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Getting laid off from a tech role is brutal — even when it’s not personal, it feels personal. But the workers who recover fastest aren’t the ones who wait for the dust to settle. They move immediately, methodically, and smartly. Here’s the exact playbook, broken into the first 72 hours, the first two weeks, and […]
245,000 tech workers lost their jobs in 2025. The pace is accelerating in 2026. But not all roles are being treated equally — and understanding the difference could determine your next five years in the industry. We went through the disclosed data from major 2025–2026 layoffs at Microsoft, Intel, Amazon, Salesforce, Block, Meta, and dozens […]
On February 27, 2026, Jack Dorsey announced that Block — the fintech company behind Cash App and Square — was cutting nearly 4,000 employees, reducing its workforce from over 10,000 to just under 6,000. That’s roughly 40% of the company gone in a single announcement. The market’s response was immediate: Block’s stock surged almost 24% […]
Something shifted in 2025. Tech layoffs weren’t new — they’d been rattling through Silicon Valley since the post-pandemic correction of 2022. But the language changed. Companies stopped saying “restructuring” or “cost optimisation.” They started saying AI. The numbers are staggering. According to data from TrueUp’s Tech Layoffs Tracker, over 245,000 tech employees were laid off […]