IMPACT Group || HR Outplacement Insights

T-Mobile succeeded where many stall by turning skills technology into real internal mobility and workforce planning.

• Built skills data foundation...

Xbox's sweeping reset under new CEO Asha Sharma signals major layoffs starting July, driven by overextended studios, $20B in spending with declining...

AI is now the stated driver behind nearly 40% of U.S. layoffs, with 38,242 tech roles eliminated in May alone.

• Meta's latest round cut ~8,000...

• Outplacement coaching can help clients move beyond resume recitation to find the connecting thread across layoffs, pivots, and experiences
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• Sector under pressure: Food and beverage firms are accelerating job cuts in 2026 due to weak demand, elevated costs, and investor demands for margin...

FanDuel's third round of layoffs in under a year marks a clear shift in the sports gambling sector, with cuts hitting engineering, service, and...

Layoff Announcements & Communications

• 🔥 Meta Cuts: Meta cut 8,000 people with the reductions explicitly unrelated to AI performance.
• Uber HR...

Connecticut's new law requires employers using automated employment-related decision technology to provide plain-language disclosures to job...

In the AI era, learning agility emerges as the top career skill, with Microsoft’s Thom Staight stressing skills-first approaches, growth mindsets, and...

• Uber explicitly denied AI as the driver, citing HR team complexity and role overlaps instead; cuts hit 23% of HR/recruitment roles (<1% of total...

AI Layoff Alerts

• 🔥 Cloudflare Cuts: Cloudflare fired 1,100 people while reporting record Q1 2026 revenue of $640 million and 600% growth in...

• Cognizant cuts 12,000–15,000 jobs as AI automates junior development and clients cut tech spend
• Cloudflare eliminates 1,100 roles (20% workforce)...

AI is driving targeted 2025-2026 tech cuts focused on middle management, support roles, and flatter hierarchies at firms like Meta, Amazon, and...

An employee survives layoffs only to train the AI system that later replaces him, exposing how AI transitions often mask quiet restructurings that...

JPMorgan's global AI rollout in investment banking signals accelerating workforce restructuring, as CEO Jamie Dimon plans to hire more AI specialists...

Urgent Layoff Alerts

• 🔥 Meta Layoffs: Meta plans to lay off about 10 percent of its nearly 80,000 employees tomorrow, with employees rushing to...

Post-layoff risks include retaliation claims if employees feel punished for speaking up, taking leave, or reporting issues, along with discrimination...

LinkedIn layoffs will impact hundreds of Bay Area workers, extending the wave of tech restructurings that hit 65 major companies last year. HR leaders should watch for rising outplacement demand in the region.

Meta employees are rushing to exhaust a $2,000 flexible benefit and $200 audio credits while offices sit empty and teams commiserate ahead of...

Higher redundancy protective awards taking effect this April require employers to tighten RIF processes and integrate stronger outplacement compliance...