Jan 30 (Reuters) – The start of the year has seen massive layoffs across U.S. companies as they streamline operations to boost efficiency amid rising adoption of artificial intelligence tools. Tech giant Amazon said on Wednesday it was cutting 16,000 roles worldwide in the second major round of job cuts at the company in three […]
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Jan 30 (Reuters) – The start of the year has seen massive layoffs across U.S. companies as they streamline operations to boost efficiency amid rising adoption of artificial intelligence tools.
Tech giant Amazon said on Wednesday it was cutting 16,000 roles worldwide in the second major round of job cuts at the company in three months.
Here are some of the U.S. companies that have announced job cuts so far in 2026:
Sector Date of Company Job Cuts % of Total Notes
Announceme Workforce
nt
Technology
January Pinterest Less than Reallocating
780 Less than 15% resources to
artificial
intelligence-focu
sed roles and
strategy
January Autodesk Roughly 7% Aiming to
About 1,000 redirect spending
to cloud platform
and artificial
intelligence
efforts
January * Meta Unknown Shifting focus to
10% of wearables from
employees some virtual
in Reality reality products
Labs
division
January Amazon Target of Part
Roughly 30,000 jobs of broader goal
16,000 represents nea of trimming some
rly 10% of 30,000 corporate
corporate workers
workforce
January Angi Roughly Unknown AI-driven
350 efficiency
improvements
Consumer and Retail
January Home Unknown Part of its goal
Depot 800 to improve
efficiency
January ** Nike Unknown Consolidating
775 operations
footprint
Resources
January Dow 13% Restructuring
4,500 aimed at lifting
profitability by
at least $2
billion
January Tronox 550 in Unknown Fuzhou pigment
China plant closure due
to weak Chinese
domestic demand
and increasing
costs
Manufacturing
January FedEx Unknown Overhauling
Up to France operations
500 in and trimming
France station footprint
January United Unknown Reducing
Parcel Up to low-margin Amazon
Service 30,000 delivery volumes
Finance
January *** Unknown Part
Citigroup About 1,000 of previously
announced plan to
shed 20,000 jobs
by 2026
January Unknown About 4% Refocusing
Mastercar investments in
d other areas
* Meta plans to cut around 10% of the employees in its Reality Labs division who work on products including the metaverse, according to a New York Times report
** Nike is laying off 775 employees, primarily impacting distribution center roles in Tennessee and Mississippi, a source familiar with the matter told Reuters
*** Citigroup will cut about 1,000 jobs as part of a plan announced two years ago to reduce the workforce by 20,000, a source familiar with the matter told Reuters
(Reporting by Arasu Kannagi Basil in Bengaluru, additional reporting by Angela Christy M; Editing by Sahal Muhammed)