About the Global Layoff Index

Workforce intelligence for the people who need it.

We track every announced layoff globally — cross-referenced against government filings, corporate disclosures, and verified reporting — so journalists, investors, and affected employees can see what's really happening.

Why this exists

The public record was scattered.

Layoffs have been happening at unprecedented scale — nearly a million people cut in a single year across tech, finance, and retail — but the public record is scattered across press releases, government filings, and news threads. Journalists piece stories together from memory. Investors rely on aggregators with inconsistent methodologies. Employees hear rumours before they hear facts.

Workforce reductions are one of the most consequential economic signals there is. They affect livelihoods, stock prices, and policy. They deserve the same rigour as earnings reports and macro data — not best-guess spreadsheets maintained by volunteers.

That's what this is: every event verified against at least two independent sources, every number traceable to an original filing or disclosure, every page refreshed within minutes of publication.

Editorial independence

We don't take money from tracked companies.

We take no money from tracked companies. We don't accept advertising on public pages. We don't remove verified events at the request of a company, PR firm, or employee. Revenue comes from embed licences and the private candidate register — not from the companies we cover.

Three principles

How we operate.

01
Primary sources only
Every event is backed by at least one primary or corporate source — government filings, regulatory disclosures, or official company statements. Secondary news reporting is used only to fill gaps where no filing exists, and always cross-referenced.
02
Living records
Layoff numbers get revised. Companies file follow-up disclosures. Every event is treated as a living record: when better information emerges, the entry is updated and the revision dated. No silent edits.
03
Respect for those affected
Behind every number is a person who lost their job. The tone is factual, never sensational. We don't gamify the data, we don't publish individual names, and we offer affected people a private register where recruiters actively hiring can reach them directly.