June 27, 2025

The Layoff Landscape of 2025: What’s Really Going On?

Despite strong job reports, layoffs are quietly reshaping tech, logistics, and media, revealing a more complicated labor market beneath the headlines.

Tyler Bugeaud

Duey, Co-founder

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The Layoff Landscape of 2025: What’s Really Going On?

From Big Tech to logistics and media, workforce reductions are reshaping industries again.

We’re halfway through 2025, and if you’ve been feeling like layoffs are everywhere again, you’re not wrong.

Despite steady job reports and a “soft landing” narrative from policymakers, many industries are quietly trimming their headcounts. Tech firms are scaling back after pandemic-era overhiring. Logistics companies are restructuring amid tariffs and trucker shortages. And the media world is still reeling from strikes, restructuring, and a brutal ad market.

So where are the cuts happening and what do they signal about where we’re headed?

Tech Layoffs: The Reset Continues

The tech sector was once the gold standard of job security. But in 2025, the reckoning isn’t over.

According to Layoffs.fyi, more than 63,000 tech workers have been laid off this year across 147 companies. Key examples include:

Microsoft slashed nearly 6,000 jobs in May, followed by more cuts in June, including in its Xbox division
Google laid off 25 percent of its Google TV team, reportedly to shift investment toward YouTube
ZoomInfo cut 150 jobs, about 4 percent of its workforce
Disney eliminated tech roles tied to Hulu and ESPN+
Bumble cut 30 percent of its workforce, roughly 240 employees

These aren’t just adjustments. They reflect a broader shift: companies are slimming down, redirecting capital, and responding to investor pressure to do more with less.

Logistics: Restructuring in Real Time

It’s not just tech. The logistics sector has seen major shake-ups too driven by tariffs, automation, and supply chain volatility:

UPS announced 20,000 job cuts and the closure of 73 buildings in a $3.5 billion cost-saving plan
DHL is laying off 364 employees due to a facility closure in California
C&S Wholesale Grocers plans to lay off nearly 500 workers in Florida, plus smaller cuts elsewhere
Smaller firms like Grede, Hood Container, Adient Plc, and Bunzl Distribution have also made reductions tied to consolidations

Many of these cuts are geographically concentrated and linked to specific site closures. They’re often framed as strategic realignments (not collapses) but for affected workers, the disruption is still very real.

Media and Entertainment: Still on the Chopping Block

The media industry continues to contract, following pandemic disruption, 2023 labor strikes, and the streaming model’s growing pains:

Paramount cut 3.5 percent of its workforce in June
Disney has made several cuts across marketing, publicity, and TV development
CNN and Business Insider slashed staff, 200 roles at CNN and 21 percent at Insider
NBCUniversal, Warner Bros. Discovery, and Lionsgate reduced headcounts in production and content teams
Meta announced another 5 percent workforce reduction earlier this year

The message is clear: simplify, consolidate, and prioritize profitability. Many media companies are pulling back on experimentation and doubling down on leaner teams and fewer bets.

What This Means Going Forward

Each round of layoffs might feel like an isolated event. But taken together, they tell a more systemic story:

Tech is maturing and correcting for post-2020 overgrowth
Logistics is preparing for automation and global friction
Media is consolidating to survive shifting consumer behavior and tighter margins

And this wave looks different from previous downturns:

Many layoffs are strategic, not reactionary
Few are being offset with new hiring
Unemployment spells are longer, especially for specialized roles

Closing Thought: Layoffs in a ‘Healthy’ Economy

It’s strange, isn’t it? Layoffs rising while job reports remain solid. That’s the contradiction of 2025.

For job seekers, it means a more competitive, slower-moving market. For employers, it’s a reminder that retention, reputation, and long-term planning matter more than ever.

And for everyone else, it’s proof that even in a balanced economy, not everyone feels the balance equally.

Sources:
Layoffs.fyi
Fast Company
Deadline
Business Insider
Tech.co
NCCI Labor Market Insights