Mick T.>From its fiscal year-end in September 2019 to September 2022, Apple’s workforce grew by about 20% to approximately 164,000 full-time employees. Meanwhile, over roughly the same period, the employee count at Amazon doubled, Microsoft’s rose 53%, Google parent Alphabet Inc.’s increased 57% and Facebook owner Meta’s ballooned 94%.
Take these layoff numbers in the tech industry with a pinch of salt. I'd say many of these companies hired too many people or their growth projections were over optimistic. That doesn't mean they won't use this as an excuse to layoff their longer term employees whom are paid more and keep the newbies.