Tech Layoff Risk Movers
This week in tech layoff risk: Micron Technology saw the sharpest layoff-risk jump (+2 to 31%) after no confirmed layoff in 6 months; Uber eased the most (-17 to 64%); Dell Technologies 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.
This Week in Tech
The last seven days on their own — where staff were actually cut, and where employees are talking.
Mood
Where employees cast the most Vibe Checks this week.
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 Oct 13, 2026 Risk climbed most: 📈 Micron Technology +2 → 31/100 (moderate risk) — no confirmed layoff in 6 months 📈 Arm Holdings +2 → 29/100 (moderate risk) — no confirmed layoff in 6 months 📈 Visa +1 → 48/100 (moderate risk) — 6 new WARN notices Risk eased most: 📉 Uber -17 → 64/100 (high risk) — 42 new WARN notices 📉 Adobe -15 → 34/100 (moderate risk) — no confirmed layoff in 6 months 📉 Expedia Group -13 → 42/100 (moderate risk) — last cut 58 roles, Sep 22 Why: Micron Technology added 2 points with no layoff, filing or headline behind it — the move came from the softer inputs the model also reads: news sentiment, share price and hiring activity. Arm Holdings added 2 points with no layoff, filing or headline behind it — the move came from the softer inputs the model also reads: news sentiment, share price and hiring activity. Uber shed 17 points: its Sep 2 cut of 3,300 roles (10% of staff) decaying out of the window, 42 days on; and 42 WARN notices filed with state labour departments this week. PayPal and Uber 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 Micron Technology (+2 to 31%), Arm Holdings (+2 to 29%) and Visa (+1 to 48%) in the week of Oct 13, 2026. Micron Technology leads the risers and now sits at 31 out of 100, in the moderate band. Micron Technology added 2 points with no layoff, filing or headline behind it — the move came from the softer inputs the model also reads: news sentiment, share price and hiring activity. Arm Holdings added 2 points with no layoff, filing or headline behind it — the move came from the softer inputs the model also reads: news sentiment, share price and hiring activity. Visa added 1 point: a still-weighted cut of 390 roles on Jul 31 and 6 WARN notices filed with state labour departments this week.
Risk eased most at Uber (-17 to 64%), Adobe (-15 to 34%) and Expedia Group (-13 to 42%). Uber now sits at 64 out of 100 (high risk). Uber shed 17 points: its Sep 2 cut of 3,300 roles (10% of staff) decaying out of the window, 42 days on; 42 WARN notices filed with state labour departments this week; and last quarter beat estimates by 40.2%. Adobe shed 15 points: no confirmed layoff on record in the last six months and last quarter beat estimates by 0.7%. 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.
PayPal and Uber 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 Dell Technologies, the company drawing the strongest employee sentiment in our anonymous check-ins, with a risk score of 62 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?
Micron Technology saw the sharpest increase in the week of Oct 13, 2026, up 2 points to a risk score of 31 out of 100 (moderate risk). No layoff, filing or headline sits behind the move: it came from the softer inputs the model also reads — news sentiment, share price and hiring activity.
Which tech company's layoff risk fell the most this week?
Uber improved the most in the week of Oct 13, 2026, down 17 points to a risk score of 64 out of 100. The move reflects its Sep 2 cut of 3,300 roles (10% of staff) decaying out of the window, 42 days on; and 42 WARN notices filed with state labour departments this week.
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 plus a handful of large employers listed elsewhere — SAP, Samsung, Ericsson and Visa — for 68 companies in total. The full list, with every current score, is on the Tech Layoff Leaderboard.
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