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Involuntary termination of employment of an employee due to business concerns
A layoff or downsizing is the temporary suspension or permanent termination of employment of an employee or, more commonly, a group of employees (collective
Layoff
mass layoffs in a wave which began in 2022 and peaked in January 2024. An estimated 45,000 jobs were lost from 2022 to July 2025. These layoffs had reverberating
2022–2026 video game industry layoffs
2022–2026_video_game_industry_layoffs
About 300,000 United States federal civil service layoffs have been announced by the second Trump administration, almost all of them attributed to the
2025 United States federal mass layoffs
2025_United_States_federal_mass_layoffs
Website
and presents information about layoffs in the tech industry. Since then, Layoffs.fyi has aggregated over 450,000 layoffs, and the website is frequently
Layoffs.fyi
Cancelled MMORPG
studio co-founder Steven Sharif resigned from Intrepid, followed by a mass layoff. WARN Act notices filed by the company describe a permanent closure of Intrepid
Ashes_of_Creation
American healthcare services provider
descriptions of "rampant layoffs," offshoring, cost-cutting replacing U.S. roles, and "calendar layoff season"); see Optum "layoff" Reviews, https://www
Optum
United States labor law
notification 60 calendar days in advance of planned closings and mass layoffs of employees. Employees entitled to notice under the WARN Act include managers
Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act of 1988
Worker_Adjustment_and_Retraining_Notification_Act_of_1988
American football player and commentator (born 1977)
Autograph announced it raised $170M in funding. In 2023, the company announced layoffs for nearly a third of its workforce. On September 6, 2023, it was announced
Tom_Brady
video game industry, 2026 continues trends resulting from the large-scale layoffs from previous years, as well as impacts on hardware and consoles due to
2026_in_video_games
American multinational technology company
about a 14 percent reduction of its workforce as the biggest Microsoft layoff ever. This included 12,500 professional and factory personnel. Previously
Microsoft
Pandemic caused by SARS-CoV-2
Security After Hospitality Industry Layoffs". NPR. Retrieved 28 March 2021. Woodyard C. "Travel industry layoffs begin as Congress fails to come up with
COVID-19_pandemic
Professional network website
employees across its engineering, product, and marketing divisions. The layoffs, announced by CEO Daniel Shapero, occurred as part of a structural pivot
Country in West Asia
depended on the help of charities. The report cited salary delays and layoffs as a major risk, in addition to overcrowded living conditions, lack of
United_Arab_Emirates
Revolution in Iran from 1978 to 1979
spending and reduced business. However, the cutbacks led to a sharp rise in layoffs—particularly among young, unskilled, male workers living in the working-class
Iranian_Revolution
End of an existing relationship between an employee and their employer
dismissal (firing or sacking) or a layoff. Dismissal or firing is usually thought to be the employee's fault, whereas a layoff is generally done for business
Termination_of_employment
American multinational coffeehouse chain
brand and boost its profit. Of the new cuts, 550 of the positions were layoffs and the rest were unfilled jobs. Additionally in July 2008, Starbucks announced
Starbucks
American singer and songwriter (born 1981)
November 24, 2011. "RCA's New Executive Team Named Under CEO Peter Edge Amid Layoffs (Update)". Billboard. August 23, 2011. Archived from the original on March
Alicia_Keys
Croatian footballer (born 1985)
November 2016). "Real Madrid's Luka Modric 'happy' to be back after injury layoff". ESPN FC. Archived from the original on 24 June 2017. Retrieved 15 July
Luka_Modrić
Russian-Emirati mixed martial artist (born 1994)
Chimaev won the bout via D'Arce Choke in the first round. After a one-year layoff, Chimaev returned to middleweight on 21 October 2023, at UFC 294. Chimaev
Khamzat_Chimaev
American multinational financial technology company
Shopify Payments to merchants in France. In February 2023, PayPal announced layoffs for 2,000 of its workers, or 7% of its total workforce. It was reported
PayPal
American singer (born 1981)
