U.S. employers announced just over 71,000 layoffs in November, according to outplacement firm Challenger, Gray and Christmas. That’s roughly half the amount from October when a surge in pink slips came from several of the nation’s bigger companies.

Washington (CNN) — Company announcements of layoffs in the United States surged in October as AI continued to disrupt the labor market. Announced job cuts last month climbed by more than 153,000, according to a report by Challenger, Gray & Christmas ...

Verizon, Amazon, Target and Paramount are just a few of the many companies to have announced layoffs in 2025.