Tech trimming has now become a trend, because almost every company is reporting job cuts every other month. By adding to the list, the travel giant Expedia Group at Seattle has done another round of pruning this week. While the company has not disclosed the exact number of the affected employees, the LinkedIn Post of the affected employees suggests that the retrench has touched several departments including engineering. The expadia group owns a portfolio of popular travel brands, including VRBO, Orbitz, Hotwire, Trivago, Hotel.com and its major site expidia.com.

According to a report by the skift, about 3 percent of the global workforce of Expedia has been allowed to go to the news for the first time. Depending on the company’s most recent data, it will be equal to about 500 people. The report said, until 31 December, 2024, Expedia appointed 16,500 people in about 50 countries-a marginal reduction from 17,100 reported at the end of 2023. About half of the company’s workforce is in technology related roles.

In a statement, as stated, Expedia explained the move as part of a comprehensive strategic overhaul. “As part of a comprehensive effort to strengthen your business and bring the company into position for long -term development, we are restructuring parts of our organization,” said this. “These are difficult but necessary decisions that we focus on strategic priorities and be well deployed to distribute to customers and partners.”

Despite the reorganization expidia, despite posting strong financial results in its most recent quarter. The company reported a 10 percent increase in revenue in the fourth quarter $ 3.1 billion (about 259 billion rupees), with adjusted net income 30 percent year-on-year-which was higher than analyzer expectations. The first quarter earnings are to be released on 8 May.

He said, it is not the only company that is firing employees. According to Layoffs.fyi, more than 23,500 tech employees have been discontinued in 93 companies by April this year. In addition, thanks to AI, many companies are planning and restructuring their organizations.

According to Microsoft’s 2025 Annual Work Trend Index report, Artificial Intelligence is designed to become a central part of the workplace, with AI agents soon to manage daily tasks in organizations, to automate workflows and to change how companies are embedded in organizations. The report describes an adjacent change in history as seismic moments such as industrial revolution or advent of the Internet.

The report has a picture that it is called “intelligence on the tap” – highly scalable, easily accessible AI which organizations can exploit to bridge the growing gap between growing demands and limited human ability.

Since AI is rapidly developing from an active partner in the workforce, it is uncertain whether this infection will result in significant job loss or promote the emergence of completely new roles. However, it is clear that AI agents are on the verge of everyday colleagues. For today’s professionals, the challenge lies in adaptation to this innings. The message of Microsoft is clear: Learning to cooperate with AI is no longer optional – those who fail to do so are left behind.