(August 23, 2011). "RCA's New Executive Team Named Under CEO Peter Edge Amid Layoffs". Billboard. Archived from the original on June 29, 2019. Retrieved October
Britney_Spears
United States government public health agency
imposed content restrictions on scientific research, carried out large-scale layoffs and program cuts, and oversaw repeated leadership changes. Public health
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Centers_for_Disease_Control_and_Prevention
Indian media company
Bengal. It was established in 1922. The company in recent years did mass layoff at various times. Ananda Publisher[clarification needed] is one of the leading
ABP_Group
American multinational computer corporation
impacted employees. The company was believed to be planning another mass layoff round within a month. For the second quarter of fiscal year 2026 (ending
Oracle_Corporation
Company and online coding environment
July 14, 2025. "AI Programming Fuels Remarkable Comeback After 50% Staff Layoff: ARR Tops $100M, Company Valuation Hits $60B". eu.36kr.com. 36Kr. January
Replit
American mass media company
bargaining by rescinding an offer that they had previously made around layoffs". Anne Hathaway walked out of a Vanity Fair photo shoot the same day, January
Condé_Nast
Universal Pictures media franchise
"Executive Roundtable: 6 Studio Heads on China Plans, Superhero Overload, WB Layoffs, Fast & Furious Future". The Hollywood Reporter. Archived from the original
Fast_&_Furious
Elimination of middle managers
several Big Tech companies have laid off middle management positions. These layoffs have coincided with the development of artificial intelligence models,
Great_flattening
Polish tennis player (born 2001)
fourth was in February 2018 in her first tournament back from a seven-month layoff due to injury. After a $25k title in April, Świątek moved up to higher-level
Iga_Świątek
American entrepreneur and child actor (born 1980)
assault against Collins-Rector. All three executives subsequently resigned. Layoffs followed in February 2000. While a new executive team led by former Capitol
Brock_Pierce
American video streaming service
October 2, 2025. Flint, Joe; Fritz, Ben (April 8, 2026). "Disney Planning Layoffs Under New CEO Josh D'Amaro". The Wall Street Journal. Retrieved April 10
Hulu
Temporary leave of employees due to special needs of employer
Furloughs may be short-term or long-term. They are also known as temporary layoffs. In the United States, involuntary furloughs concerning federal government
Furlough
1976 court case
employees on January 15, 1974. General Motors used a "last hired-first fired" layoff scheme to decide who was laid off as required by its collective bargaining
DeGraffenreid v. General Motors
DeGraffenreid_v._General_Motors
Cohort born from 1965 to 1980
retirement, was no longer applicable. By the late 1980s, there were large-scale layoffs of Boomers, corporate downsizing, and accelerated offshoring of production
Generation_X
2022 American film
A blue-collar worker, he implies that the white-collar, former banker's layoff was deserved. At Ann's birthday party, when playing a dare game, Jim is
First_Love_(2022_film)
Executive department of the US federal government
wasteful spending that could be saved over the next five years without layoffs or reduction in military personnel. In 2016, The Washington Post uncovered
United States Department of Defense
United_States_Department_of_Defense
Former house band for Late Night with Seth Meyers
The 8G Band was the house band for Late Night with Seth Meyers from 2014 to 2024. The band was led by Fred Armisen, and was named for the studio where
The_8G_Band
1979 studio album by ZZ Top
Battle of the Alamo in 1836. The Boston Globe noted that "the extended layoff has taken some of the edge off Gibbons' lead vocals and the album lacks
Degüello
Financial incentive
restructuring situations. The purpose is to avoid compulsory redundancies or layoffs. A voluntary redundancy programme is not always driven by short term revenue
Voluntary_redundancy
Canadian video game developer
EA announced layoffs in EA Montreal's Mobile division, which developed games as Rock Band (iOS) and Rock Band Unplugged. A further layoff on the Mobile
EA_Montreal
American arm wrestler (born 1964)
Despite Brzenk defeating Larratt in one of his most recent matches before his layoff from armwrestling, a bigger, stronger Larratt proved to be too much for
