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In 2023, layoffs have yet again cost tens of thousands of tech workers their jobs; this time, the workforce reductions have been driven by the biggest names in tech like Google<\/a>, Amazon<\/a>, Microsoft<\/a>, Yahoo<\/a> and Zoom<\/a>. Startups, too, have announced cuts across all sectors, from crypto to enterprise SaaS.\u00a0<\/p>\n The reasoning behind these workforce reductions follows a common script<\/a>, citing the macroeconomic environment and a need to find discipline on a tumultuous path to profitability. Still, tracking<\/a> the layoffs helps us to understand the impact on innovation, which companies are facing tough pressures and who is available to hire for the businesses lucky to be growing right now. It also, unfortunately, serves as a reminder of the human impact of layoffs <\/span>and how risk profiles may be changing from here.\u00a0<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n Below you\u2019ll find a comprehensive list of all the known layoffs in tech that have occurred in 2023, to be updated monthly. <\/span>If you have a tip on a layoff, contact us here<\/a>. If you prefer to remain anonymous, you can contact us here<\/a>.<\/p>\n Announced on March 6, Atlassian is laying off about 500 employees, or 5% of its total workforce.<\/p>\n Announced on March 6, the company laid off 475 employees, or 8% of its total workforce.<\/p>\n The Nigerian B2B e-commerce platform had a headcount of more than 2,000 before a first round of layoffs in September 2022. Alerzo has laid off 15% of its full-time workforce, the company confirmed on March 6, leaving about 800 employees at the startup.<\/p>\n Announced March 1, Alphabet\u2019s Waymo issued a second round of layoffs this year. Combined with the initial cuts in January<\/a>, the self-driving technology company has let go of 8%, or 209 employees, of its workforce.<\/p>\n Announced on March 1, the company laid off about 4% of its global workforce \u2014 approximately 500 employees.<\/p>\n Announced on February 26, the company laid off more than 200 employees including Esther Crawford, Haraldur Thorleifsson and Leah Culver. Since Musk<\/a> took over Twitter in October last year, the company\u2019s headcount has fallen by over 70%<\/a>.<\/p>\n Announced February 24, Poshmark confirmed with TechCrunch that less than 2% of its workforce was affected, primarily in the U.S. The company employs roughly 800+ employees.<\/p>\n We do not have an exact figure of how many Green Labs plans to lay off its staff. Green Labs confirmed to TechCrunch that it is conducting a round of layoffs that could impact at least 50% of its workforce.<\/p>\n Announced on February 20, African cross-border payments platform conducted a second round of layoffs just 10 weeks after it cut approximately 12.5% of its workforce. Chipper Cash relieved almost one-third of its workforce, about 100 employees.<\/p>\n Announced on February 16 that it is shuttering its Atlanta office and laying off workers as part of restructuring. This is the third time in less than a year that the company has laid off workers.<\/p>\n Announced on February 15 that it will impact 4% of its global workforce \u2014 or more than 100 employees.<\/p>\n Announced on February 13 that it will impact around 17% of its global workforce, about 1,400 people.<\/p>\n Announced February 9, 10% of its staff will be impacted through the end of the company\u2019s fiscal year. Before this announcement, which was first reported by Fortune<\/a>, GitHub had about 3,000 employees.<\/p>\n Announced on February 9, 20% of its staff, impacting 1,600 employees in its adtech business. Yahoo is the parent company to TechCrunch.<\/p>\n Announced February 9 that it\u2019s reducing its headcount by 7%. The round of redundancies will impact around 114 people, though that specific figure is dependent on its actual headcount as of February 9.<\/p>\n Announced on February 8 that it is reducing its staff by 19%, or about 500 employees, and shutting down its crypto unit.<\/p>\n Announced the cut of 15% of its staff, or 1,300 people on February 7.<\/p>\n VinFast has not shared how many employees have been cut, but a LinkedIn post<\/a> from a former employee said \u201cnearly 35 roles\u201d were affected. Announced on February 6.<\/p>\n Announced February 6, impacting 6,650 people, or 5% of worldwide workforce.<\/p>\n Announced February 2, 10% of staff \u2014 about 42 employees.<\/p>\n Announced February 2, 150 employees impacted. This is the\u00a0second job-cutting move<\/a> within weeks of the first round in December 2022.<\/p>\n Announced on February 1, cutting 6% of its workforce for the second time in less than a year.<\/p>\n Announced on January 31, cutting 65 jobs, or about 5% of its 1,300-person workforce. First reported<\/a> by The Wall Street Journal.<\/p>\n Announced on January 31, impacting 8% of its staff \u2014 about 960 people.<\/p>\n Impacting another<\/a> 500 employees announced on January 31.\u00a0The company said this new set of layoffs will be spread across the first two quarters of 2023.<\/p>\n Reportedly affecting 20% of its staff, over 100 employees,\u00a0Bloomberg reported first<\/a>.