Tech Layoff Risk Movers
This week in tech layoff risk: Apple saw the sharpest layoff-risk jump (+16 to 47%) after 200 roles confirmed Aug 21; Meta Platforms eased the most (-6 to 58%); Netflix is the vibe of the week.
Every company on the PinkSlip Tech Layoff Leaderboard is rescored daily. This page ranks the sharpest seven-day moves, so you can see where conditions changed rather than where they have always been bad.
Risk Rising
Companies with the biggest risk score increase this week.
Risk Falling
Companies with the biggest risk score drop this week.
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Tech layoff risk movers — week of Aug 27, 2026 Risk climbed most: 📈 Apple +16 → 47/100 (moderate risk) — 200 roles confirmed Aug 21 📈 Adobe +10 → 48/100 (moderate risk) — layoff coverage 0→15 headlines 📈 Oracle +8 → 75/100 (high risk) — last cut 21,000 roles (13% of staff), Jun 23 Risk eased most: 📉 Meta Platforms -6 → 58/100 (high risk) — last cut 1,395 roles, Jul 22 📉 Cloudflare -5 → 54/100 (high risk) — last cut 1,100 roles (20% of staff), May 7 📉 Intuit -4 → 49/100 (moderate risk) — last cut 3,000 roles (17% of staff), May 20 Why: Apple added 16 points: 200 roles confirmed cut on Aug 21; 3 WARN notices filed with state labour departments this week; and layoff coverage up from 0 to 18 headlines — including "Tech layoffs 2026: More than 175,000 workers laid off as Apple, Microsoft, Oracle, Amazon, M…" (The Economic Times). Adobe added 10 points: layoff coverage up from 0 to 15 headlines. Meta Platforms shed 6 points: its Jul 22 cut of 1,395 roles decaying out of the window, 36 days on; and layoff coverage down from 13 to 3 headlines. CrowdStrike and DocuSign are flagged for divergence — the public data and what employees are reporting point in opposite directions, and sentiment often turns before the filings do. Every score is rebuilt daily from WARN notices, confirmed layoffs, layoff news, earnings and guidance, hiring activity and anonymous employee check-ins. 0–100, higher means riskier. It is a forecast of conditions, not an announcement. Full table, plus every company's history and the signals behind its score: https://pinkslip.tech/weekly?utm_source=linkedin&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=risk-movers #techlayoffs #layoffs #jobsecurity #tech #hiring
Divergence Signals
When risk score and employee sentiment disagree — pay attention.
What moved this week, and why
Layoff risk climbed fastest at Apple (+16 to 47%), Adobe (+10 to 48%) and Oracle (+8 to 75%) in the week of Aug 27, 2026. Apple leads the risers and now sits at 47 out of 100, in the moderate band. Apple added 16 points: 200 roles confirmed cut on Aug 21; 3 WARN notices filed with state labour departments this week; and layoff coverage up from 0 to 18 headlines — including "Tech layoffs 2026: More than 175,000 workers laid off as Apple, Microsoft, Oracle, Amazon, M…" (The Economic Times). Adobe added 10 points: layoff coverage up from 0 to 15 headlines. Oracle added 8 points: a still-weighted cut of 21,000 roles (13% of staff) on Jun 23.
Risk eased most at Meta Platforms (-6 to 58%), Cloudflare (-5 to 54%) and Intuit (-4 to 49%). Meta Platforms now sits at 58 out of 100 (high risk). Meta Platforms shed 6 points: its Jul 22 cut of 1,395 roles decaying out of the window, 36 days on; and layoff coverage down from 13 to 3 headlines. Cloudflare shed 5 points: its May 7 cut of 1,100 roles (20% of staff) decaying out of the window, 112 days on; and last quarter beat estimates by 7.5%. Falling scores rarely come from an announcement: they are usually evidence ageing out of the recency-weighted window, hiring picking back up, or a quarter that beat expectations.
CrowdStrike and DocuSign are flagged for divergence this week — the public data and what employees are telling us point in opposite directions. Divergence is worth watching because sentiment often turns before the filings do: people inside a company usually know a reorganisation is coming weeks before it is announced.
The vibe of the week is Netflix, the company drawing the strongest employee sentiment in our anonymous check-ins, with a risk score of 43 out of 100. Sentiment is self-reported and deliberately kept as a small part of the score, but it is the only signal here that comes from inside the building.
Every score on this page is rebuilt daily from public data: WARN notices filed with state labour departments, confirmed layoff events, layoff coverage from major news outlets, quarterly earnings and guidance, hiring activity, and anonymous employee check-ins. Nothing here is a prediction that a specific company will announce layoffs. A high score means the conditions that have preceded layoffs elsewhere are present, and a rising score means more of them appeared this week than last.
Open any company above for its full history, the signals behind the score and what it means for your role, or compare two companies side by side if you are weighing a move.
Questions about this week's layoff risk
Which tech company's layoff risk rose the most this week?
Apple saw the sharpest increase in the week of Aug 27, 2026, up 16 points to a risk score of 47 out of 100 (moderate risk). The move came from 200 roles confirmed cut on Aug 21 and 3 WARN notices filed with state labour departments this week.
Which tech company's layoff risk fell the most this week?
Meta Platforms improved the most in the week of Aug 27, 2026, down 6 points to a risk score of 58 out of 100. The move reflects its Jul 22 cut of 1,395 roles decaying out of the window, 36 days on; and layoff coverage down from 13 to 3 headlines.
How is the tech layoff risk score calculated?
Each company gets a score from 0 to 100, where higher means riskier. It blends WARN notices filed with state labour departments, confirmed layoff events, layoff news coverage, quarterly earnings and guidance, hiring signals, and anonymous employee sentiment. The weights are fixed, so a score is comparable across companies and across weeks.
How often are the risk scores updated?
Scores are recomputed every day from freshly scraped data. This page shows the seven-day change, so a company that has been drifting for a week shows a larger move than one that reacted to a single headline.
Does a high risk score mean layoffs are certain?
No. A high score means the measurable conditions that have preceded layoffs at other companies are present right now. It is a weather forecast, not an announcement, and it should be read alongside what you know about your own team and function.
Which companies does PinkSlip track?
The index covers the NASDAQ-100 technology constituents, the major Indian IT services firms and a handful of large employers listed elsewhere — SAP, Samsung, Ericsson and Visa — for 78 companies in total. The full list, with every current score, is on the Tech Layoff Leaderboard.
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