John_Brzenk
National Football League franchise in Green Bay, Wisconsin
October 19, 2025, after WRNW switched to an adult contemporary format after layoffs which affected most of the sports talk station's hosts and personnel. The
Green_Bay_Packers
Defunct computer systems manufacturer
among European countries. By Feldman's estimate, sales dropped 10 percent. Layoffs ensued, with the company's employee base shrinking from 65 to 36 in 1992
Ampro
Music discovery website
information retrieval Silberling, Amanda (February 12, 2024). "Spotify's layoffs put an end to a musical encyclopedia, and fans are pissed". TechCrunch
Every_Noise_at_Once
American software company
stability and strategic continuity. In January 2023, the company announced a layoff of about 10%, or approximately 8,000 positions. According to Benioff, the
Salesforce
Game developer and comic artist
for approximately US$460 million, a transaction accompanied by waves of layoffs across the affected studios. Caisse and Déry both departed Gearbox that
Pierre-Andre_Dery
Independent city in Missouri, United States
Archived July 20, 2013, at the Wayback Machine "Riverfront Times sale and layoff of news staff signals end of 46-year era for St. Louis alt-weekly". STLPR
St._Louis
American news magazine and website
strategy officer. She oversaw layoffs at Time in 2024, calling them necessary to improve the company's financial position. The layoffs were criticized by The
Time_(magazine)
2011, resulting from the layoff of 400 Hanjin Heavy Industries employees. The goal of the strike was to prevent the layoffs and improve overall working
2010–2011 Hanjin Heavy Industries strike
2010–2011_Hanjin_Heavy_Industries_strike
American film and television and distribution company
themed movies and TV shows. In January 2024, Amazon announced hundreds of layoffs across Amazon MGM Studios, Prime Video and Twitch in order to "prioritize
Amazon_MGM_Studios
restrictions and high electricity prices, ArcelorMittal Kryvyi Rih initiated layoffs to maintain operations. In 2026, Mauro Longobardo has made numerous public
Mauro_Longobardo
Video game series
Wingnut Interactive, it was canceled as part of budget cuts tied to job layoffs in January 2009. Ensemble Studios developed a Halo-themed massively multiplayer
Halo_(franchise)
Events that caused delays in delivery of mail
The 2020 United States Postal Service crisis was a series of events that caused backlogs and delays in the delivery of mail by the United States Postal
2020 United States Postal Service crisis
2020_United_States_Postal_Service_crisis
American stand-up comedian (1937–2008)
revealed that the first of his three heart attacks occurred during this layoff period. His first two HBO specials aired in 1977 and 1978. In 1981, Carlin
George_Carlin
American period drama television series
after IBM aggressively undercuts Cardiff Electric and forces them into layoffs, and after Joe upsets a potential investor. Despite her suspicions of Joe
Halt and Catch Fire (TV series)
Halt_and_Catch_Fire_(TV_series)
8, 2024. "Bell Media planning cuts to CTV, BNN Bloomberg following BCE layoffs, sale of 45 radio stations". CTV News. February 8, 2024. Retrieved February
2024_in_Canadian_television
American late-night talk show franchise (since 1954)
dark days – The NBC program starring Jay Leno suffers a ratings slide and layoffs amid instability in the TV business – and after network missteps. And the
The_Tonight_Show
Defunct American political website
sweeping ABC News layoffs". The Independent. Retrieved March 5, 2025. Limehouse, Jonathan (March 5, 2025). "Disney announces layoffs at ABC News, says
FiveThirtyEight
American multinational home improvement retailing company
with the downturn in the housing market, The Home Depot announced the layoff of several thousand associates, as well as the closing of 54 stores nationwide
Home_Depot
American daily newspaper
2024, the paper underwent its largest percentage reduction in headcount—a layoff exceeding 20 percent, including senior staff editorial positions—in an effort
Los_Angeles_Times
Airline of the United States
oversight, Southwest initiated major changes, including its first-ever layoffs affecting approximately 15% of employees, ending its popular two free checked
Southwest_Airlines
British video game developer
