Overview
- Independent tracking shows more than 22,000 tech layoffs by the end of February 2025, including 16,084 in February alone.
- Microsoft is cutting about 9,000 roles, Intel has removed over 5,500 with plans targeting up to 25,000 by year-end, and Salesforce has eliminated about 4,000 jobs, nearly half of its support team.
- Accenture shed more than 11,000 positions in three months as CEO Julie Sweet said the firm is exiting people where reskilling is not viable, and its headcount fell from 791,000 to 779,000 by August.
- AI is both a cause and a focus of the changes, with Salesforce agents handling about one million customer interactions and more than 200 Google contract workers saying they trained systems that later displaced their roles.
- Leaders frame the cuts as building faster, flatter organizations, and Oracle has also trimmed staff across regions, reinforcing that layoffs now reflect a structural realignment rather than a short-term correction.