Layoffs & Hiring Signals Watch
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Who is cutting, who is freezing, who is calling people back to the office and who is hiring, from WARN notices and filings that rarely make the news, with what each move signals for people in that…
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Who is cutting, who is freezing, who is calling people back to the office and who is hiring, from WARN notices and filings that rarely make the news, with what each move signals for people in that industry.
Why it matters
A layoff at a competitor or a freeze in your industry is early warning to update the resume and stop counting on the bonus, and a hiring push tells you who is paying. One earlier move is worth more than a lifetime of memberships.
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- Every employed member, and especially anyone at a company with more than a thousand people.
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PVH Corp. said in a Form 8-K dated November 12 that it is cutting approximately 4% of its global workforce, mainly in non-consumer-facing positions, which the company says is about 12% of its office-based associates. The changes begin immediately, with the remaining actions expected in the first quarter of 2027 and the full initiative finished by the end of fiscal 2027. PVH said it is currently unable to estimate the pre-tax restructuring costs, which are mainly severance. It expects at least $100 million in pre-tax cost reductions in fiscal 2027, net of growth investments, and at least $150 million in full annualized net savings from fiscal 2028. The filing does not give a number of people affected.
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The U.S. Department of Labor said on November 12 that the advance figure for seasonally adjusted initial jobless claims was 200,000 in the week ending November 7, an increase of 9,000 from the previous week's level, which was revised up from 189,000 to 191,000. The four-week moving average was 195,250. Continuing claims, which track people still collecting benefits, fell 20,000 to 1,697,000 in the week ending October 31, from a prior week revised down to 1,717,000. The insured unemployment rate held at 1.1%.
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Coursera said in a Form 8-K filed November 10 that on November 9 it committed to a workforce reduction of approximately 10% of its global workforce. The company said the cuts are meant to align its cost structure, operating model and personnel needs with its business objectives, as part of integrating Udemy, which it combined with on May 11, 2026. It expects about $14 million to $17 million in costs, mostly cash termination benefits such as severance and healthcare, incurred in the fourth quarter of 2026 and the first half of 2027, with some local consultation processes possibly running later. The filing does not give a number of people affected. Coursera had disclosed an earlier merger-related workforce reduction in July, with $8 million to $11 million in expected costs.
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Qantas Group announced on November 10 a multi-year partnership with Accenture that it said will affect about 850 corporate roles over the coming years, according to ABC News, Xinhua and Airways Magazine reports of the company's media release and an all-staff email from CEO Vanessa Hudson. The first phase covers finance, procurement and marketing, with some services moving to Accenture teams mainly in India and some in Australia; the first changes are expected to be in place by mid-2027. The roles are about 3% of Qantas's 28,000-person Australian workforce, per those reports. Qantas said it will try to redeploy as many people as possible and offer reskilling and retraining, and will consult employees and unions before individual outcomes are decided. The Qantas newsroom release could not be read directly, so these figures come from reporting of it.
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PepsiCo is cutting jobs in its North America food and beverage business, with the cuts expected over the following week, according to a November 9 letter to employees from PepsiCo North America CEO Ram Krishnan that Reuters reviewed. Krishnan wrote that "the goal is to move faster, execute better, and invest behind the opportunities that will drive our growth." The Wall Street Journal and Bloomberg reported that about 1,000 jobs are affected; Reuters did not give its own number, and no public PepsiCo statement or filing with a head count was found, so the figure comes from reporting. PepsiCo had about 306,000 employees worldwide at the end of 2025, including roughly 125,000 in the U.S., per its annual report as cited by Reuters. In October the company lowered its 2026 core earnings-per-share growth forecast to 2.5% to 3.5%, from 5% to 7%.
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Boeing Commercial Airplanes plans to reduce its workforce by about 5%, unit president and CEO Stephanie Pope said in a message to employees on November 9, according to Reuters, CNBC and the Seattle Times. Pope wrote that slower production increases leave the unit "overstaffed" and that Boeing needs to "align our staffing levels to our revised business plan", with cuts coming through attrition and involuntary layoffs and notifications starting in December, per the reports. Boeing has not given a head count; Reuters reported that the commercial unit had 50,494 employees as of December 2025, according to the company's website. The memo was internal and no public Boeing post was found, so these details come from reporting of it. It is the first workforce reduction since Boeing announced about 17,000 job cuts in 2024.
