2025 breaks anti-records: more than 50 thousand layoffs in the global IT industry in just four months

The global tech industry is experiencing a new wave of massive layoffs: in the first four months of 2025 alone, more than 52,000 IT professionals lost their jobs, and the rate of layoffs is outpacing even the crisis year of 2024. Among the companies cutting staff are giants such as Meta, Amazon, Microsoft, Intel, and dozens of video game studios.

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According to Layoffs.fyi, since the beginning of the year, at least 123 tech companies worldwide have announced layoffs, and this number is only growing. Intel's contribution is particularly impressive: the company plans to cut about 22 thousand employees, which is almost 20% of its staff. Meta (3,600 layoffs), Microsoft (2,280), Amazon (2,100), STMicro (3,000), and other market leaders have also joined the wave.

The reasons for the massive layoffs include restructuring, the transition to automation and artificial intelligence, and economic pressure. In February 2025, the US recorded a record 172,000 announced layoffs in various sectors, including more than 16,000 in tech companies.

The gaming industry was also affected by this wave: over 2,200 studio employees lost their jobs in four months. The most high-profile layoffs occurred at Electronic Arts (300-400 people, including 100 employees of Respawn Entertainment), as well as at PlayStation, Crytek, BioWare, Eidos-Montréal, Don't Nod and others.

If the trend continues, 2025 could be one of the most difficult years for the IT sector in terms of job losses, approaching the record of 2023, when more than 264,000 people were laid off in 1,193 companies.

Source: Layoffs.fyi