Who Cut Jobs When: A Register of Major U.S. Layoffs, 2025 to 2026

HCA Healthcare: more than 200 IT and support jobs in Nashville, with work moving to India

The hospital operator, with 190 hospitals and over 300,000 employees, cut more than 200 local information-technology and support jobs, not its first of 2026, after a July earnings call that put the cost of expired Affordable Care Act premium credits at about $400 million in the second quarter, and as it expanded offshoring to Hyderabad.

• Nashville Banner · Sep 2, 2026 · HCA Healthcare, Nashville’s largest publicly traded company, cut more than 200 jobs locally from its information technology staff and support systems on Tuesday.

T-Mobile: more store closures and 77 Washington layoffs as it goes digital-first

Washington state WARN notices showed T-Mobile closing six stores and a corporate office and permanently cutting 77 jobs between September 21 and November 18, the latest in a rolling series of closures and headcount reductions as the carrier pushes customers to its T-Life app; Fast Company compiled the list of affected locations nationwide.

• The Spokesman-Review · Aug 27, 2026 · T-Mobile is set to shutter stores in Tacoma and multiple other cities across Western Washington this fall and will lay off a total of 77 employees, according to the Washington Employment Security Department.

Apple: more than 200 jobs across Vision Pro, Siri and software teams

Apple cut about 100 roles in the Vision Products Group, largely closing a Vision Pro gaming team and shrinking immersive video, and around 100 more in Siri and software engineering, one of its few layoffs of the AI era, telling staff they could apply for other roles.

• 9to5Mac · Aug 21, 2026 · All told, the company has cut more than 200 jobs across teams working on Vision Pro, Siri, and software engineering.

Visa: about 2,600 jobs, 7% of the company, in technology and product

CEO Ryan McInerney's memo said the cuts would fund reinvestment in consumer payments, commercial and money-movement products and value-added services including stablecoins, with AI streamlining routine work but not the sole reason; Mastercard had cut 4 percent and Block 40 percent earlier in the year.

• Quartz · Jul 28, 2026 · Visa $V is eliminating roughly 2,600 jobs, or about 7% of its total workforce, as Chief Executive Officer Ryan McInerney moves to make the payments company more competitive.

Disney: a third round of 2026 cuts across ESPN, Pixar and National Geographic, after 1,000 in April

Under new CEO Josh D'Amaro, Disney notified hundreds more employees, with about 150 at Pixar and just under 100 in Disney Entertainment Television including ABC News, following a January marketing consolidation and an April reduction of roughly 1,000 across marketing, studios, networks, ESPN and corporate groups.

• HR Executive · Jul 21, 2026 · This is Disney’s third major round of layoffs this year under CEO Josh D’Amaro, following a January marketing consolidation and an April reduction of roughly 1,000 employees.

Samsung: 739 New Jersey roles hit as the U.S. consumer unit moves to Texas

Samsung Electronics America told Reuters that 739 positions at its Englewood Cliffs headquarters were affected by the move to Plano, with some staff offered relocation, after an enterprise-wide reduction in force notified on June 30 that also let go about 100 in Texas.

• CNBC (Reuters) · Jul 19, 2026 · The South Korean tech giant said on Sunday in a statement to Reuters that 739 roles in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, have been affected by plans by Samsung Electronics America (SEA) — which is focused on consumer electronics and does not include chips — to move its headquarters to Texas.

Microsoft: 4,800 jobs, 2.1% of staff, with Xbox losing a fifth of its people

After a voluntary retirement programme Microsoft eliminated 4,800 jobs immediately, with Xbox cutting 3,200 in total, half at once and half through fiscal 2027, and spinning off four studios, as the stock trailed its megacap peers on AI spending. It was Microsoft's fourth large round in fourteen months.

• CNBC · Jul 6, 2026 · Microsoft said Monday it is immediately eliminating 4,800 jobs, representing 2.1% of its workforce, in the software giant's latest effort to cut costs in the era of artificial intelligence.

