Category: Layoffs and Closures

Expedia is cutting 100 jobs at its Austin offices, a fresh blow to a city that has leaned heavily on tech and corporate campuses for high-paying work. The reductions, which hit a prominent travel player’s corporate hub near The Domain, land on top of earlier rounds of restructuring and underscore how unforgiving the current tech…

The headline numbers on the U.S. economy look enviable: growth is steady, inflation has cooled from its peak, and unemployment remains historically low. Yet workers are being greeted almost daily with news of staff cuts at big-name employers, from delivery giants to tech platforms. The disconnect between a solid macro picture and a wave of…

Across offices, warehouses, and Zoom calls, younger workers are discovering that landing a job is only half the battle. Millennials and Gen Z are being dismissed faster and more frequently than older colleagues, often within months of starting. The pattern is not just about individual performance, it reflects a collision between fragile labor markets, shifting…

Layoff announcements at the start of 2026 have surged to levels not seen since the depths of the Great Recession, colliding with a new wave of public‑sector cuts under President Donald Trump. The result is a January that looks less like a soft landing and more like the opening chapter of a harsher jobs reset….

Layoffs are no longer rare shocks, they are a regular feature of the labor market, and workers are scrambling to figure out which roles are most exposed. As companies automate routine tasks and trim costs, some white-collar jobs that once felt untouchable are suddenly on the chopping block, while other careers look sturdier because they…

Corporate America is heading into 2026 with a rare mix of caution and cold calculation. A growing body of research shows that 60% of American companies now expect to cut jobs next year as they confront a shakier economy and a rapid shift toward automation. For workers, that means the question is no longer whether…

The Washington Post has been plunged into its most dramatic contraction in decades, with roughly a third of its newsroom wiped out in a single day and one of its most symbolically sensitive casualties being the reporter who covered Amazon. The decision to cut the journalist who scrutinized the company owned by Jeff Bezos, alongside…

Pizza Hut is preparing to close a significant slice of its American footprint, with hundreds of restaurants set to go dark as its parent company reassesses the brand’s future. The move will hit underperforming locations first, particularly older dine-in stores that have struggled to keep pace with a delivery-driven market. For customers and workers alike,…

Mass layoffs at brand-name employers are back in the headlines, and the numbers are jarring enough to make almost anyone glance over their shoulder at work. U.S. companies have announced job cuts at a pace not seen since the aftermath of the 2008 financial crisis, with transportation, tech and health care all slashing staff. The…

U.S. employers are cutting staff at a clip not seen since the aftermath of the financial crisis, jolting a labor market that had seemed remarkably resilient. The spike in announced layoffs, concentrated in big-name companies and key industries, is colliding with a slowdown in hiring and a murkier picture of overall job creation. For workers,…