IT layoffs: From TCS and Accenture to Microsoft and Google — How many employees have been laid off from tech giants?

BT Dispelling: Technology and IT companies worldwide are experiencing a significant change with the rise of artificial intelligence (AI). Many of them dismissed their employees as part of their restructuring efforts.

TCS, Accenture, Microsoft, Salesforce and Google are among CT and technology companies that restructure to increase productivity and reduce costs.

How many employees were dismissed?

DUEF IN TCS: Tata Consultancy Services (TCS), India’s largest CT company, dismisses approximately 12,000 employees or about 2 %of the global labor force in 2025-26 fiscal year; The company now aims to focus on restructuring plans in the midst of artificial intelligence (AI) edition.

In addition to layoffs Mint Previously, TCS reported that the wear rate for the quarter of the 2025-26 fiscal year, which ended in April-June period, increased to 13.8 %by marginal increase in the last twelve months (LTM) compared to 13.3 %in the previous quarter.

2. Global search engine giant Google, Artificial Intelligence (AI) as part of the ongoing efforts to accelerate the agenda of the design of the design -related roles have dismissed 100 employees.

according to Business Content According to the report, people were dismissed because of their efforts to reduce costs in other departments, while increasing the company’s power in AI infrastructure.

3. Dispelling in Wipro: Although there is no official approval that there is any dismissal in the field of IT, a report New Indian Express It shows that the CT company has fired 24,516 people to increase the cost efficiency and productivity in the sector.

According to previous reports, the number of personnel of Wipro as of the financial year, which ended in 2024-25, rose to 2.33.346 with an increase of 614, while Wipro’s personnel loss rate fell to 15 respectively.

There was no official approval for the layoffs in the CT section.

4. Dispelling in HCL Tech: According to the report of the news portal, HCL Tech dismissed more than 8,000 people in 2024 due to the disposal and restructuring in the sector.

HCL Tech’s wear rate decreased to 12.8 %by decreasing 20 basis points in April-June 2025-26 fiscal year compared to the January-March quarter of the 2024-25 fiscal year. An official verification has not yet been made for layoffs.

5. Disperation in Accenture: Global IT Giant Accenture announced last week that the company would end more than 11,000 employees in the global labor force; This indicates that the company will make more potential dismissal in the coming months because it makes a major restructuring plan during the artificial intelligence move.

6. Disperation in Salesforce: Marc Benioff, Salesforce CEO, announced in an interview with Youtube in September 2025 that artificial intelligence (AI) has dismissed approximately 4,000 customer support personnel of the US -based cloud software company because of the larger share in customer service.

He also confirmed that the California -based technology specialist has reduced the customer support labor force to 5,000 employees from 9,000 employees, and that 4,000 employees were dismissed.

7. On Bloomberg According to the report, Microsoft dismissed more than 40 %or about 4,000 people in software engineering business; This is a movement that emerges as a risk for software developers in the age of artificial intelligence.

The company also announced that it would dismiss approximately 6,000 people throughout the organization and that Washington state data will represent about one -third of the total.

Other major global IT companies such as Cognizant reported that 3,500 employees have dismissed 3,500 employees in order to simplify the organization in a highly competitive industrial environment and increase the delivery rate. According to the press reports, IBM India, the company’s hybrid cloud and artificial intelligence with the transfer of approximately 1,000 work positions.

CT and technology companies around the world continue to face the latest concerns about the pressure of the US businesses and the latest concerns about the proposal of US President Donald Trump, which will affect the new applicants who want to work in the United States.

In addition to the problems of the US visa fee increase, some companies are at risk of taking artificial intelligence in which some companies may prefer to increase productivity and productivity compared to human labor force.