😢544 tech employees laid off every day in 2026.

Every single day. For 71 days straight.
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38,645.
That’s the number layoffs.fyi is tracking in 2026.

And that number is almost certainly wrong.
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Most cuts never make the headline.
No press release. No TechCrunch article. No CEO LinkedIn post about “strategic realignment.”
Just a Slack message on a Friday. A badge that stops working.
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Amazon. Meta. Block. Oracle.
Record revenues. Record AI investment. Record cuts.
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But the 38,645 isn’t the number that should scare you.
It’s the number we can’t count.

The senior engineer at a company you’ve never heard of.
The VP whose entire team got replaced by an AI workflow.
The principal with 18 years of tenure.
Those don’t get tracked.
They just disappear.
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Seniority didn’t protect them.
Tenure didn’t protect them.
A top 5% comp package didn’t protect them.
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The W-2 was never designed to be permanent.
It was designed to feel that way.
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Every one of those 38,645 people thought they had more time.
High income and financial independence are not the same thing.
Most people find out the hard way.
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Don’t let that be your story.
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The job is not the plan. It never was.