From IT services giants to venture-backed startups, India's tech industry saw widespread job cuts in 2025 as AI automation, gaming regulation and cost pressures reshaped hiring
Amazon's European headquarters in Luxembourg will see 370 job cuts in the coming weeks, the biggest in over 20 years, as the company trims staff and shifts focus to AI
In a rare move, Apple has trimmed its sales workforce to streamline operations; the company says it is still hiring and affected employees can look for new roles internally
Meta to cut 600 positions from its AI labs; Smallest AI, led by Indian-origin founder Sudarshan Kamath, has offered to hire these affected employees with top salaries of $600,000
TCS employed the highest number of workers in FY25, at 636,833 employees. Infosys hired the distant second-highest number at 348,596 in FY25, followed by Wipro at 235,415
From TCS to Cognizant, firms pivot to AI-first models, favouring tech-savvy, younger talent and urging workforce to upgrade skills or face involuntary exits
The exit programme affects US-based teams including knowledge and information, engineering, and marketing as Google reallocates resources toward AI infrastructure development
The layoff comes a day after the IT major announced its plan to hire 20,000 fresh engineering graduates this fiscal year amid prediction of weaker than expected revenue growth
Microsoft's restructuring plans began in 2023 with 10,000 layoffs, followed by 1,900 more in its gaming unit after the $75.4 billion Activision Blizzard acquisition
Apple has reportedly fired several Indian-origin employees in the US over alleged misuse of its charity matching grants programme, with FBI probing into possible fund misappropriation
October's layoff numbers reveal a continuing decline, maintaining the trend established in previous months and marking one of the lowest points for layoffs since 2023
