Sorting in the tech industry is showing no signal of stopping in 2025, with major players like Google, Microsoft and others to trim their workforce. Although this number is much lower than the mass trimming mass trimmed between 2022 and 2023, the companies are still continuing to streamline operations, cut costs and to reduce their workforce to refocus on artificial intelligence and automation.

According to the sorting, more than 23,500 tech employees have been closed in 93 companies this year in a platform tracking that cuts a job in the sector – and the number continues to grow. The latest job cut reports come from Google and Microsoft, both are allegedly planning a new round of trimmed. Allegedly, these job cuts are part of companies’ schemes to make their workforce more effective, operated by A-LED reorganization and performance-based termination.

Google platform and device to pruning employees from division

According to a recent report of information, Google, under its original company alphabet, placed hundreds of employees in their platforms and device divisions, who oversee major products such as Android, Pixel smartphone and Chrome browser. This step follows an earlier voluntary exit program introduced in January, suggests that the company is emphasizing for a lean, more tight structure.

A Google spokesperson told the publication that the trimming was part of the attempt to “operate more effectively” after merging teams last year. In particular, it is not a shortage of the first task force for tech giants in 2025-in February, Google, Google also trimmed jobs in its clouds and human resource departments, which indicates a comprehensive cost-cutting strategy.

Microsoft to fire employees in May

Meanwhile, Microsoft is also allegedly being prepared for another round of pruning in early May 2025, with discussion to reduce the roles of middle-management and increase the ratio of engineers for non-technical employees. Internal sources suggest that the company is reviewing departments where managers have dismissed coders, which aims to promote efficiency by flattening hierarchy.

A notable change is allegedly taking place in Microsoft’s Security Division, headed by Charlie Bell, where the company is currently emphasizing for 5.5: 1 to 10: 1 engineer-to-manager ratio. Additionally, employees with frequent low performance ratings (scoring “impact 80” or below) can also withstand the end of restructuring.

These upcoming job cuts Microsoft’s September 2024 trimmed (about 650 jobs in the Xbox) and follow the 2,000 cuts earlier this year, strengthening the tendency of technical firms to prefer product-centric roles on administrative people.

Not just a big player

In 2025, the wave of tech layoffs extends much more than the industry veterans, in which many other companies implement significant workforce cuts. Automatic, the original company of WordPress, announced a reduction in 16 percent of the workforce, affecting around 270 employees. Similarly, Canva also participated with 10–12 technical writers, a step that pushed the company’s AI-borne material to manufacture.

Social media platform Ticketkok cut 300 jobs in his Dublin office, represented about 10 percent of his Irish workforce, while Indian EV manufacturer Ola Electric applied its second dowsizing in five months, leaving more than 1,000 employees and contractors. Industrial giant Siemens are also focused in their automation and electric vehicle charging divisions with 5,600 job cuts in 2025.

Downering continued in other major players, HP abolished 2,000 posts as part of its “future” restructuring initiative. Aerospace company Blue Origin also shut down over 1,000 workers, mainly in engineering roles, while salesforce cut more than 1,000 jobs, even kept hiring for posts related to AI.

Meta announced pruning earlier this year

In fact, the year started with similar aggressive cuts from Tech Leaders: Meta announced the abolition of 5 percent – about 3,600 employees were identified as “less artists”, as well as ramping AI Hiring.

Amazon also put dozens of employees with the aim of strengthening its communication team and “rapidly increasing the work, strengthening ownership, strengthening our culture and bringing teams closer to customers.

But why is the trimming still happening? Well, with the rise of AI, companies are allegedly undergoing restructuring and bringing new plans for better “efficiency”. Additionally, inflation, high interest rates and low technical expenses have also forced the firms to tighten the budget at the cost of reducing the overall workforce. However, among the trimming, companies are also hiring for many roles – mainly each company’s new efficiency plan and alliance with market trends relate to the AI ​​roles.