Walmart: about 1,000 technology and product roles cut or relocated

Walmart combined its global technology and product design groups with those of Sam's Club and international markets into one platform, eliminating or relocating about 1,000 corporate roles to Bentonville or Northern California, and told the Wall Street Journal the cuts were organisational simplification rather than AI replacing jobs.

• HR Executive · May 12, 2026 · Walmart told WSJ the layoffs are not a direct result of AI replacing jobs, framing the move as organizational simplification.

Nike: about 1,400 roles, mostly in technology, after 775 in January

COO Venkatesh Alagirisamy's note tied the cuts to the Win Now turnaround: reshaping the technology team, modernising Air manufacturing, moving some Converse operations and folding materials work into the footwear and apparel supply chain, following cuts of 775 in January 2026 and under 1 percent in August 2025.

• CNBC · Apr 23, 2026 · Nike announced a new round of layoffs Thursday affecting approximately 1,400 employees across the organization, mostly concentrated in its technology department.

Snap: 1,000 jobs, 16% of staff, with AI cited in the memo

Evan Spiegel's memo, filed with the SEC, said rapid advances in AI let small squads do more and that the cuts plus 300 closed openings would take more than $500 million off annual costs by the second half of 2026 on the way to net-income profitability. Snap had 5,261 employees at the end of 2025.

• TechCrunch · Apr 15, 2026 · Snap is laying off roughly 16% of its global workforce, impacting around 1,000 full-time employees, according to a memo sent to staff from Snap CEO Evan Spiegel on Wednesday.

Washington Post: a third of the staff, the sports desk and books section gone

At Jeff Bezos's direction the Post cut more than 300 people, about a third of its workforce, eliminating the sports department and books section, shrinking local and foreign coverage and suspending its daily podcast, the deepest cut in the paper's modern history.

• OPB · Feb 4, 2026 · The Washington Post moved Wednesday at the behest of owner Jeff Bezos to cut a third of its entire workforce.

Mastercard: 4% of full-time staff, about 1,400 people, after a strategic review

CFO Sachin Mehra said on the fourth-quarter call that Mastercard would cut about 4 percent of its global full-time workforce following a business review, taking a restructuring charge of nearly $200 million in the first quarter; Visa followed with a 7 percent cut in July.

• People Matters (Reuters) · Jan 29, 2026 · Mastercard will lay off about 4% of its global full-time workforce following a review of its business, the payments company’s chief financial officer said on Thursday.

Challenger recorded 108,435 announced January job cuts

Challenger, Gray & Christmas reported 108,435 announced job cuts by U.S.-based employers in January 2026. The total was 118% above the 49,795 cuts announced in January 2025.

• Challenger, Gray & Christmas · Feb 5, 2026 · U.S.-based employers announced 108,435 job cuts in January, an increase of 118% from the 49,795 cuts announced in the same month last year.

Editor's note: The page states that U.S.-based employers announced 108,435 job cuts in January, 118% above the 49,795 announced in the same month the prior year. The report concerns January 2026, as indicated by its comparison to October and December 2025 and its 2026 outlook.

HP: 4,000 to 6,000 jobs by fiscal 2028, with AI named as the tool

HP said product development, internal operations and customer support would shrink by 4,000 to 6,000 roles by fiscal 2028 under a plan to adopt AI across the company, targeting about $1 billion of annual savings, after 1,000 to 2,000 cuts in February under an earlier plan.

• CNN Business (Reuters) · Nov 25, 2025 · HP Inc said on Tuesday it expects to cut between 4,000 and 6,000 jobs globally by fiscal 2028 as part of a plan to streamline operations and adopt artificial intelligence to speed up product development, improve customer satisfaction and boost productivity.

Verizon: more than 13,000 jobs, its largest single layoff

New CEO Dan Schulman told employees Verizon would cut more than 13,000 positions, mostly in the U.S., and sharply reduce outsourced labour, after nearly 20,000 cuts over the previous three years, with a $20 million transition fund framed around skills for the age of AI. Verizon said the cuts were not the result of its own AI use.

