Amazon, Meta, and more big companies announces mass layoffs in 2025

Tech giants layoffs in 2025: Amazon, Microsoft, Meta, Intel and a wave of other tech giants have unleashed one of the most significant mass layoffs of 2025, cutting tens of thousands of jobs in a bold drive towards AI-driven efficiency. 

With Intel culling over 21,000 roles, Microsoft entering its third round of reductions, and Meta trimming staff by 5%, the pattern reflects a broader shift in the tech industry's priorities. As businesses streamline and reinvest in artificial intelligence, many employees find themselves unexpectedly impacted. 

For consumers and investors, these changes signal shifting strategies and organisational dynamics in the world's leading technology companies. Read on to explore who's affected, what's driving the cuts, and how these moves are reshaping the future of tech.

Why so many layoffs in 2025?

After two years of massive job cuts in IT, media, finance, manufacturing, retail, and energy, some corporations have declared big layoffs in 2025 as AI reshapes some workforces. 

According to a Business Insider study, cost-cutting measures are being implemented in the midst of technological development, even though the reasons for firing people differ from firm to company.

List of companies announces mass layoff in 2025

A list of companies with job cuts planned or already underway in 2025. | Credit: Pixabay

Block: In its second significant layoff in less than a year, Jack Dorsey's fintech business Block is cutting off about 1,000 workers, according to TechCrunch and The Guardian. According to an email acquired by TechCrunch, the business, which runs Square, Afterpay, CashApp, and Tidal, is removing almost 800 open positions and moving roughly 200 managers into non-management roles.

Intel: In one of the biggest layoffs in the semiconductor giant's history, Intel plans to fire 15% to 20% of its Intel Foundry employees starting in July. Over 10,000 workers worldwide—roughly one-fifth of the company's manufacturing division—are anticipated to be impacted by the layoffs. Intel will choose which employees to fire based on performance appraisals and alignment with strategic investment priorities throughout its worldwide manufacturing network rather than offering voluntary buyouts or early retirement alternatives as it has in previous layoff cycles.

Meta: In an internal memo that BI was able to receive in January, Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg told staff members that he had "decided to raise the bar on performance management" and would act quickly to "exit low-performers." According to documents seen by BI, layoffs started in February, with teams in charge of Facebook, the Horizon VR platform, and logistics suffering major reductions. Meta also carried out other layoffs in its Reality Labs subsidiary in April. However, it did not reveal how many people would be let go. Since 2022, the corporation has let go of over 21,000 employees.

Amazon: The company's CEO has warned white-collar employees that in the coming years, artificial intelligence may replace them in their positions. Employees may need fewer workers in some sectors as a result of generative AI systems like chatbots and AI agents, which are tools that perform activities on their own, according to Andrew Jassy. "We will need more people doing other kinds of jobs and fewer people doing some of the jobs that are being done today."Although it's difficult to predict exactly how this will pan out over time, we anticipate that it will result in a reduction in our entire corporate workforce over the coming years.  

Microsoft: Depending on worker performance, Microsoft eliminated an undisclosed number of positions in January. According to BI, workers were informed that their benefits, including health insurance, would cease immediately and that they would not receive severance pay. In January, the business also let go of a few workers from departments, including sales and gaming.

Crowdstrike: The cybersecurity firm that gained widespread recognition after triggering a significant worldwide IT disruption the previous year, Crowdstrike, has said that it will reduce 5% of its workforce, partly as a result of "AI efficiency." George Kurtz, the CEO of CrowdStrike, wrote a letter to employees earlier this week that was made public in US stock market filings. In it, he stated that 500 jobs, or 5% of the company's workforce, would be eliminated worldwide due to AI-driven business efficiencies. 

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