Tech Firms Layoffs: Due to economic issues and the growing integration of AI, which is changing roles, major IT businesses are laying off thousands of workers in 2025.
Layoffs at Tech Companies – Leading IT corporations like Microsoft, Google, Amazon, and IBM are laying off thousands of workers in 2025 as part of a massive layoff tsunami. Slow revenue growth, unstable global economies, and the growing use of artificial intelligence, which is changing traditional employment positions, are some of the issues driving this extensive reorganization.
According to data from Layoffs.fyi, more than 130 organizations have let off over 61,000 tech workers so far this year. By simplifying management and prioritizing engineering over administrative responsibilities, Microsoft alone eliminated 6,000 jobs. After a voluntary departure program, Google fired hundreds of employees from its Android, Pixel, and Chrome divisions.
As AI replaces human resources, IBM is said to have let go of 8,000 workers, mostly in the HR department. Microsoft intends to make cuts inside its Xbox division, and Amazon recently laid off about 100 employees from its Devices and Services group.
Layoffs at Bumble: Approximately 240 workers, or 30% of Bumble’s global workforce, will be let go by the online dating service. The board-approved decision is a component of a strategic realignment aimed at streamlining operations. According to Bumble’s securities filing, these staff cuts should result in yearly cost savings of $40 million. The majority of these savings will be put back into projects aimed at developing new products and technologies. Austin, Texas, is the company’s home base.
Layoffs at Microsoft:As the tech giant streamlines its personnel despite rising expenditures in artificial intelligence, Microsoft is reportedly going to let off thousands of employees, primarily in sales, according to Reuters, which cited people familiar with the situation. The most recent layoffs come after 6,000 or so workers were impacted by Microsoft’s May employment cuts.
The IT behemoth has increased its spending in AI in an effort to maintain its position as businesses from a variety of sectors quickly incorporate AI into their goods and services in order to stay ahead of the competition. Early next month, after the IT giant’s fiscal year ends, the layoffs are anticipated to be disclosed. And as of June of last year, Microsoft employed 228,000 people.