• CNBC · Nov 20, 2025 · U.S. wireless carrier Verizon said Thursday it will cut more than 13,000 jobs in its largest single layoff as it works to shrink costs and restructure operations.

Paramount Skydance: about 1,000 jobs, the first of 2,000 promised after the merger

Months after David Ellison's Skydance closed its takeover, Paramount began cutting roughly 1,000 jobs, about 10 percent of its workforce over the full 2,000-role plan, toward more than $2 billion of promised cost synergies, on top of rounds before the deal closed.

• CNBC · Oct 29, 2025 · Paramount Skydance is slashing nearly 1,000 jobs beginning on Wednesday, just months after the close of its merger, according to a person close to the situation.

Amazon: 14,000 corporate roles, the first phase of its largest-ever cut

Beth Galetti told employees the reductions continued Andy Jassy's push to run Amazon like the world's largest startup with fewer layers and more ownership, while investing in its biggest bets including generative AI. Reuters reported the plan could reach 30,000 of about 350,000 corporate employees; affected staff got 90 days to find another internal role.

• Amazon · Oct 28, 2025 · While this will include reducing in some areas and hiring in others, it will mean an overall reduction in our corporate workforce of approximately 14,000 roles.

Target: 1,800 corporate roles, its first major layoff in a decade

Incoming CEO Michael Fiddelke told headquarters staff that about 1,000 employees would be laid off and 800 open positions closed, roughly 8 percent of the corporate workforce, after four years of flat sales and a share price down 65 percent from its 2021 high.

• CNBC · Oct 23, 2025 · Target said Thursday that it's cutting 1,800 roles across the company, or roughly 8% of its corporate workforce.

Challenger recorded 153,074 announced October job cuts

Challenger, Gray & Christmas reported 153,074 announced job cuts by U.S.-based employers in October 2025. The total was 175% above the 55,597 cuts announced in October 2024.

• Challenger, Gray & Christmas · Nov 6, 2025 · CHICAGO, November 6, 2025 – U.S.-based employers announced 153,074 job cuts in October, up 175% from the 55,597 cuts announced in October 2024.

Editor's note: The report states that U.S.-based employers announced 153,074 job cuts in October 2025, up 175% from 55,597 in October 2024. It is dated November 6, 2025 and identifies the reporting month as October 2025.

Starbucks: 900 more non-retail jobs and roughly 400 store closures in a $1 billion restructuring

The second round under Niccol removed 900 non-retail roles and closed open positions, and the company said its North American company-operated store count would fall about 1 percent in fiscal 2025 as underperforming coffeehouses closed, with 90 percent of the $1 billion charge in North America.

• CNBC · Sep 25, 2025 · Starbucks announced a $1 billion restructuring plan Thursday that involves closing some of its North American coffeehouses and laying off more workers.

Accenture: more than 11,000 people exited in a quarter, those who could not be reskilled for AI

CEO Julie Sweet said Accenture was exiting on a compressed timeline people for whom reskilling was not a viable path, having cut over 11,000 in the quarter to August 31 under an $865 million restructuring charge, while hiring for generative-AI work; the consulting firm framed AI capacity as the reason.

• Moneywise via Yahoo Finance · Sep 25, 2025 · The global IT and consulting giant announced more than 11,000 job cuts tied to an $865 million "reinvention" effort.

Kroger: nearly 1,000 corporate staff, its third round in eight months

Kroger cut just under 1,000 corporate employees, many in its Technology and Digital division, as it simplified the business after the collapse of the Albertsons merger, saying it would reinvest the savings in lower prices and store hours; it had also announced 60 store closures.

• Grocery Dive · Aug 26, 2025 · Kroger announced Tuesday layoffs of fewer than 1,000 corporate staffers, a company spokesperson confirmed via email.

