Tech Layoffs Surge Through 2025 Impacting Thousands

Tech layoffs press on through 2025

The industrywide layoff wave that began in 2023 has carried into 2025. Independent tracker Layoffs.fyi shows last year exceeded 150,000 cuts across hundreds of companies. So far in 2025 more than 22,000 roles have been eliminated, with major monthly spikes — February and April each saw roughly sixteen- to twenty-four-thousand reductions in different reports — and July registering another surge.

This wave spans startups to household names. Big tech and established vendors — Microsoft, Google, Amazon, Intel — announced multi-thousand and multi-hundred person reductions, while mid-size firms and startups like Peloton, Scale AI, and dozens of others cut tens to hundreds of jobs. Roles hit include engineers, product managers, customer support, and corporate teams; contractors and global support centers have also been heavily affected.

Why now? Several forces intersect. Companies are reallocating investment toward AI and automation, trimming roles that overlap with new tooling. Broader economic headwinds and a push for profitability after years of rapid hiring are driving restructurings. Mergers, product pivots, and failed growth plans have also shuttered teams or entire startups.

The human cost is real: thousands face sudden uncertainty, while organizations risk losing institutional knowledge and slowing roadmaps. The cuts ripple through ecosystems — suppliers, contractors and local economies feel the impact, and talent pools shift as engineers and product leaders seek new roles or pivot to AI-focused skills.

What leaders should do next

• Create scenario models that test hiring freezes, targeted cuts, and accelerated AI adoption so you can see revenue and product impacts before decisions are final.
• Map critical skills and prioritize reskilling programs for roles most exposed to automation to preserve knowledge and reduce rehiring time.
• Adopt data-driven workforce planning that ties headcount to product milestones and customer outcomes rather than broad percentage cuts.
• Design humane offboarding and contractor-transition strategies that minimize reputational and operational damage.

Taken together, these steps help preserve innovation capacity while reducing cost. They also make redeployment and rehiring faster when market conditions improve.

How QuarkyByte approaches the trend

QuarkyByte watches these patterns with a mix of company disclosures, public filings, and industry signals to build forward-looking views. We translate layoffs data into scenario projections, skill-gap maps, and product-impact assessments so leaders — from startup founders to enterprise CTOs and policy teams — can act with clarity, not just reaction.

This tracker will continue to be updated. For HR, engineering leads, and public-sector planners, timely data plus scenario testing can mean the difference between disruptive churn and an orderly, strategic transition to the next phase of tech-driven productivity.