Kroger to Cut 3,000 Corporate Jobs — 37% of Head Office — as AI Takes Over Workflows

Kroger job cuts: 3,000 corporate roles cut as AI takes over workflows

Kroger is about to get a lot smaller at the top. America’s largest standalone supermarket chain told employees this month that the Kroger job cuts will eliminate roughly 3,000 corporate roles over the next three years — about 37% of its entire head-office workforce — as it pushes artificial intelligence deeper into daily operations. The … Read more

eBay to Cut 1,100 Jobs in Second Layoff Round This Year as CEO Refocuses the Business

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The eBay layoffs 1100 jobs announcement arrived on October 21 in the form that has become grimly routine in corporate America: a staff memo, a carefully worded statement about "thoughtful choices," and roughly eleven hundred people about to learn their jobs are gone. Reuters reviewed the internal memo from CEO Jamie Iannone, who told employees … Read more

Amazon 5000 Job Cuts Loom as NYC Delivery Bill Threatens Warehouses

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Amazon is weighing up to 5,000 job cuts across its US operations, a move that would hit delivery contract workers hardest — and could shutter 15 warehouses in New York City, the New York Post reported on Oct. 19, 2026. The planned Amazon 5000 job cuts hinge on a single piece of legislation: the proposed … Read more

Netflix Layoffs 2026: 1,000 Jobs Cut in Biggest Purge Since 2022

Netflix layoffs 2026 — streamer cuts 1,000 jobs in biggest purge since 2022

The Netflix layoffs 2026 landed like a punch no one at the streaming giant saw coming — even though, in hindsight, the warning signs had been piling up for months. On Wednesday morning, co-CEOs Greg Peters and Ted Sarandos sent an email to employees announcing the Netflix layoffs 2026, cutting roughly 1,000 positions worldwide — … Read more

US Jobless Claims Drop to 197,000 as Layoffs Stay Near Historic Lows

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Fewer Americans filed for unemployment benefits last week than almost anyone expected. US jobless claims slipped to 197,000 for the week ended October 3, according to the Labor Department's Thursday report, coming in below the 200,000 economists had penciled in. It's the fourth straight week that new claims have hovered near 57-year lows — a … Read more

Amazon Cuts Under 1,000 Jobs in Latest Layoff Round, Timed to Prime Big Deal Days

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The Amazon layoffs October 2026 arrived with brutal timing. On Wednesday, October 7, Amazon confirmed it had eliminated what it called a “small number” of corporate jobs, most of them inside its Stores division — the unit that runs the company’s main e-commerce website. The cuts landed right as Prime Big Deal Days, one of … Read more