Twelve months of tech sector lay-offs Total lay-offs: 412,898 Others 65% Total company lay-offs of 3,000 staff or more: 143,980 35% 27,000 Mar 20, 2023: Tech cull continues as Amazon axes another 9,000 jobs, having already laid off 18,000 staff in January CEO Andy Jassy (left) says latest cuts will primarily affect Amazon Web Services, human resources, advertising and Twitch livestreaming Meta (owner of Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp): 21,000 Bytedance (TikTok): 13,000 Google: 12,000 Microsoft: 10,000 Ericsson: 8,500 Twitter: 8,150 Salesforce: 7,000 Dell: 6,650 Philips: 6,000 Xiaomi: 5,000 Micron: 4,800 Getir: 4,480 IBM: 3,900 Tesla: 3,500 SAP: 3,000 Total: 143,980 Sources: Bloomberg, TrueUp Picture: Lisi Mezistrano Wolf (Creative Commons) © GRAPHIC NEWS