Big Tech Layoffs (2025)

In 2024, there were some major corporations in Big Tech that had layoffs. The layoffs were said to have happened to reduce budgets in certain areas of businesses where Artificial Intelligence could be implemented as an alternative to a human labor resource. The businesses involved in this advancement to Artificial Intelligence included companies like Intel, Google, Microsoft, Cisco, Fiverr, ZipRecruiter, Salesforce and more. Based on statistics shown on Layoffs.fyi, “approximately, 551 companies committed to layoffs in the year 2024.” Comparatively, in the year 2025, approximately 208 companies committed to continued layoffs.

We queried U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics on four major counties in Texas for unemployment data and found that in August of 2025, Dallas County shows to have a 4.4% unemployment rating, Travis County shows to have a 3.9% unemployment rating, Bexar County shows to have a 4.4% unemployment rating and Harris County shows to have a 5.0% unemployment rating. Maverick County, specifically Eagle Pass, Texas currently holds rank as one of the United States’ highest in unemployment rating at a shocking 8.9%. Texas overall has a 4.1% unemployment rate, which is -0.1% than in the year 2024.

As US laborers continue in their employment search, the gaps in their resumes have become harder to explain to those who are ignorant of the current employment market conditions. Based on a resume study released by LiveCareer.com, “the number of candidates in the US with career gaps is approximately 52%.” While the IT employment market continues pushing US employment opportunities to recruiting companies overseas and promoting H-1B visas, future employment opportunities for US citizens who have been recently laid off does not look bright in Texas.

According to US Department of Labor, on September 19, 2025, “an H-1B enforcement initiative went into effect that seemingly promotes the employment rights of highly skilled US laborers.” However, this initiative does not create employment opportunities for US citizens with undergraduate education. Furthermore, the initiative does not indicate any specifics as to whether “highly skilled” labor refers to only Masters’ and PhD level education with absolutely no experience in the field of Information Technology.

Layoffs in Federal Government

On January 20, 2025, the President officially entered into action, “Return to In-Person Work;” the presidential action is found on the White House’s government website and specifically targets the executive branch of government. Per the presidential action, “Heads of all departments and agencies in the executive branch of Government shall, as soon as practicable, take all necessary steps to terminate remote work arrangements.” However, the termination of remote work arrangements for federal laborers does not specifically apply to all areas of government. According to Layoffs.fyi statistics, “approximately 182, 528 federal departures occurred in the year 2025.”