Layoff Timeline

SEC restructuring disclosure (critical)

WARN filing: 150 employees affected (moderate)

SEC restructuring disclosure (critical)

WARN filing: 491 employees affected (moderate)

SEC restructuring disclosure (critical)

Meta's job postings have rebounded 27% from their February trough, rising from approximately 3,000 to 3,810 active positions. The recovery is driven by aggressive hiring for AI/ML engineering roles, particularly in the Llama and generative AI teams, suggesting Meta is pivoting headcount toward AI initiatives.

Meta filed a WARN Act notice in Washington state for 168 positions at its Bellevue office, part of a broader restructuring that has affected an estimated 5,000 employees across 2025-2026.

Salesforce postings dropped 42% between October 2025 and February 2026 despite record Q1 FY2026 revenue. The decline reflects a deliberate shift: AI now handles ~50% of customer support workload, eliminating ~4,000 support roles. However, Salesforce is simultaneously hiring at scale in AI and engineering — net headcount grew 9% to 83,334. The posting decline masks a composition shift rather than a pure contraction.

Salesforce cut approximately 1,000 employees in February 2026 across marketing, data analytics, Agentforce AI, and Heroku teams. This followed ~5,000 cuts in 2025, bringing the total to ~6,000. FY2025 restructuring charges were $461M with $300-325M remaining. Notably, Salesforce headcount still grew net positive (76,453 to 83,334) as AI-focused hiring outpaced layoffs — the cuts are surgical, replacing roles AI automates while expanding engineering teams.

Amazon executed a second round of 16,000 corporate layoffs on January 28, 2026, bringing the total to 30,000 since October 2025 — surpassing the 27,000 cuts in 2023. AWS cloud unit was confirmed affected via an inadvertent internal email. Jassy indicated more cuts may follow as AI automation displaces additional corporate functions. No broad hiring recovery signals as of April 2026.

WARN filing recorded (moderate)

Meta's active postings dropped 46% over two weeks, coinciding with approximately 1,000 layoffs in Reality Labs and the shutdown of several VR studio projects. Additional cuts of several hundred positions followed in March, affecting recruiting, sales, and global operations teams. The reductions fund Meta's AI capex increase to $115-135B in 2026.

Microsoft job postings declined 38% between June and December 2025, dropping from 4,200 to 2,604 active listings. This reflects a deliberate hiring freeze following three rounds of layoffs totaling 15,300 positions in 2025. Despite strong revenue growth, headcount remained flat at 228,000 as the company redirected spending toward AI infrastructure and data center buildout.

Amazon job postings declined 42% between September 2025 and November 2025, dropping from 3,800 to 2,204 active listings. The decline coincided with the largest workforce reduction in Amazon history — 14,000 corporate positions eliminated in October with 16,000 more following in January 2026. Engineering, gaming, and grocery divisions were most impacted.

Amazon announced 14,000 corporate layoffs on October 28, 2025 — the first round of what would become 30,000 total cuts, the largest reduction in company history. WARN filings span 7+ states with Washington (6,800+) and California (4,200+) most impacted. Engineering roles accounted for ~40% of cuts in key states. CEO Andy Jassy framed the restructuring as eliminating bureaucracy, with savings redirected to AI infrastructure.