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Sydney layoffs, tracked in full.

Sydney has seen 5K job cuts across 10 tracked rounds since January 2020 — roughly 0.7% of all layoffs in our global dataset. The last 12 months alone saw 4K layoffs.

Last updated
City snapshot
5K
people laid off since Jan 2020
Companies tracked
5
active + historical
Rounds
10
total events
Top industry
Productivity & Collaboration
45% of cuts
Global city rank
#23
by total headcount
Total since 2020
All time
5K
Across 10 roundsRank #23
Last 12 months
Recent
4K
↑ 163% YoY
Companies tracked
Breadth
5
across 5 industriesProductivity & Collaboration leads
Global city rank
vs cities
#23
0.7% of global totalof 137 cities
By industry · Sydney· Since 2020

Which industries cut deepest.

Productivity & Collaboration
4 ROUNDS
45% of Sydney cuts
2,450
PEOPLE
Logistics & Supply Chain
2 ROUNDS
37%
2,000
PEOPLE
Quick Commerce
2 ROUNDS
7%
400
PEOPLE
Food & Beverage
1 ROUNDS
6%
300
PEOPLE
Fintech
1 ROUNDS
6%
300
PEOPLE
Top companies · Sydney

Where the cuts landed.

Top companies
#01
Atlassian
PRODUCTIVITY & COLLABORATION · 4 ROUNDS
2,450
#02
WiseTech
LOGISTICS & SUPPLY CHAIN · 2 ROUNDS
2,000
#03
Milkrun
QUICK COMMERCE · 2 ROUNDS
400
#04
SEND
FOOD & BEVERAGE · 1 ROUNDS
300
#05
Zip
FINTECH · 1 ROUNDS
300
Recent events · Sydney· Latest

The latest Sydney layoffs.

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Severity
Event
Location · When
Headcount
Source
High
A
Atlassian
Atlassian Layoffs — 2026-03-11
Sydney ·
1,600
yahoo.com ↗
Severe
W
WiseTech
WiseTech Layoffs — 2026-02-24
Sydney ·
2,000
bloomberg.com ↗
Low
A
Atlassian
Atlassian Layoffs — 2025-09-10
Sydney ·
200
ziptone.nl ↗
Low
A
Atlassian
Atlassian Layoffs — 2025-07-30
Sydney ·
150
yahoo.com ↗
Low
W
WiseTech
WiseTech Layoffs — 2025-07-23
Sydney ·
—
reuters.com ↗
High
Z
Zip
Zip Layoffs — 2023-07-02
Sydney ·
300
com.au ↗
Severe
M
Milkrun
Milkrun Layoffs — 2023-04-11
Sydney ·
400
com.au ↗
Moderate
A
Atlassian
Atlassian Layoffs — 2023-03-06
Sydney ·
500
cnbc.com ↗
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