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Emma Roth
Almost 30,000 workers in tech have been laid off this year.

That’s according to data from tech layoffs tracker Layoffs.fyi, which recorded 29,995 job cuts across 112 different companies in 2024. The data also includes the 150 layoffs at Zoom that just happened today, too.

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