Layoff Watch: Tech Sector Fired 1.3 lakh Jobs In 2026!
We now have an interesting story in development with regard to the recent layout that have been happening in the tech sector.
It is already known that the software industry has been undergoing significant turbulence with regard to the human workforce as companies have been firing employees aggressively.
We now have an interesting story in development with regard to the recent layout that have been happening in the tech sector.
If we have a look at the list of the companies that have fired the most number of employees in the recent past, the situation appears to be extremely detrimental in nature.
1. UPS: 30,000 Employees
2. Oracle: 30,000 Employees
3. Amazon: 16,000 Employees
4. Omnicom: 15,000 Employees
5. Meta: 8,000 Employees
6. Microsoft: 4,800 Employees
7. Dow Chemical: 4,500 Employees
8. Cisco: Fewer Than 4,000 Employees
9. American Express: 3,840 Employees
10. Uber: 3,300 Employees
11. Renault: Up to 2,400 Employees
12. Nike: 1,400 Employees
13. General Motors: 1,300 Employees
14. Disney: 1,000 Employees
15. Citigroup: 1,000 Employees
All of this complies to around 1.35,00,000 human jobs being fired in the first 10 months of 2026 itself. This number is only going to go up further in the days to follow, and there is nothing that we can do about it.
The worst part here is that some of the biggest companies in the world have been firing employees so aggressively. We can see big companies like Amazon and UPS firing several 10s of thousands of employees at once.
This is just regarding the tech sector till now, and the number will go up considerably higher if we add the automobile and also hardware sector in the same.