Tech Layoff 2025: Since AI began entering our workplaces, the troubles for tech workers have steadily piled up. What was marketed as a tool to lighten our burdens has evolved into a force that replaces us. Daily, a fresh round of corporate announcements shrinks workforces by the thousand. People pack homes in a single afternoon. TV9 reports that by 2025, Amazon, Microsoft, Google, Intel, and other titans have already trimmed a combined 12,000 workers, with more waves of cuts to come as AI grows. google layoffs 2025 Narrowing the lens, Google is shrinking its smart TV unit, a 300-person crew focused on Google TV and Android TV. The team now shrinks by 25 percent, and the budget behind it drops by 10 percent. The goal is tidy: streamline, reallocate, and free up cash for the new AI projects that leadership believes are the future.Intel Layoffs 2025 Intel is cutting more than 500 roles at its Oregon campus, following a prior reduction of 107 jobs in California earlier in 2025. The chipmaker is targeting a total of 5,500 cuts, with a bulk impact on software engineers and senior technical personnel. Officials note the moves are driven by a need to slim the organization and realign operations with evolving customer and market expectations. CrowdStrike Layoffs 2025 CrowdStrike will reduce 5 percent of its global headcount, trimming 500 jobs. An 8-K disclosure describes the move as part of a broader efficiency push aimed at bolstering profitability. The cybersecurity vendor maintains a target of reaching $10 billion in annual subscription revenues by the firm's fiscal year-end, and leaders see these cuts as reinforcing the investments needed to support that growth.amazon layoffs 2025Following layoffs that already trimmed AWS teams, Amazon is again talking about letting go 10 percent of staff across the business—meaning 25 percent of top roles could be cut. That points to a major shake-up among its leadership ranks. The retailer and cloud titan may also add AI to more everyday tasks, raising the chance that additional jobs could disappear. microsoft layoffs 2025Microsoft has slashed roles in waves, most strikingly sending 9,100 from the Xbox division. The cuts could keep coming; AI will be added to more workflows, and any future push could go deeper. Still, the company is also opening new positions globally—seeking people who can build, train, and support those same AI tools the layoffs will eventually replace.
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