Tech Layoffs Up or Down in 2026?
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LinkedIn plans layoffs affecting 5% of staff. • The move comes even as LinkedIn's revenue rose 12% year on year in the latest quarter, based on Microsoft's filings.
Exclusive: LinkedIn's layoffs will come with operational changes, memo shows
brief aside: per sources, linkedin appears to be notifying employees this morning there will be layoffs. unclear to me how many and feels fuzzy even to employees. • • appears to be a "broad cost cutting effort"
Microsoft $MSFT owned LinkedIn is reportedly planning to announce to layoffs impacting 5% of its staff as it • • "reorganizes teams and focuses staff on areas where its business is growing" - Reuters
EXCLUSIVE-LinkedIn planning to lay off 5% of staff in latest tech-sector cuts, source says
EXCLUSIVE-LinkedIn is planning to lay off 5% of staff in latest tech-sector cuts, source says
Exclusive-Microsoft’s Linkedin is Preparing to Announce Layoffs on Wednesday-Sources
US TECH JOBS HAVE BEEN FALLING FOR 16 STRAIGHT MONTHS, THE WORST STREAK SINCE THE FINANCIAL CRISIS. • • TECH HIRING IS WEAKENING EVEN AS TECH STOCKS KEEP HITTING RECORD HIGHS. ...
US TECH JOBS HAVE BEEN FALLING FOR 16 STRAIGHT MONTHS, THE WORST STREAK SINCE THE FINANCIAL CRISIS. • • TECH HIRING IS WEAKENING EVEN AS TECH STOCKS KEEP HITTING RECORD HIGHS.
Hassett says AI isn't costing anybody their job right now — but tech layoffs keep coming
Hassett says AI isn't costing anybody their job right now — but tech layoffs keep coming
AI BECAME ONE OF THE BIGGEST DRIVERS OF LAYOFFS IN APRIL, ACCOUNTING FOR 26% OF ALL JOB CUTS, ACCORDING TO CBS NEWS ...
AI BECAME ONE OF THE BIGGEST DRIVERS OF LAYOFFS IN APRIL, ACCOUNTING FOR 26% OF ALL JOB CUTS, ACCORDING TO CBS NEWS
Unlearn to code: it's a Tech job depression. • • Information sector jobs are down every month since 2024.
Early signs suggest that doomsday theorists may not be entirely unfounded. On Thursday afternoon alone, at least three publicly traded companies announced large-scale layoffs to cope with the changing workplace landscape.
NOW: Cloudflare plans to slash 1,100+ jobs, making up one-fifth of its workforce as it shifts to an AI-first operating model.
*UPWORK INC - ANNOUNCES RESTRUCTURING PLAN WITH 24% WORKFORCE REDUCTION • • $UPWK ...
*UPWORK INC - ANNOUNCES RESTRUCTURING PLAN WITH 24% WORKFORCE REDUCTION • • $UPWK
Meta Job Cuts Will Affect Staffers in Reality Labs - the Information
What is this event about?
This market will resolve to "Up" if, according to Federal Reserve Economic Data (FRED), there are more layoffs in the information sector in 2026 than in 2025 (447,000 layoffs).
This market will resolve to "Down" if there are more layoffs in the information sector in 2025 than in 2026.
This market will resolve to 50-50 if the totals are the same in 2025 and 2026.
If not all relevant data points are published by June 30, 2027, ET, data published up until this point will be used to determine the 2026 total.
Revisions to previous data points after all relevant data points have been released will not be considered.
This market's resolution source will be the Federal Reserve Economic Data (FRED), specifically the monthly 'Layoffs and Discharges: Information' within the Job Openings and Labor Turnover (Not Seasonally Adjusted) (https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/JTU5100LDL).
Changes in the methodology by which the Bureau of Labor Statistics reports data will have no bearing on the resolution of this market.
The resolution source reports the values as whole numbers (thousands of persons). Thus, this is the level of precision that will be used when resolving the market.