By 2025, the technology sector will eliminate almost 245,000 jobs worldwide of work. In total, 244,851 jobs were eliminated last year, according to a report prepared by RationalFX. This British company further notes that the companies have claimed that in 2025 they restructured their operations to focus on efficiency, profitability and productivity driven by AI.
To prepare the report, RationalFX has based itself on various news published in specialized technology media, as well as on multiple state WARN databases, used to record layoffs. In its text, economic uncertainty, rising interest rates, and the acceleration of the adoption of AI and automation are identified as the reasons why so many layoffs occurred last year.
In fact, AI and automation were among the factors most cited as a reason for laying off and eliminating jobs in 2025. Some companies retrained their employees when they installed and deployed the technology, although many replaced functions and positions entirely.
The analysis also revealed that technology companies based in the United States were responsible for the majority of layoffs, as they accounted for 69.7% of all layoffs produced worldwide in the technology sector. This translated into more than 170,000 employees laid off, both on US soil and in its delegations in third countries.
The technology companies that eliminated the most jobs in 2025
Intel It is the technology company that laid off the most in 2025, with a staff reduction from 109,000 people to around 75,000 at the end of 2025, which means that it made around 34,000 layoffs. Amazon also eliminated more than 20,000 jobs, while those laid off in Microsoft They remained at about 19,215.
The American operator Verizon eliminated 15,000 jobs, approximately 15% of its workforce. Tata Consultancy Services reduced 12,000 jobs, Accenture another 11,000, IBM 9.000 y HP 6,000, 10% of its workforce.
As we have mentioned, the RationalFX report has revealed that AI and automation were two of the main reasons for layoffs in 2025 in the technology sector. Some companies retrained their staff, but others decided to simply eliminate their jobs. Especially in the sectors and areas of data processing, customer service and human resources. Also in administrative functions. An example of this is the 14,000 layoffs announced by Amazon on October 28, signaling that the company was focusing on AI and adapting to transformative technology.
BT is also laying off workers due to AI and automation, but at a sustained pace that it will maintain until 2030. Thus, in 2023, the company announced that it was going to cut 55,000 jobs, both employees and external collaborators, by 2030. At the end of March 2025 the company had 85,300 employees, 6,400 less than a year before.
Accenture announced 11,000 layoffs in three months as part of its commitment to AI. HP also announced last November that it would cut 6,000 jobs as part of an initiative to integrate AI throughout its operations. Salesforce, for its part, acknowledged that the company had reduced its customer service staff by 4,000 people due to the impact of AI on its operations.
According to RationalFX analyst Alan Cohen, «los Tech layoffs in 2025 displaced hundreds of thousands of workers around the world as companies accelerated structural readjustments rather than short-term cost corrections. While macroeconomic pressures such as high interest rates, trade restrictions and geopolitical uncertainty continued to weigh on business confidence, the dominant force behind last year’s job cuts was the rapid adoption of automation and AI«.
For Cohen, unlike previous waves of layoffs, motivated by previous excessive hiring, many of the 2025 workforce reductions were permanent, with complete elimination of jobs as companies restructured around AI-based models.
However, Cohen also points out that despite making a strong investment in automation, these workforce restructurings have not always been associated with immediate gains in efficiency. This highlights the growing gap between expectations for AI-driven productivity and the reality of large-scale workforce transformation.
For the company it is Layoffs unlikely to end abruptly in 2026since the current framework, with structural pressures such as automation and strategic changes, but also economic caution, suggest that will persist at least until the end of the first quarter of this year. However, while some areas of the tech sector will continue to lay off, other areas may see notable hiring growth. Especially those related to AI.
