Staff cuts to the tech sector At least 1,000 tech companies laid off at least 154,000 employees last year, while redundancies have continued in 2023, with more than 49,000 layoffs recorded so far this year Largest tech job losses 2022 2023 Amazon 18,000 Alphabet / Google 12,000 Meta 11,000 Microsoft 10,000 Salesforce 8,000 Tesla 6,000 Byju’s 5,000 Getir 4,480 Cisco 4,000 HP 4,000 Twitter 3,700 Peloton 2,800 Carvana 2,500 Jan 2023: Amazon increases job cuts from 10,000 announced in November. Device division has lost $5 billion Twitter revenue 2022 $1.20bn $1.18bn $1.28bn $1.03bn Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Twitter: Fourteen of top 30 advertisers on Twitter stop all advertising after Elon Musk chaotic acquisition in October Sources: Layoffs.fyi, Tech.Co, Reuters, Twitter Picture: Getty Images © GRAPHIC NEWS