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Factors Contributing To ‘Layoff Fatigue’ Fueled by cost cutting and AI, employers cut more than 150,000 jobs last October--the largest wave of layoffs in 22 years.
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Bryan Robinson, Forbes.com, 30 Jan. 2026
Look at a lot of the cost cutting that’s happening across corporations.
—Liz Hoffman, semafor.com, 27 Jan. 2026
As alternative data point to a cooling job market, cost cutting, and AI were the leading factors for job cuts and were collectively responsible for roughly 82,000 layoffs in October, according to Challenger.
—Nino Paoli, Fortune, 6 Nov. 2025
Current and former staffers, most of whom asked not to be named in order to speak candidly on the subject, told CNBC that several years of persistent cost cutting and layoffs have damaged morale, while pressure has simultaneously been building to innovate faster, especially around AI.
—Annie Palmer, CNBC, 5 Nov. 2025
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Bryan Robinson, Forbes.com, 30 Jan. 2026
Look at a lot of the cost cutting that’s happening across corporations.
—Liz Hoffman, semafor.com, 27 Jan. 2026
As alternative data point to a cooling job market, cost cutting, and AI were the leading factors for job cuts and were collectively responsible for roughly 82,000 layoffs in October, according to Challenger.
—Nino Paoli, Fortune, 6 Nov. 2025
Current and former staffers, most of whom asked not to be named in order to speak candidly on the subject, told CNBC that several years of persistent cost cutting and layoffs have damaged morale, while pressure has simultaneously been building to innovate faster, especially around AI.
—Annie Palmer, CNBC, 5 Nov. 2025
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“Cost cutting.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/cost%20cutting. Accessed 2 Feb. 2026.
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