A Comprehensive List Of 2023 Tech Layoffs

Last year's technology countdown continues. By 2023, layoffs will cost tens of thousands of tech workers their jobs. This time the layoffs came from some of the biggest names in tech, including Google, Amazon, Microsoft, Yahoo, and Zoom. Startups also announced layoffs on everything from crypto to enterprise SaaS.

The reasons for the layoffs follow a common scenario citing the macroeconomic environment and the need to find discipline on the tumultuous road to profitability. However, tracking layoffs helps us understand their impact on innovation, which companies are struggling, and who can hire companies lucky enough to thrive today. Unfortunately, it also serves as a reminder of the impact of layoffs and how the risk profile may change in the future.

Below is a complete list of all the popular tech discounts in 2023, updated monthly. If you have redundancy suggestions, contact us here. If you prefer to remain anonymous, you can contact us here.

According to layoffs.fyi, the number of employees for 2023 based on the number of months to date is 168,243 Technical cuts so far this year currently exceeds the number of technical cuts in 2022, according to the tracker.

May 2023

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announced on May 18 that the company will lay off around 30% of its employees.

Before the layoffs, TuSimple employed about 550 people in the United States. Once the cuts take effect, the company will have around 220 employees, according to the company.

Noro

On May 12, the company announced it would lay off 30%, or about 340, of its employees companywide.

LinkedIn:

On May 8, the company announced it would cut 716 jobs, or about 3.6% of its total workforce, and close its local job applications in China. Despite the layoffs, LinkedIn also plans to open about 250 new jobs on May 15.

Fast

On May 5, Rapid (formerly known as RapidAPI) announced it had laid off an additional 70 employees, less than two weeks after laying off 50% of its workforce. Only 42 people remained at the company, compared with 230 in April, an overall reduction of 82%.

meesho

On May 4, the company announced it would cut 15% of its workforce, or 251 jobs. This follows the first round of layoffs, which saw 150 layoffs about a year ago.

Shopify:

On May 4, the company announced it would lay off 20% of its workforce, affecting more than 2,000 people. In addition, the company sold its logistics business to Flexport for about 13%.

Bishop Fox

On May 3, the company announced it would lay off around 50 employees, or 13% of the May 2 workforce.

Neato Robotics

Neato Robotics, which is owned by Vorwerk, announced the closure on May 1. About 100 employees were affected by the transfer.

April 2023

clubhouse

On April 27, he announced that he had laid off more than 50% of his workforce. A spokesperson for Clubhouse declined to comment on the number of people affected by the layoffs today or the number of employees remaining at the company. Last October, Davison told TechCrunch that Clubhouse has about 100 employees.

drop box:

On April 27, he announced he would lay off 500 employees, or 16% of the workforce.

Amazon:

On April 26, the company announced, among other things, that it would be closing its Halo Health division effective July 31. The layoffs were among 9,000 announced in March. Including the 18,000 jobs announced in January, bringing the total to 27,000 job cuts, or 8% of Amazon's workforce this year.

Fast

Rapid, formerly known as RapidAPI, announced on April 25 it has laid off 50% of its employees. According to reports, 115 people have been affected by the layoffs.

Anthem Group:

On April 25, he announced he would lay off 16 people, or 28% of the workforce.

Flying:

On April 21, it was announced that employees will be notified whether or not they have a job via email by April 27.

As promised on April 27, Lyft's layoffs will affect 26% of its workforce, or approximately 1,072 people.

Meta:

On April 18, the company said it would cut 10,000 jobs in the coming months. This is on top of 11,000 job cuts in November.

redfin:

On April 13, the company announced it had laid off 201 employees, or about 4% of its workforce. This is the third time the Seattle-based real estate company has reduced its workforce since June.

calling

Bloomberg reported on April 3 that Apple was cutting a small number of positions from its retail team.

March 2023

Netflix:

As reported on March 31, Netflix confirmed "multiple layoffs", including two longtime executives. The exact number of layoffs is unclear. Netflix is ​​expected to release Q1 2023 results on April 18.

roku

On March 30, it was announced that they were laying off around 200 employees, or 6% of their workforce. In November, the company laid off 200 American employees.

Not academic

On March 30, the company said it had cut more than 350 jobs, or 12% of its workforce, just four months after cutting around 350 jobs in November.

Change technology

On March 29, the company announced it had laid off 30% of its workforce in the first quarter of 2023.

Bright

On March 28, the company announced it was reducing 1,300 positions, or 18% of its workforce, to be completed by the end of the second quarter of 2023.

