2024 Layoffs In Usa. After a brutal year of layoffs in 2023, companies this year have continued to cut jobs across tech, media, finance, manufacturing,. Quits surged by 228,000, the most since may 2023, to.

January saw the brunt of it, with nearly 90,000 reported job cuts. In a stunning reversal, the tech industry— once the unstoppable engine of modern innovation —has laid off over 124,000 workers in 2024 alone.