In the first 6 months of this year, in technological companies heading the list of the most expensive companies in the world, 72 thousand people were dismissed.
According to the information collected by an ANADOLA agency from the Layoffs.fyi website, which tracks the dismissal of the Covid-19 technology in the world, in the first half of this year, 150 large technological companies around the world stopped working 72 thousand employees.
According to the received data, the number of dismissals has been reduced since 2023. If in the first 6 months of 2023 213 thousand employees of technological companies were dismissed, then about 100 thousand people lost their work during the same period of 2024.
Dismissions in technological companies continued in 2025. In the first 6 months of this year, 72 thousand people were dismissed, which is 28 percent less than for the same period last year.
– Microsoft is preparing to dismiss 4 percent of its employees around the world
Microsoft, one of the world’s largest technological companies, which fired 3 thousand people in May as part of the restructuring, is preparing to fire another 9 thousand people, which corresponds to 4 percent of the global labor. Thus, it is expected that this year the company will dismiss a total of 12 thousand people.
Crowdstrike, which is engaged in cybersecurity, also announced in May a reduction in 5 percent of the total number of employees to keep up with the development of artificial intelligence.
The main executive director of the company George Kurtz said in the same television program that artificial intelligence accelerates the process of turning ideas into products, improves the quality of customer service and increases productivity.
– 5 of the most expensive companies in the world belong to the technological sector
amid the dismissal in technological companies, the market value of companies continues to grow. According to “Companiesmarketcap.com”, technological companies make up the top 5 in the list of the most expensive companies in the world.
According to the list, the first place in it is occupied by NVIDIA with a market value of 3.8 trillion dollars, the second – Microsoft with 3.7 trillion dollars. Apple took 3rd place with 3.2 trillions of dollars, Amazon-4th place with 2.4 trillions of dollars, and Alphabet-5th place with market capitalization of 2.2 trillion dollars.