Big Tech layoffs continue into 2026

[Northernah]

Layoffs across major tech companies continued into the new year, following the same pattern from 2024-2025. AI efficiency is quietly replacing roles while companies frame it as restructuring.
https://www.reuters.com/technology/

https://www.reuters.com/technology/

[Tracey]

"Restructuring" is doing a lot of heavy lifting as a word.

[ArVeeDee]

You don't invest billions in AI and not cut staff somewhere.

[One-One-Five]

Maybe we become more efficient??  Yet i spent half my time fixing bugs in stuff that AI sends me. It lies, it makes mistakes.

[codeberg]

This trend isn't slowing down anytime soon.

[Totally]

That is one way of looking at it. Same here honestly.

Nice one.

[Faded Owen]

That is the practical answer rather than the theoretical one. The problem with most advice online is it assumes a clean install which most machines are not.

That is how I would approach it anyway.

[Zero-Point]

Seems like it from what I have seen. This feels like one of those topics where the longer term effect matters more than the daily noise.

That is my read on it anyway.

[TheRizz]

Maybe we become more efficient?? Yet i spent half my time fixing bugs in stuff that AI sends me. It lies, it makes mistakes.

Same here really. I have been wondering the same thing.

Good to hear other people's experience.

[TommyB_20]

Still think the same, yeah. The result will answer the question better than any of us can.

[NinaVrina]

Yeah that is the sensible route. I keep a list of what I do to every fresh install so I can repeat it without thinking.

That is the sensible starting point.

[CosmicRay67]

Ended up in the same place, yeah. Buy slightly more materials than you need, you will always use them.

Worth doing it properly rather than rushing it.