Supermassive Games had informed 150 employees that they were at risk of layoffs, ultimately cutting 90 personnel. Supermassive Games has produced interactive
Supermassive_Games
Governor of Maryland from 2015 to 2023
inefficiencies and waste in government spending, but criticized federal mass layoffs by Elon Musk and the Department of Government Efficiency. Hogan was seen
Larry_Hogan
studios under Embracer to either lay off staff or close entirely. Similar layoffs were seen at Unity, Amazon, ByteDance, Epic Games, Bungie, and Ubisoft
2023_in_video_games
American business executive (born 1957)
also met by fierce criticism relating to executive compensation bonuses, layoffs, outsourcing, and presiding over 24 consecutive quarters of revenue decline
Ginni_Rometty
American video game publisher and developer
on World of Warcraft. In February 2019, Kotick announced a company-wide layoff of 8% of Activision Blizzard staff, around 800 total positions, due to lower
Blizzard_Entertainment
American businessman
Post was "ending a hard week of change with more change", in reference to layoffs Lewis instituted. "Class notes". Cornell Enterprise. Ithaca: Cornell Johnson
Jeff_D'Onofrio
rules limited economic activity in the country. Companies started mass layoffs of workers, and Canada's unemployment rate was 13.5 percent in May 2020
COVID-19_pandemic_in_Canada
well-being of communities across the nation...The assertion that these layoffs will somehow improve “efficiency” is not only misleading but outright dangerous
NOAA in the second Trump administration
NOAA_in_the_second_Trump_administration
2026 mass layoffs
Beginning in January 2026 dozens of Fortune 500 companies announced layoffs of tens of thousands of their corporate workers. Many companies cited advancement
2026 United States corporate mass layoffs
2026_United_States_corporate_mass_layoffs
President of Ecuador from 2007 to 2017
even though Correa denied that those gestures were the reason for the layoffs. In his post-presidential exile, Correa has remained an active social media
Rafael_Correa
Canadian animator (born 1961)
been supervising animator of many characters and remained so until his layoff in 2013. After graduating from the Classical Animation Program at Sheridan
Nik_Ranieri
Religious television network
continue to be used as transmitters, but not broadcasting centers, leading to layoffs. Further studios were abandoned and centralized to the network's Bedford
Daystar_Television_Network
Pay and benefits an employee receives from their employer upon dismissal or layoff
Organized labour portal Compromise agreement Golden handshake Golden parachute Layoff Voluntary redundancy Wrongful dismissal Unfair dismissal Just cause Unemployment
Severance_package
American reality television series
on October 31, 2001, and delivered poor ratings. After a nearly two-year layoff, a third edition of the series premiered on August 28, 2003. Like Season
Temptation_Island_(TV_series)
American nonprofit organization
tensions and turmoil within the organization following the layoffs. In response to the layoffs, the Union filed a complaint with the National Labor Relations
Asian Americans Advancing Justice Southern California
Asian_Americans_Advancing_Justice_Southern_California
American intervention in the Syrian civil war and conflict
Department of Government Efficiency Deferred resignation Lawsuits Mass layoffs Network Targets AFGE v. Trump Domestic military deployments District of
United States intervention in Syria
United_States_intervention_in_Syria
Last in First Out termination policy in education
by school districts and other employers to prioritize layoffs by seniority. Under LIFO layoff rules, junior teachers and other employees lose their jobs
LIFO_(education)
U.S. federal government department
14, 2025, the Supreme Court overturned the lower courts, allowing the layoffs to proceed. The department identifies four key functions: Establishing
United States Department of Education
United_States_Department_of_Education
2021–2026 Ford–SK On joint venture
Retrieved January 20, 2026. James, Josh (December 19, 2025). "BlueOval layoffs present a challenge for workers, state supporters". WUKY. Retrieved January
BlueOval_SK
Proposed annual football club competition
result of the attempted breakaway, other Premier League clubs called for layoffs of key personnel employed by the Big Six. The FA commenced a formal inquiry