GitHub:

On March 28, the company announced it had cut more than 100 jobs in the South Asian market, essentially laying off its entire engineering team in India. A GitHub spokesperson told TechCrunch that the layoffs are part of a downsizing drive the company announced in February to cut roughly 10% of its workforce by the end of the first quarter of 2023.

disney

In an internal memo to employees on March 27, Disney said there will be three rounds of layoffs, the first of which will begin this week. About 7,000 employees will be affected by the job cuts announced in February.

sales team

On March 24, Bloomberg reported that more layoffs could occur at Salesforce, citing CEO Brian Millham, who said the company could help further cut CRM and technology in general. If implemented, the cuts would be larger than January's 10% cut.

accent

On March 23, it announced its intention to cut 19,000 jobs, or 2.5% of its workforce.

In fact

On March 22, he announced he would lay off 2,200 employees, or 15% of his workforce.

gallery roof

On March 22, it announced it had laid off 27% of its workforce, or around a hundred employees.

Shock

On March 20, he announced he would lay off 400 employees.

Amazon:

Another round of massive layoffs was announced on March 20, this time 9,000 people would be out of work. According to TechCrunch, around 10% of total volume currently comes from AWS. As part of a new round of cuts, Amazon is phasing out DPReview.

Habitats:

On March 20, the company announced it had laid off at least 100 employees, or about 2% of the company's workforce.

course hero

On March 16, he announced that he had laid off 15% of the workforce, or 42 people.

Clavio

On March 15, the company announced it had laid off 140 employees across all teams.

Microsoft

As part of its recent 10,000 layoff announcement, Microsoft is laying off an entire team dedicated to leading AI innovation that leads to ethical, responsible and sustainable results. On March 27, Microsoft laid off 559 employees at its Bellevue and Redmond companies.

Meta:

CEO Mark Zuckerberg confirmed news on March 14 that the company would cut 10,000 jobs and fill around 5,000 vacancies.

Y joiner

On March 13, it was announced that 20% of the workforce, or 17 team members, would be affected.

Salesforce... more

Salesforce first announced in January that they would be laying off 10% of their workforce, but some employees didn't find out until February. In the week of March 10th, another employee found out they had been laid off. Salesforce confirms that this reduction is a fraction of 10%.

atlas

Atlassian announced on March 6 that the company was laying off around 500 employees, or 5% of its total workforce.

SiriusXM

The company laid off 475 employees, or 8% of its total workforce, as announced on March 6.

Allerzo

The Nigerian B2B e-commerce platform has more than 2,000 employees before its first round of layoffs in September 2022. Alerzo is laying off 15% of its workforce, the company confirmed on March 6, leaving around 800 employees. Start.

Brain

As announced on March 1, the company laid off 15% of its workforce or around 285 employees.

Waymo

Alphabet's Waymo announced its second round of layoffs this year, announced on March 1. Following initial layoffs in January, the independent technology company laid off 8% of its workforce, or 209 employees.

Mind works

The company announced on March 1 that it had laid off around 4% of its global workforce, or around 500 employees.

February 2023

Twitter:

The company announced on February 26 that it had laid off more than 200 employees, including Esther Crawford, Haraldur Thorleifsson and Leah Culver. When Musk took over Twitter in October last year, the company's workforce plummeted by more than 70%.

dust mask

Poshmark, which announced on February 24, confirmed to TechCrunch that less than 2% of its workforce has been affected, mostly in the United States. More than 800 employees work in the company.

Green Lab

We don't have exact figures on how many Green Labs are considering furloughing employees. Green Labs has confirmed to TechCrunch that they are continuing a series of layoffs that could affect at least 50% of their workforce.

Cash Crusher:

The African cross-border payments platform announced on February 20 that it had made its second wave of layoffs just ten weeks after slashing around 12.5% ​​of its workforce. Chipper Cash is laying off nearly a third of its workforce, or about 100 employees.

Evernote:

On February 17, the company confirmed that 129 people had been laid off.

Yum

On February 16, the company announced it would cut 20% of its workforce, or more than 900 jobs, in its 11 markets by the fourth quarter of 2022.

procession

On February 16, the company announced it would be closing its Atlanta office and laying off employees as part of a restructuring. This is the third time in less than a year the company has laid off employees.

spray

On February 15, the company announced that 4% of its global workforce, or more than 100 employees, would be affected.

i bot:

On February 13, the company announced it would lay off 7% of its workforce, or around 85 employees.

Twillio:

On February 13, the company announced that around 17% of its approximately 1,400 employees worldwide will be affected.

GitHub:

On February 9, it was announced that 10% of the company's workforce would be affected after the end of the company's fiscal year. Prior to this announcement, first reported by Fortune, GitHub had approximately 3,000 employees.

Yahoo!

