Call it downsizing or, more modestly, rightsizing, a one-size-fits-all approach of homegrown tech startups rendered more than 9,500 people jobless in 2025 alone.
This was higher than the 9,000 layoffs recorded in 2024 and lower than 17,000 the year before, when the world was trying to wriggle out of the Covid-19 blues. The figure for 2025 stands at a whopping 1 Mn in the US, shooting up 65% over the previous year.
Standing halfway through the decade, what seems most certain is an air of uncertainty. Businesses skidded into an abyss of…

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