Intel: 15% of the workforce gone, headcount to 75,000 by year-end

In its second-quarter report new CEO Lip-Bu Tan said Intel had mostly completed a 15 percent workforce cut and would end 2025 with about 75,000 core employees, down from 108,900 across the group at the end of 2024, as it cancelled fabs in Germany and Poland and slowed Ohio. It was the largest cut by share of staff among big tech companies in 2025 and followed 15,000 cuts announced in August 2024.

• CNN Business · Jul 24, 2025 · The company said it plans to end 2025 with 75,000 employees in its core Intel division — not including subsidiaries — as a result of “workforce reductions and attrition

Procter & Gamble: 7,000 non-manufacturing jobs over two years

CFO Andre Schulten told a Deutsche Bank conference that P&G would cut about 15 percent of its non-manufacturing workforce, roughly 6 percent of its 108,000 employees, over two years and exit some brands and markets as tariffs and cautious consumers squeezed growth.

• CNBC · Jun 5, 2025 · Procter & Gamble will cut 7,000 jobs, or roughly 15% of its nonmanufacturing workforce, as part of a two-year restructuring program.

Microsoft: about 6,000 jobs, 3% of the company, aimed at management layers

Microsoft cut 3 percent of its 228,000 employees across levels and geographies, its largest round since the 10,000 cuts of 2023, including 1,985 in Washington state. The company said the cuts were not performance-related and were meant to flatten management, weeks after Satya Nadella said AI was writing up to 30 percent of code in some projects.

• CNBC · May 13, 2025 · Microsoft on Tuesday said that it's laying off 3% of employees across all levels, teams and geographies, affecting about 6,000 people.

Challenger recorded 275,240 announced March job cuts

Challenger, Gray & Christmas reported 275,240 announced job cuts by U.S.-based employers in March 2025. The total was 60% above February's 172,017 announced cuts.

• Challenger, Gray & Christmas · Apr 3, 2025 · U.S.-based employers announced 275,240 job cuts in March, a 60% increase from the 172,017 cuts announced one month prior.

Editor's note: The page states that U.S.-based employers announced 275,240 job cuts in March, 60% above the 172,017 announced one month earlier. It identifies the report as published April 3, 2025, while the reported job-cut event month is March 2025.

Starbucks: 1,100 corporate jobs in Brian Niccol's first restructuring

The new CEO cut 1,100 of about 16,000 corporate support roles and closed several hundred open positions, sparing baristas, after global same-store sales fell 2 percent in fiscal 2024; a second round followed in September.

• PBS News (AP) · Feb 24, 2025 · Starbucks lays off 1,100 corporate employees

Southwest Airlines: 1,750 corporate jobs, its first layoffs in 53 years

CEO Bob Jordan called the cut of about 15 percent of corporate staff, including senior leaders and directors, unprecedented for an airline that had never had a major layoff, as activist Elliott Management pushed for cost savings; the cuts were completed by the end of June.

• CNBC · Feb 17, 2025 · Southwest Airlines said Monday that it is cutting about 15% of corporate jobs, or about 1,750 people, a move its CEO called "unprecedented" as the company scrambles to cut costs.

Chevron: 15 to 20% of the global workforce, up to 9,000 people, by 2026

Chevron said it would cut 15 to 20 percent of its roughly 45,000 employees by the end of 2026 to take $2 to $3 billion out of structural costs after a weak 2024 and ahead of closing the Hess deal, the largest cut in the oil industry's post-pandemic consolidation.

• Offshore Technology · Feb 12, 2025 · Chevron has announced plans to significantly reduce its workforce, targeting a 15–20% reduction by next year as part of its cost-cutting strategy.

Challenger recorded 172,017 announced February job cuts

Challenger, Gray & Christmas reported 172,017 announced job cuts by U.S.-based employers in February 2025. It described this as the highest February total since 2009.

• Challenger, Gray & Christmas · Mar 6, 2025 · U.S.-based employers announced 172,017 job cuts in February, the highest total for the month since 2009 when 186,350 job cuts were recorded.

Editor's note: The page states that U.S.-based employers announced 172,017 job cuts in February and calls it the highest February total since 2009. The article is published March 6, 2025, and supports the February 2025 event date.