restructuring

GitLab disclosed a reduction in force on May 11, plans to shed up to 30% of its country footprint, remove up to three management layers, and reorganize R&D into roughly 60 teams by June 1.

Intel archived the GitHub repository that anchored its Open Ecosystem Community and Evangelism program on April 20, 2026, and shuttered several community-facing projects — the most visible step in a multi-quarter pullback that began with executive comments last October.

Snapchat's parent company eliminates 16 percent of its workforce, citing AI-driven efficiency gains and aiming for over $500 million in annualized savings.

Oracle terminates an estimated 18 percent of its global workforce via early-morning emails with no prior warning, freeing up to $10 billion in cash flow to finance a $156 billion AI infrastructure expansion even as the company reports a 95 percent jump in quarterly net income.

Dell Technologies disclosed in its fiscal 2026 annual report that headcount fell to approximately 97,000, marking a third consecutive year of 10 percent reductions and a cumulative loss of 36,000 jobs since fiscal 2023, even as AI-optimized server revenue hit $9 billion in the fourth quarter alone.

Meta lays off roughly 700 employees across five divisions while weighing far deeper cuts of up to 20 percent of its workforce to offset AI infrastructure spending that could reach $135 billion this year.

Amazon has eliminated approximately 30,000 corporate positions since October 2025 through two rounds of layoffs, with March cuts reaching its robotics division and unconfirmed reports suggesting a third wave of 14,000 additional reductions in Q2 2026.

Five French unions led a three-day walkout at Ubisoft after the publisher cancelled six games, closed two studios, and imposed a five-day office mandate as part of a 200 million euro restructuring.