On February 9, the company announced that 20% of its workforce is influenced by 1,600 employees in its adtech business. Yahoo is the parent company of TechCrunch.

GitLab:

On February 9, he announced he would reduce his workforce by 7%. Some 114 people will be affected by the series of layoffs, but the exact number depends on the actual employment as of February 9.

Confirm

On February 8, the company announced a 19% reduction in its workforce, or around 500 employees, and the closure of its crypto division.

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On February 7, he announced a 15% or 1,300 job cut.

VinFast:

VinFast did not share the number of employees being cut, but a LinkedIn post from one former employee said "about 35 positions" were affected. This was announced on February 6.

little valley:

On February 6, 6,650 people or 5% of the global workforce were announced.

explode

On February 2, 10% of the workforce, or about 42 employees, announced it.

Pinterest:

On February 2, it was announced that 150 employees were injured. This is the second round of layoffs just weeks from the first phase in December 2022.

Riviera

On February 1, the company announced it would be laying off 6% of its workforce for the second time in less than a year.

January 2023

Sofia Technology

On January 31, the company announced it would cut 65 jobs, or about 5% of its 1,300 employees. The Wall Street Journal reports first.

NetApps:

It was announced on January 31 and affects 8% of approximately 960 employees.

Let's group:

On January 31, another 500 employees were announced. The company says these new cuts will cover the first two quarters of 2023.

impossible food

Bloomberg first reported that 20% of its workforce, or more than 100 employees, were affected.

PayPal:

On January 30, it was announced that around 2,000 permanent employees, or 7% of the workforce, were affected.

Arrival:

Announced on January 30 that the newly appointed CEO will employ 50% of the company's 800 employees worldwide.

Waymo

Alphabet's standalone technology unit quietly laid off workers on January 24, according to reports from The Information and LinkedIn and Blind. It's unclear how many Waymo employees will be affected.

Spotify:

Announced on January 23, affects approximately 6% of the global workforce of approximately 600 employees.

Alphabet

Google's parent company announced on January 21 that it would lay off 6% of its global workforce, the equivalent of 12,000 employees. The cuts will affect entities such as Area 120, Google's internal incubator, and Intrinsic, Alphabet's robotics division.

fan base

On January 20, the entertainment company announced that an unknown number of workers were affected at various facilities. According to a Variety report, the company employs around 500 people and the layoffs affect around 10% of employees across multiple divisions.

sip

On January 20, he announced that 380 jobs would be stopped and the meat market would be closed.

Sophos

On January 18, the company announced that 10% of its global workforce, or around 450 people, had been laid off.

Microsoft

As announced on January 18, 10,000 employees will be affected.

GoMechanics:

On January 18, it laid off 70% of its workforce.

Cleric

Announced on January 17th and affects 30% of the workforce of all teams.

Share conversations

As announced on January 15, ShareChat laid off 20% of its workforce, or more than 400 employees, just one month after laying off more than 100 jobs.

SmartNews:

On January 12, the company announced a 40% reduction in its workforce in the United States and China, or about 120 people.

Internal:

Alphabet's robotics software company Intrinsic is laying off 40 employees, TechCrunch confirmed on Jan. 12. This represents about 20% of the staff.

green light

The fintech startup, which offers debit cards for children, laid off 104 employees on January 12, more than 21% of its total workforce of 485 employees.

career karma

Learning navigation platform Career Karma laid off an additional 22 employees from its global and domestic workforce on January 12.

Life

The company announced on January 12 that it plans to lay off around 10% of its management staff by January 20.

computing

On January 11, the company announced it would lay off 7% of its workforce, or 450 employees worldwide.

Map

The equity management platform announced on January 11 that it had cut its workforce by 10%. According to LinkedIn, around 200 employees could be affected by the layoffs.

Inhabitant

On January 11, 33 employees were affected.

base piece

The elimination of 950 jobs, or about 20% of the workforce and the completion of "some" projects was announced on January 10. This is the second round of massive layoffs at the crypto exchange, which slashed its workforce by 18%, or nearly 1,100 jobs, last June.

Very rare:

NFT Markets announced on January 6th that it is laying off 30% of its staff.

Amazon:

This was announced on January 5 and led to the loss of more than 18,000 jobs. This announcement extends a series of previously announced reductions through November 2022. On January 19, the company announced it was discontinuing AmazonSmile.

sales team

On January 4, the company announced a 10% workforce reduction, affecting more than 7,000 employees. A month later, several Salesforce reps learned that they too were involved in the 10% layoff announcement.

vimeo:

On January 4, the company announced it had cut 11% of its workforce.

Editor's note: Natasha Mascarenas contributed to this collection.

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