Layoff Tracker 2025: Weekly Tech and Company Layoffs [Updated Every Week]

Staying on top of layoffs can help you navigate the job market smarter and move faster. That’s why we created this real-time Layoff Tracker—to keep you informed about which companies are downsizing and when. Whether you're actively job hunting or just keeping tabs on the industry, this weekly roundup helps you stay one step ahead. Here's what happened in the month of May 2025:

• Business Insider reduces workforce by 21% amid AI-driven restructuring

• Microsoft to cut 6,000 jobs as part of organizational overhaul

• Morgan Stanley plans to lay off hundreds across New York offices

• Chevron announces 200 job cuts in Texas amid global workforce reduction

• Electronic Arts lays off hundreds, including at Respawn Entertainment

• Six Flags eliminates all park president positions following merger

• International Paper closes Texas plants, resulting in 117 layoffs

• Walmart to cut 1,500 corporate jobs in restructuring effort

• Rite Aid to close 154 stores amid bankruptcy proceedings

• Southwest Airlines to eliminate 1,500 jobs as part of cost-cutting measures

• Starbucks to lay off 1,000 corporate employees in restructuring move

• Meta to reduce workforce by 5% in latest round of layoffs

• UPS announces layoffs affecting 12,000 workers as part of cost-cutting strategy

• LinkedIn initiates new round of layoffs across Bay Area offices

• CVS, Walgreens, and Rite Aid to close 1,700 locations amid retail challenges

• Microsoft's layoffs impact Silicon Valley workforce amid AI shift

• International Paper restructures operations along US-Mexico border

• Six Flags eliminates 135 jobs at California parks following merger

• Duolingo to replace contract workers with AI as part of 'AI-first' strategy

Here’s what happened in the week of April 14, 2025:

• IRS may shrink by 40% amid staff cuts, reports say

• Harvard Public Health slashes jobs after federal funding rollback

• 4,000+ layoffs loom in New Jersey—could your company be next?

• Sonder cuts $50M in spend, axes staff ahead of Marriott deal

• Whirlpool announces Iowa’s largest 2025 layoff in Amana plant

• GM faces mass cuts as unsold EVs pile up

• Nearly 90% of the CFPB workforce slashed in continued federal downsizing

Here’s what happened in the week of April 07, 2025:

• USDA to close down its D.C. headquarters, laying off thousands of federal employees, according to reports.

• Chevron to lay off 600 California-based employees as it relocates corporate operations to Houston, Texas.

• Teleflex announces layoffs at its facility in Minnesota.

• Federal job losses begin to surface, with hundreds impacted in the Philadelphia metro area.

• RAICES to lay off an additional 159 workers, according to a recent filing.

• Pfizer to scale down R&D operations in San Diego with a $255M site sale and 56 job cuts.

• Nearly 500 Iowans affected by layoffs at U.S. Cellular.

• Mass layoffs hit Phenix City just seven months after a $2.8 million company investment.

• Microsoft reportedly planning layoffs targeting middle management roles.

• TTS Hit by Another Round of Layoffs Under DOGE Leadership

Here’s what happened in the week of March 31, 2025:

• Southwest Airlines pauses some hirings, internships, and rallies to reduce costs

• Canva shocks employees with AI-related job cuts

• Automattic Announces Restructuring

• Deloitte to Lay Off U.S. Consultants After Government Cost Crackdown

• US Health Dept may ask fired staff to keep working, reinstate others

• Stellantis to temporarily lay off 900 US workers as tariffs bite

• Lyondell Houston refinery layoffs to begin in mid-April, letter shows

• 2U/edX Implements Another Round of Layoffs Amid Ongoing Financial Struggles

Check back every week for updates on workforce reductions, hiring freezes, and restructuring announcements across industries.