2026 United States corporate mass layoffs
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Beginning in January 2026 dozens of Fortune 500 companies announced layoffs of tens of thousands of their corporate workers.[1][2] Many companies cited advancement of artificial intelligence, and restructuring or down-sizing as a response to current market trends.[3][4] Many analysts attribute the mass layoffs of corporate workers in 2026 to President Donald Trump's aggressive tariff and protectionist policies, companies hiring cheaper corporate workers through the H-1B visa program over domestic workers, and companies offshoring and outsourcing white-collar jobs overseas to countries where corporate workers work or will work remotely for significantly less than their US counterparts.[5][6]