Microsoft / Xbox — ~500-600 jobs
Microsoft's Xbox division cut 268 employees on Sept. 22, part of a broader reduction affecting an estimated 500 to 600 workers, according to a company spokesperson. The layoff is part of a previously announced 3,200-person downsizing in July, and Microsoft will also reorganize several gaming studios within the Xbox business, bringing World's Edge, Rare, as well as the next Halo title under Activision's banner. Xbox's new CEO Asha Sharma said in July that the business had become unsustainably bloated, stating "our business today is not healthy."
Intel — 52 jobs
Intel cut dozens of positions at its Bay Area offices on Sept. 23, continuing its ongoing cost-reduction efforts.
Expedia Group — 58 jobs
The online travel company laid off 58 employees in Washington state on Sept. 22 as part of continued restructuring at the travel giant.
Thinkific — 96 roles
The online course-creation platform cut 96 positions on Sept. 23 as it narrows its focus toward its "Thinkific Plus" enterprise product.
Corgi Insurance
The insurance startup cut its café-expansion team on Sept. 23 following a pullback from its rapid physical-location push.
Novo Nordisk (US operations)
While headquartered in Denmark, Novo disclosed on Sept. 21 that its workforce has shrunk by about 13,000 individuals over the past year as the company works to unify and drive more funds into research and development, with total workforce now standing at 67,000 — cuts that include US-based roles as part of its restructuring.
Layoff trackers show the pace of cuts remaining elevated in 2026 relative to prior years. As of September 26, 2026, there have been 519 tech-layoff events in 2026, impacting 225,122 workers, and separately, so far in 2026 there have been 622 layoffs at tech companies with 190,058 people impacted, about 704 people per day according to TrueUp's tracker.
Analysts continue to point to AI-driven restructuring as a major factor: "AI redundancy washing" makes it difficult to isolate AI's true impact, but the trend is directionally clear that companies adopting AI tooling are restructuring their workforces around it — with roles like computer programmers, customer service reps, data entry workers, and marketing seeing the highest overlap with current AI capabilities.
A few notes on this list: I focused on layoffs specifically dated or reported this week (Sept 21–27). Several other companies (Amazon, Citi, Verizon, Oracle, PayPal) have made major cuts earlier in 2026, but I didn't find confirmed new announcements from them specifically in this week's window — let me know if you'd like me to dig into any particular company or sector (tech, retail, finance, etc.) in more depth, or expand the timeframe to the full month.