Just days after revealing a new strategic partnership with OpenAI, semiconductor giant Broadcom has once again made headlines—this time for initiating another round of job cuts. The move follows thousands of redundancies made in the wake of its 2023 acquisition of VMware, and comes amid a broader wave of layoffs sweeping through the global technology industry.
In early October, OpenAI and Broadcom unveiled a collaboration to develop custom AI accelerators for the ChatGPT developer. However, within days of that announcement, reports from Business Insider suggested that Broadcom was cutting roles across multiple departments, primarily in sales and account management. While the exact number of affected employees remains unclear, estimates suggest the figure could reach several hundred.
To assess the full scale of workforce reductions in the tech sector, analysts at RationalFX compiled layoff data from verified public sources, including U.S. WARN notices, TrueUp, TechCrunch, and the Layoffs.fyi tracker. The dataset covers all confirmed job cut announcements made since January 2025, and the complete ranking of companies by the number of layoffs has been made available via Google Drive.
According to the aggregated findings, at least 184,569 employees across the global technology sector have been made redundant so far this year. Of these, 67%—equating to 123,681 positions—have been cut by companies headquartered in the United States.
These are the 10 tech companies with the most significant mass layoffs since January 2025:
1. Intel – 33,900 layoffs
Intel is planning to reduce its workforce by approximately 25-30% by the end of 2025, in an effort to streamline operations. The company is primarily cutting roles in its Foundry division and scaling back certain international expansion projects.
2. Microsoft – 19,215 layoffs
Since the start of the year, Microsoft has laid off roughly 19,215 employees across its engineering, management, and international teams. These reductions are part of a strategic pivot towards artificial intelligence and cloud services.
3. TCS – 12,000 layoffs
IT, consulting, and business solutions services provider TCS is reducing its workforce by 12,000 employees, focusing primarily on mid- and senior-level roles. The company attributes these layoffs to a slowdown in demand and the need to adapt to AI and automation trends.
4. Accenture – 11,000 layoffs
The Ireland-based IT services provider Accenture spearheaded the latest wave of layoffs, cutting more than 11,000 positions in the process. The redundancies primarily affected employees deemed unable to be retrained to work with AI agents. This move forms part of a broader $865 million restructuring plan designed to align the workforce with the company’s AI-driven strategy.
5. Panasonic – 10,000 layoffs
Japanese technology conglomerate Panasonic has led one of the largest layoff waves in Asia, shedding more than 10,000 employees across its various business locations. The company has stated that it is restructuring to focus on core areas and enhance operational efficiency.
6. IBM – 9,000 layoffs
IBM is reducing its workforce by 9,000 employees, with cuts spanning both hardware and software divisions. The company is focusing on areas with higher growth potential, such as cloud computing and AI services.
7. Amazon – 5,555 layoffs
Amazon is laying off at least 5,555 employees across various departments, including operations and corporate functions. Most recently, Amazon laid off 150 delivery drivers at the Queens station in New York at the end of September 2025, followed by 555 positions slashed in Los Angeles and Orange counties in early October and another 1,500 from its Human Resources department.
8. Salesforce – 5,000 layoffs
Silicon Valley-based cloud software company Salesforce has laid off up to 5,000 employees in 2025, including over 4,000 customer service roles. The company cited AI-driven efficiency improvements, with AI agents now handling more than half of customer interactions, as part of a broader restructuring focused on AI initiatives, despite reporting strong financial results.
9 STMicro – 5,000 layoffs
European semiconductor manufacturer STMicroelectronics announced it will be cutting 5,000 jobs over the next three years. This will reportedly include 2,800 direct job cuts as well as 2,000 employees who are likely to leave the company within this timeframe.
10. Meta – 3,720 layoffs
Facebook’s parent company, Meta, has reduced its workforce by at least 3,720 employees throughout 2025 as part of its ongoing efficiency initiatives. CEO Mark Zuckerberg emphasized that the layoffs were performance-based, targeting employees deemed “low performers” as part of an effort to improve team quality and accelerate innovation.
Other highlights from the report:
- As of October 22, 2025, a minimum of 184,569 employees in the tech sector have been laid off globally, with Intel, Microsoft, and TCS slashing the most jobs overall. Roughly 1,400 of these job cuts were announced within the first week of October.
- American companies have cut 123,681 roles, or roughly 67.01% of all layoffs by tech firms around the world. Among them are some of the largest companies by market capitalization, including Microsoft, Amazon, and Oracle. Another 40 thousand or so have been announced by companies based in Ireland, India, and Japan.
- The analysis shows that out of 184,569 layoffs recorded in 2025, an estimated 50,309 job cuts were directly linked to the adoption of AI and automation technologies. One of the latest examples is Accenture, which has cut more than 11,000 positions in the past three months, citing challenges in reskilling employees for AI-driven roles as a key factor behind the workforce reductions.
‘The wave of tech layoffs in 2025 keeps growing – and Broadcom has once again become one of the biggest names in the mix. Since acquiring VMware in late 2023, Broadcom has aggressively culled staff, reportedly halving VMware’s headcount as part of merger integration and cost-cutting moves. Now the firm is said to be extending cuts across sales, account management and customer success teams in its legacy operations, fueling apprehension over broader restructuring.
The broader industry climate isn’t helping: a squeeze from tariffs, trade tensions, and weakening demand has forced tech giants to slash costs just when AI automation was supposed to create new jobs – instead, it’s replacing more of them.’
-comments Alan Cohen, analyst at RationalFX.