<\/p>\n Announced on January 30, about 2,000 full-time employees, or 7% of its workforce, were affected.<\/p>\n Announced on January 30, with a newly appointed CEO, slashing 50% of its workforce \u2014 800 employees globally.<\/p>\n The self-driving technology unit under Alphabet quietly laid off workers on January 24, according to The Information<\/a> and several posts on LinkedIn and Blind. It\u2019s not yet clear how many of Waymo\u2019s staff will be affected.<\/p>\n Announced on January 23, impacting around 6% of its global workforce \u2014 around 600 employees.<\/p>\n Google\u2019s parent company announced laying off 6% of its global workforce on January 21, equating to 12,000 employees. These cuts impact divisions such as Area 120<\/a>, the Google in-house incubator and Alphabet\u2019s robotics division, Intrinsic<\/a>.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n The entertainment company announced an unspecified number of employees impacted across multiple properties on January 20.\u00a0According to a report by Variety<\/a>, the company employs around 500 people, and the layoffs have affected roughly 10% of its staff across different sites.<\/p>\n Announced plans to lay off 380 jobs on January 20 and shut down its meat marketplace.<\/p>\n Announced on January 18, 10% of its global workforce, about 450 people were let go.<\/p>\n As announced on January 18, 10,000 employees will be impacted.<\/p>\n Laid off 70% of its workforce on January 18.<\/p>\n Announced on January 17, impacting 30% of staff across all teams.<\/p>\n Announced on January 15, ShareChat laid off 20%<\/a> of its workforce \u2014 or over 400 employees \u2014 just a month\u00a0after eliminating more than 100 roles<\/a>.<\/p>\n Announced on January 12 a 40% reduction of its U.S. and China workforce, or around 120 people.<\/p>\n Alphabet\u2019s robot software firm, Intrinsic, is laying off 40 employees TechCrunch confirmed on January 12. Amounting to around 20% of the headcount.<\/p>\n The fintech startup offering debit cards to kids laid off 104 employees on January 12, or over 21% of its total headcount of 485 employees.<\/p>\n Learning navigation platform Career Karma laid off another<\/a> 22 people on January 12 across its global and domestic workforce.<\/p>\n Announced on January 12 plans to lay off about 10% of its management staff on January 20.<\/p>\n Announced on January 11, the equity management platform cut 10% of its staff. Judging by LinkedIn data, the layoff could have impacted around 200 employees.<\/p>\n Impacting 33 staff members on January 11.<\/p>\n To cut 950 jobs, or about 20% of its workforce, and shut down \u201cseveral\u201d projects, announced on January 10. This is the\u00a0second round of major layoffs at the crypto exchange<\/a>, which eliminated 18% of its workforce, or nearly 1,100 jobs last June.<\/p>\n The NFT marketplace is cutting 30% of its staff, announced on January 6.<\/p>\n Announced on January 5, eliminating more than 18,000 roles. This announcement extends a previously announced<\/a> round of layoffs in November of 2022<\/a>. On January 19, the company announced it would end AmazonSmile<\/a>.<\/p>\n Announced on January 4 that it\u2019s cutting 10% of its workforce, impacting more than 7,000 employees.<\/span>\u00a0A month later, some Salesforce employees<\/a> had just found out they were also a part of the 10% layoff announcement.<\/p>\n Announced on January 4, cutting<\/a> 11% of its workforce.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n <\/br><\/br><\/br><\/p>\n
\nA comprehensive list of 2023 tech layoffs<\/br>
\n2023-03-08 22:19:10<\/br><\/p>\nMarch 2023<\/h2>\n
Atlassian<\/span><\/a><\/h3>\n
SiriusXM<\/span><\/a><\/h3>\n
Alerzo<\/span><\/a><\/h3>\n
Waymo<\/span><\/a><\/h3>\n
Thoughtworks<\/span><\/a><\/h3>\n
February 2023<\/h2>\n
Twitter<\/span><\/a><\/h3>\n
Poshmark<\/span><\/a><\/h3>\n
Green Labs<\/span><\/a><\/h3>\n
Chipper Cash<\/span><\/a><\/h3>\n
Convoy<\/span><\/a><\/h3>\n
Sprinklr<\/span><\/a><\/h3>\n
Twilio<\/a><\/span><\/h3>\n
GitHub<\/a><\/span><\/h3>\n
Yahoo<\/a><\/span><\/h3>\n
GitLab<\/a><\/span><\/h3>\n
Affirm<\/a><\/span><\/h3>\n
Zoom<\/a><\/span><\/h3>\n
VinFast<\/a><\/span><\/h3>\n
Dell<\/a><\/span><\/h3>\n
Getaround<\/a><\/span><\/h3>\n
Pinterest<\/a><\/span><\/h3>\n
Rivian<\/a><\/span><\/h3>\n
January 2023<\/h2>\n
SoFi Technologies<\/a><\/span><\/h3>\n
NetApp<\/a><\/span><\/h3>\n
Groupon<\/a><\/span><\/h3>\n
Impossible Foods<\/a><\/span><\/h3>\n
PayPal<\/a><\/span><\/h3>\n
Arrival<\/a><\/span><\/h3>\n
Waymo<\/a><\/span><\/h3>\n
Spotify<\/a><\/span><\/h3>\n
Alphabet<\/a><\/span><\/h3>\n
Fandom<\/a><\/span><\/h3>\n
Swiggy<\/a><\/span><\/h3>\n
Sophos<\/a><\/span><\/h3>\n
Microsoft<\/a><\/span><\/h3>\n
GoMechanic<\/a><\/span><\/h3>\n
Clearco<\/a><\/span><\/h3>\n
ShareChat<\/a><\/span><\/h3>\n
SmartNews<\/a><\/span><\/h3>\n
Intrinsic<\/a><\/span><\/h3>\n
Greenlight<\/a><\/span><\/h3>\n
Career Karma<\/a><\/span><\/h3>\n
DirectTV<\/span><\/a><\/h3>\n
Carta<\/a><\/span><\/h3>\n
Citizen<\/a><\/span><\/h3>\n
Coinbase<\/a><\/span><\/h3>\n
SuperRare<\/a><\/span><\/h3>\n
Amazon<\/a><\/span><\/h3>\n
Salesforce<\/a><\/span><\/h3>\n
Vimeo<\/a><\/span><\/h3>\n