European_Super_League
Canadian actor, professional basketball player (born 1969)
March 4, 2016. Retrieved July 5, 2015. Herman, Steve (June 22, 1987). "Year layoff doesn't stop Fox, Indiana". The Daily News. Bowling Green, Kentucky. Associated
Rick_Fox
British technology executive
gov.uk. Retrieved 2025-09-26. Case, Tony (2025-01-17). "Meta's latest layoffs may herald larger trends putting a bull's-eye on tech talent this year"
Dominic_Monkhouse
Public university in Melbourne, Australia
university announced it was axing 450 staff in the institution's largest ever layoff of academic staff, despite a planned expenditure of $4.2 billion for capital
University_of_Melbourne
Canadian video game developer and publisher
playable. On May 18, 2023, Brace Yourself Games announced significant layoffs affecting roughly half its workforce, citing financial pressures and project
Brace_Yourself_Games
American home improvement and hardware store chain
announces $10 billion stock buyback, 2019 forecast". finance.yahoo.com. "Lowes layoffs". August 13, 2019. "Lowe's Revenue 2006-2018". Macrotrends. Retrieved October
Lowe's
Topics referred to by the same term
Permanent Vacation may refer to: A slang term for a layoff Permanent Vacation (1980 film), written and directed by Jim Jarmusch Permanent Vacation (2007
Permanent_Vacation
Canadian radio broadcasting company
a viable business anymore': Bell Media selling 45 radio stations amid layoffs". Toronto Star. The Canadian Press. Retrieved 8 February 2024. Law, John
Whiteoaks Communications Group
Whiteoaks_Communications_Group
Act of reorganizing the legal, ownership, operational, or other structures of a company
Chainsaw Al Compromise agreement Creditor Debt Demerger Downsizing Insolvency Layoff Presidential Task Force on the Auto Industry Spin-out Stub (stock) Voluntary
Restructuring
American digital delivery service
In July 2022, Gopuff announced closure of 76 of its U.S. warehouses and layoffs impacting about 1,500 employees. At the time, the company still intended
Gopuff
American appliances company
closed showrooms. On April 12, 2024, it was reported that Pirch had filed a layoff notice that would affect 40 employees at the Westfield UTC, Mission Viejo
Pirch_(company)
American solar panel manufacturer (2005–2011)
Solyndra was a manufacturer of cylindrical panels of copper indium gallium selenide (CIGS) thin film solar cells. It was based in Fremont, California.
Solyndra
Public policy analyst and university administrator (born 1959)
caveats that if not enough voluntary severance offers are taken, targeted layoffs and redundancies will be undertaken. On 30 September 2024, the University
David Bell (university administrator)
David_Bell_(university_administrator)
Mass-firing event at the Central Intelligence Agency
the name given by news media in the United States to a mass-firing and layoff which occurred in October 1977 at the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA)
Halloween_Massacre_of_1977
New York Politician
"prevent the removal of ineffective teachers from the classroom" and "require layoffs of more effective teachers" in economic downturns, during which, the department
Sam_Pirozzolo
American boxer
recovered to Keith Holmes. After a two-year layoff and a victory in 1998, followed by a three-year layoff and a victory in 2001, Taylor retired from boxing
Quincy_Taylor
State capital city of Kansas, United States
2013. Retrieved June 15, 2013. Fry, Steve (October 12, 2011). "Staff layoffs anger D.A." CJOnline.com. Retrieved June 15, 2013.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint:
Topeka,_Kansas
Brazilian media and communications company
concentrated. This restructuring led to controversy, particularly due to mass layoffs across the former companies. In the case of Rede Globo, the dismissal of
Globo_(media_company)
American subscription streaming service
2020, IAC announced it had ceased financing CollegeHumor, leading to the layoff of 105 employees. IAC unsuccessfully attempted to sell CollegeHumor to numerous
Dropout_(streaming_service)
American journalist and political commentator (born 1984)
politics. Her tenure at CBS News has been marked by controversy, including layoffs, the spiking of a 60 Minutes segment, and the firing of veteran correspondent
Bari_Weiss
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