Layoffs In Jan 2024. See the list of companies reducing their worker numbers in 2024. 29 that they agreed to terminate the planned $1.4 billion acquisition of the vacuum maker after facing hurdles from european.

Executives justified the mass layoffs by citing a pandemic hiring binge, high inflation and weak consumer demand. The layoffs this year suggest that companies are cutting in more targeted areas—even as some of the biggest tech companies have continued to grow, adding more.