 27th Jan16,000jobs cut
- 20th Nov13,000jobs cut
- 29th Jun5,500jobs cut
- 22nd Oct5,000jobs cut
- 6th Jul4,800jobs cut
- 6th Sep4,000jobs cut
- 13th May4,000jobs cut
- 23rd Oct3,500jobs 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
- 6th Nov155jobs, not yet confirmed
- 2nd Nov918places offered
October 2026 1916,500 jobs
- 30th Oct634jobs, not yet confirmed
- 29th Oct400jobs cut
- 29th Oct100,000jobs, not yet confirmed
- 29th Oct20,000places offered
- 28th Oct250jobs cut
- 28th Oct100jobs cut
- 26th OctNo figure
- 23rd Oct3,500jobs cut
- 22nd Oct5,000jobs cut
- 21st Oct1,000jobs cut
- 21st Oct229jobs cut
- 21st OctNo figure
- 14th Oct1,217jobs cut
- 14th Oct1,000jobs cut
- 7th Oct2,500jobs cut
- 7th Oct1,000jobs cut
- 7th Oct253jobs cut
- 6th OctNo figure
1 smaller notice at an employer outside the Index: Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company
- 1st Oct51jobs cut
September 2026 125,710 jobs
- 29th Sep300jobs cut
- 29th SepNo figure
- 24th SepNo figure
- 23rd Sep1,000jobs cut
- 22nd Sep268jobs cut
- 16th SepNo figure
- 14th SepNo figure
- 11th Sep641jobs, not yet confirmed
- 11th SepNo figure
- 9th Sep300jobs, not yet confirmed
- 6th Sep4,000jobs cut
1 smaller notice at an employer outside the Index: Workday, Inc.
- 29th Sep142jobs cut
August 2026 5234 jobs
- 21st Aug200jobs cut
- 21st AugNo figure
- 11th AugNo figure
- 6th AugNo figure
1 smaller notice at an employer outside the Index: Emergent BioSolutions
- 5th Aug34jobs cut
July 2026 106,500 jobs
- 30th Jul700jobs cut
- 28th JulNo figure
- 23rd Jul800jobs cut
- 23rd JulNo figure
- 22nd Jul76jobs, not yet confirmed
- 22nd JulNo figure
- 21st JulNo figure
- 7th Jul200jobs cut
- 7th Jul60jobs, not yet confirmed
- 6th Jul4,800jobs cut
June 2026 826,500 jobs
- 29th Jun5,500jobs cut
- 24th Jun800places offered
- 22nd Jun21,000jobs cut
- 18th Jun175jobs, not yet confirmed
- 17th JunNo figure
- 12th JunNo figure
- 4th JunNo figure
- 4th JunNo figure
May 2026 99,652 jobs
- 20th May3,000jobs cut
- 20th MayNo figure
- 15th May252jobs cut
- 15th MayNo figure
- 13th May4,000jobs cut
- 11th May600jobs cut
- 11th May361jobs, not yet confirmed
- 7th May1,100jobs cut
- 5th May700jobs cut
April 2026 31,000 jobs
- 23rd AprNo figure
- 14th Apr1,000jobs cut
- 14th Apr2,000jobs, not yet confirmed
March 2026 832,500 jobs
- 31st Mar30,000jobs cut
- 25th Mar700jobs, not yet confirmed
- 20th MarNo figure
- 18th Mar20,000jobs, not yet confirmed
- 5th MarNo figure
- 4th Mar2,500jobs cut
- 4th Mar100jobs, not yet confirmed
- 2nd Mar50jobs, not yet confirmed
February 2026 52,100 jobs
- 27th Feb16,000jobs, not yet confirmed
- 26th Feb1,000jobs cut
- 26th Feb800jobs cut
- 26th Feb300jobs cut
- 10th FebNo figure
January 2026 818,603 jobs
- 28th Jan800jobs cut
- 27th Jan16,000jobs cut
- 23rd JanNo figure
- 21st Jan1,800jobs cut
- 14th Jan3jobs cut
- 12th Jan1,500jobs, not yet confirmed
- 9th Jan400jobs, not yet confirmed
- 7th JanNo figure
November 2025 413,550 jobs
- 25th Nov550jobs cut
- 24th Nov165jobs, not yet confirmed
- 24th NovNo figure
- 20th Nov13,000jobs 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