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Layoffs in IT & Tech: Engineering was once the most preferred career path for youth. Due to the huge salary and luxurious lifestyle, working in the IT sector used to be the dream of millions of youth. But now this sector is breaking those dreams. The situation is such that today most of the layoffs are taking place in the IT sector.
More than one lakh jobs were lost this year
According to data from Layoffs.fyi, jobs of more than one lakh IT professionals have been lost so far in the year 2025. The entire focus of companies is now on Artificial Intelligence (AI), cloud services and profitability. This change has had a direct impact on traditional software jobs. The wave of layoffs continues from India to America’s Silicon Valley.
Layoffs from India’s TCS to America’s Intel
TCS laid off more than 20,000 employees between July and September. Intel reduced 22% of its total workforce (about 24,000 employees). The company is restructuring its units in Poland, Germany and the US to compete with competitors like AMD and NVIDIA.
Microsoft laid off 9,000 employees this year. Amazon eliminated 14,000 corporate jobs so the company could focus on cloud innovation and AI development. Meta (Facebook) and Google (Alphabet) reduced staff in hardware, Android and other divisions. Hundreds of employees in Oracle’s US office have also been affected.
Retrenchment is not limited to tech sector only
UPS (logistics company) is planning its biggest layoff ever – the jobs of about 48,000 employees are at risk. Ford Motors has announced the layoff of 8,000 to 13,000 employees.
Technical experts say that due to AI and automation the demand for traditional IT jobs is decreasing. Companies are now adopting the strategy of getting more work done with less employees. The demand for data science, machine learning, cyber security and AI-based roles will increase in the coming years, but jobs in traditional coding or support services will continue to decline rapidly.
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