Layoffs Timeline

A running log of public layoff announcements.
2 entries 31,000 roles Updated Oct 28, 2025
2025
Amazon
30,000 roles
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Job cuts may affect HR, devices, services, operations. CEO Jassy aims to reduce bureaucracy, increase AI use. Amazon shares rise 1.2%.

Amazon (AMZN.O), opens new tab is planning to cut as many as 30,000 corporate jobs beginning on Tuesday 28th October, as the company pares expenses and compensates for overhiring during the peak demand of the pandemic, according to three people familiar with the matter.

Paramount
1,000 roles
• Mixed
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Paramount to cut 1,000 jobs in first round of layoffs, source says

Paramount Skydance (PSKY.O), opens new tab will begin a major round of layoffs with about 1,000 job cuts on Wednesday, a source familiar with the matter told Reuters on Monday. The job cuts, which follow the $8.4 billion merger between Skydance Media and Paramount Global, would impact roughly 5% of Paramount’s employees based on its workforce prior to the completion of the deal.