• Jan: 50,000

• Feb: 170,000

• Mar: 275,000

• Apr: 105,000

It sounds like a lot..

https://www.challengergray.com/blog/april-2025-job-cuts-plunge-but-doge-drives-2025-layoffs-to-pandemic-era-highs/

Well our honorable JP said job market isn't too bad, so no major cut in 2025. Which means, we won't see any recovery in 2025. What do you think?
Apparently, Mr. JP doesn't look at the actual job market.

Hey all, was scanning a tech statistics site today and saw an absolutely startling statistic:
"So far in 2025, there have been 317 layoffs at tech companies with 75,463 people impacted.
In 2024, there were 1,115 layoffs with over 230,000 people impacted."

That's a lot of people, ranging from companies like Dell and Intel to Meta and Microsoft. So, despite this incredibly horrid news - very sorry for those affected - I wanted to give back to the community and drop a few good sources for those seeking tech jobs.

These resources are really helpful - I essentially take a big list of niche job boards separated by technology, so that you actually hear back from recruiters. LinkedIn is tough for the job search because either their posts are

• outdated
• spammed
• irrelevant.

Here is a list of niche job boards to help you talented engineers and computer scientists:

• Python.org/jobs - Apparently, there is a job board just for Python jobs, which was shocking to see as I never expected an open-source community to list jobs. I would overall rate this an A-, great resource, but I have never gotten an interview from this list.

• HappyTechies.com - This one focuses exclusively on Microsoft technology jobs, so if you worked in Azure, for example, you'd want to find a role at a company that uses this technology and needs an experienced professional. Overall, a great resource.

• Reactjobsboard.com - This one isn't community-driven and seems to just be a wrapper around a bigger database.

• datajobs.com - Whenever websites look like this, you can expect a lot higher-quality engagement and resources. This is great for jobs in data science from smaller companies.

• levels.fyi - I want to put this here, not because you can land jobs from it, but because you can see what salaries should look like depending on your role, company, location, and experience. Super valuable - bookmark this :)

Let me know if this list helped you at all! Any questions about these, please let me know :)

Spill the tea. Some people on my team have transferred to a different program internally but I haven't seen layoffs yet. Although there are some worrying signs that make it very believable to me.

3 of my friends layed off this week...my job is talking about layoffs of people below me... meaning I got prob till fall...I think 🤔 news is constant layoffs... isn't this a recession...

The many stories I read on here are just brutal. 2025 seems to be a year in which many people get the cut, and often in very heartless ways.

I feel it wasn’t like that in the past. I know it also depends on the economy, but even during the 2008/2009 recession I feel I didn’t hear that many sad layoffs stories? Or is this because I simply wasn’t affected?

I am in Europe, a friend of mine works in software sales. He told me an entire customer team was unable to make it to a meeting because everyone got laid off.

But profits have been high in the last year, where is all the money now? Companies didn’t care to plan for this and now their employees have to suffer for it.

And there seems to be so little regard for the fact that a layoff will impact the affected individuals deeply and make them feel existential dread. Many won’t recover. There are statistics that show suicide risk is higher after being laid off. But companies just don’t seem to care.

In contrast, there seem to be more layoffs every day, and CEOs do not even pretend to feel shame anymore.

Layoffs are not a normal way to increase profit, they come at a high human cost. But companies do not seem to want to use them as an absolute last resort in 2025. What will that mean for future employer- employee relationship?

Recent Layoff Announcements:

1. UPS: 48,000 employees

2. Amazon: Up to 30,000 employees

3. Intel: 24,000 employees

4. Nestle: 16,000 employees

5. Accenture: 11,000 employees

6. Ford: 11,000 employees

7. Novo Nordisk: 9,000 employees

8. Microsoft: 7,000 employees

9. PwC: 5,600 employees

10. Salesforce: 4,000 employees

11. Paramount: 2,000 employees

12. Target: 1,800 employees

13. Kroger: 1,000 employees

14. Applied Materials: 1,444 employees

15. Meta: 600 employees

16. Target: cuts 1,800 corporate jobs 17: Starbucks: Around 900 non-retails.

17. Federal : 289,000

In your experience what are some company wide sure signs layoffs are coming?

Anyone who has been laid off: what are signs that you see before it happens?