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Tech Layoffs almost 1,000 per day in 2024 (so far)

On track to break 2023 record number of Tech Layoffs

January 26, 2024

The number of Tech sector layoffs continues to grow during the first few weeks of 2024 -- with the average number of daily Tech Layoffs, as of January 26th, now exceeding any year on record.

By an absolutely staggering amount.

Let's take a look at the numbers -- past and present -- and see what we can learn about what to expect from the rest of 2024.

A (very) bad 26 days

While we're only a few weeks into 24, the number of layoffs are mounting rather rapidly.

Once we add up the Tech layoffs from Microsoft, Salesforce, Unity, SAP, EBay, Amazon / Twitch, and many others... we hit a whopping 24,499 layoffs.

Which means we are, in 2024, averaging 942 layoffs (in the Tech sector) per day.

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