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The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics said on November 6 that total nonfarm payroll employment rose by 165,000 in October, above the average monthly gain of 48,000 over the prior 12 months. The unemployment rate changed little at 4.1%, with 7.1 million people unemployed, and has stayed between 4.1% and 4.3% since March. Gains came in professional and business services (+70,000), health care (+42,000), transportation and warehousing (+25,000) and manufacturing (+19,000). August was revised up from +133,000 to +186,000 and September from +29,000 to +60,000, together 84,000 higher than previously reported. Average hourly earnings rose 14 cents, or 0.4%, to $38.00, up 3.1% over the past year.
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The U.S. Department of Labor said on November 5 that seasonally adjusted initial jobless claims were 189,000 in the week ending October 31, down 6,000 from the previous week's level, which was revised up from 194,000 to 195,000. The four-week moving average was 194,750. Continuing claims, which track people still collecting benefits, rose 23,000 to 1,718,000 in the week ending October 24, from a prior week revised down to 1,695,000. The insured unemployment rate held at 1.1%. Update: in its November 12 release, the Labor Department revised initial claims for the week ending October 31 up to 191,000, and continuing claims for the week ending October 24 down to 1,717,000.
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U.S. employers announced 43,994 job cuts in October, up 2% from 43,281 in September and down 71% from 153,074 in October 2025, outplacement firm Challenger, Gray & Christmas said on November 5. Cuts through the first ten months of 2026 total 617,189, down 44% from 1,099,500 in the same period of 2025. Employers announced plans to hire 444,692 people in October, up 57% from a year earlier, and seasonal hiring plans so far this year total 470,400, up 26%, including 300,000 announced by Amazon. Market and economic conditions were the top reason given for October cuts, at 16,407, and have overtaken AI as the leading reason for the year.
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The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics said on November 3 that the number of job openings was little changed at 7.5 million in September, a rate of 4.5 percent. Hires and total separations changed little at 5.4 million and 5.3 million, respectively. Within separations, quits increased to 3.4 million, while layoffs and discharges were little changed at 1.6 million. Openings rose in state and local government excluding education (+104,000), and hires rose in accommodation and food services (+158,000).
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Canva is cutting jobs and restructuring its workforce, affecting about 1,271 people, or roughly 22% of staff, according to Bloomberg and other outlets that reported on a memo from CEO Melanie Perkins on November 4 (Sydney time). The changes include layoffs, role changes and relocation of staff to centralized hubs, including Sydney. Perkins wrote that growth has slowed for the first time in a decade, and called it the hardest moment in the company's thirteen-year history, according to the reports. Departing employees will get at least six months of salary, per the same reports. Canva is private and no company post or filing was found to check these numbers against; they come from reporting of the memo.
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Schaeffler said on November 3 that it plans to cut a net 3,460 positions across 16 locations in Europe as part of a further performance improvement program. About 2,660 of the positions are in Germany, roughly 9% of its core German workforce of 31,957 by 2028, according to the company. Five sites are to close: Dortmund, Morbach, Berlin and Schwalbach in Germany, and Herstal in Belgium. The company expects one-time costs of about €480 million, mostly booked in 2026, and annual earnings improvement of about €300 million from 2030. The measures are mainly scheduled for 2027 and 2028 and follow a restructuring Schaeffler announced in November 2024.
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Squarespace is reducing its global workforce by approximately 19%, around 300 employees, a spokesperson for the company told TechCrunch on November 2. The spokesperson said the cuts are meant to simplify how the company operates, sharpen its priorities and let it move faster, and are part of a broader restructuring. The Verge first reported the layoffs. Squarespace has been private since a 2024 private equity buyout, so there is no SEC filing, and no company post or WARN notice was found to check the numbers against; they come from the spokesperson's statement as reported.
