Stunning new data reveals 140% layoff spike in July, with almost half connected to AI and ‘technological updates’

https://fortune.com/2025/08/07/summer-of-ai-layoffs-july-140-percent-spike-challenger-gray-christmas/

by lurker_bee

6 comments
  1. Stop it with your fake data only meant to harm the orange man /s

  2. I would take companies reasons for layoffs with a pound of salt

    They don’t want to admit a project failed so AI is new code word for “reorganization” cause it sounds forward growth oriented to investors 

  3. And yet, all I ever hear is “AI can’t do MY job”

    LOL, AI will be able to do everybody’s job. It’s just a matter of time. And FWIW, “time” will be measured in years, not decades.

  4. this is what they say. they don’t want to say “we manged tbhis off a cliff” so they say “AI has increased efficiency to the point where we are a stronger company…”

  5. Just a reminder that Microsoft has laid off 15,000 people this year while also submitting 6000 h1b applications in the same time frame.

  6. Expect BLS to revise July job growth numbers down in a couple of months if they are allowed to

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