Tech jobs bloodbath: Over 260,000 staff axed this year as industry battles to save cash By Leah Montebello Updated: 17:00 EST, 28 December 2023 e-mail View comments More than 260,000 tech jobs have been axed this year as the industry battled to save cash. A total of 261,847 staff have been sacked since January, up more than 50 per cent from the 164,969 who were let go in 2022. Some of the biggest names in the industry including Google parent company Alphabet, Amazon, Facebook owner Meta and Microsoft have made significant layoffs. The cuts peaked in January when 89,579 people lost their jobs, impacting over 270 companies, according…