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Alaska Air Group said on October 30 that it is cutting about 200 positions in its non-contract workforce, mostly management roles across Alaska Airlines, Hawaiian Airlines and Horizon Air. According to the Honolulu Star-Advertiser and FOX 13 Seattle, 125 of the jobs are in Washington state and 48 are in Hawaii, where 40 positions are being eliminated and 8 employees are being offered other roles. The Star-Advertiser reported that affected employees received 60-day WARN notices on October 30, leave their jobs November 13 and stay on payroll through December 31 with severance. In an email to staff quoted in that report, CEO Ben Minicucci said fuel prices and geopolitical challenges are putting significant financial pressure on the business and that no front-line, non-management positions are affected. These figures come from reporting of the company's statement and staff emails; they were not checked against state WARN databases.
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FTI Consulting disclosed in a Form 8-K dated October 30 that it began a workforce reduction of approximately 4% of its employees during the third quarter, and that all affected employees had been notified by October 29. The company says it has more than 8,200 employees; it does not give an exact number of people affected. It recorded a $46.0 million special charge in the third quarter, $45.5 million of it salary and benefits costs, and expects about $7 million more in the fourth quarter, mostly real estate costs. The disclosure came alongside the company's third-quarter results on October 29.
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Pennsylvania's WARN notice listings show a layoff of 634 workers at the Comcast Technology Center in Philadelphia, taking effect in stages from December 31, 2026 through December 31, 2027. The Philadelphia Inquirer reported on October 30 that the notice is part of a restructuring that also cuts 119 positions in New Jersey and 159 in Washington state; those two figures come from reporting and were not checked against those states' databases. According to the Inquirer, Comcast plans to hire more than 1,100 people as part of the restructuring, including more than 500 in Philadelphia, and has not announced a company-wide total for the cuts. Comcast employs about 179,000 people, including about 15,000 in the Philadelphia area, per the same report.
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The U.S. Department of Labor said on October 29 that seasonally adjusted initial jobless claims were 194,000 in the week ending October 24, down 1,000 from the previous week's level, which was revised up to 195,000. The four-week moving average was 196,750. Continuing claims, which track people still collecting benefits, fell 21,000 to 1,701,000 in the week ending October 17, from a prior week revised down to 1,722,000. The insured unemployment rate held at 1.1%. Update: in its November 5 release, the Labor Department revised initial claims for the week ending October 24 up to 195,000, and continuing claims for the week ending October 17 down to 1,695,000.
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Dropbox said on October 28 that it is eliminating about 200 roles, roughly 9% of its global workforce, across Engineering, Product, Design and G&A, with October 28 the last day for most affected employees. In an email posted on the company blog, co-CEO Ashraf Alkarmi said Dropbox is profitable and is focusing resources on its highest-impact product areas. A Form 8-K filed the same day estimates $27 million to $33 million in cash costs, mostly severance and benefits, with most of it in the fourth quarter. Chief Technology Officer Ali Dasdan is stepping down effective November 18. Dropbox also said its third-quarter results should be in line with or above guidance, with full results due November 5.
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Microsoft said on October 26 that it is offering a time-limited, voluntary exit program, in a memo from Chief People Officer Amy Coleman that the company posted on its official blog. Employees at level 70 and below in participating teams in Canada, India, the United Kingdom and the United States can leave with financial support and career planning resources, and eligible staff were sent their offer details by email. Microsoft's post does not give a number, but CNBC and Reuters reported that about 60,000 employees are eligible. Microsoft had about 223,000 employees at the end of June, according to its filings. The company has not announced layoffs alongside the offer.
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The U.S. Department of Labor said on October 22 that seasonally adjusted initial jobless claims were 194,000 in the week ending October 17, down 6,000 from a revised 200,000 the week before. The four-week moving average was 197,750. Continuing claims, a gauge of people still collecting benefits, rose 25,000 to 1,728,000 in the week ending October 10, and the insured unemployment rate held at 1.1%. Claims below 200,000 point to few layoffs, while the rise in continuing claims suggests people who lose jobs are taking longer to find new ones. Update: in its October 29 release, the Labor Department revised initial claims for the week ending October 17 up to 195,000.
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