Hiring Freeze Tracker 2026

Paused non-critical engineering hiring in Q1 2026 per earnings call; ongoing headcount consolidation.

Selective hiring only for AI and infrastructure roles; all other orgs in headcount review.

Second consecutive quarter with net headcount reduction. Back-office and non-core product teams paused.

Completed a 17% workforce reduction in late 2025; remains in cost management phase.

No net new hiring outside of direct sales and AI engineering per Q4 2025 earnings commentary.

Ongoing restructuring after 9% workforce reduction in 2025; new roles strictly backfill-only.

PC segment decline continuing; headcount reductions across commercial sales and ops.

15,000+ job reduction underway; foundry business losses driving freeze across most orgs.

Workforce cut by ~80% since 2022 acquisition. Rare backfill hiring only. No meaningful growth planned.

Reduced headcount by 16% in 2024 as it shifts to AI-first products with smaller teams.

Revenue growth slowing post-pandemic peak; two rounds of layoffs since 2022. Hiring paused outside sales.

Hiring but highly selective; AI-adjacent roles prioritized. Non-core product roles see long review cycles.

AWS actively hiring; consumer and logistics orgs in selective headcount review.

Copilot and Azure orgs hiring actively; legacy products in headcount consolidation.

Hiring for ad tech and live events; core content and corporate roles moving slower than 2024.

Consumer banking wind-down complete; investment banking hiring cautiously as M&A activity recovers.

Profitable and hiring, but pace slowed after 2025 engineering restructure. Selective by org.

Revenue improving but still cautious on headcount; AR/AI teams prioritized over all others.

Profitable now; cautious hiring in engineering after 2023–2024 layoff cycles. Podcasting paused.

Recovered from 2022 layoffs; hiring again but selectively. Engineering and merchant success are active.

Reorganizing after security incidents hurt reputation; hiring in select security and sales roles only.

Cost discipline continues post-restructure. Driver supply and product roles active; corporate teams flat.

Aggressive hiring across hardware, software, and AI research. One of the strongest growth trajectories in tech.

Strong enterprise data and AI platform growth driving consistent hiring across engineering, sales, and customer success.

Actively hiring engineers, researchers, and policy roles. Significant funding and team expansion in 2025–2026.

Public offering preparation driving hiring across engineering, finance, and compliance.

Consistent revenue growth and platform expansion driving active hiring across engineering and enterprise sales.

SMB market expansion and AI-powered CRM features driving active hiring in product, engineering, and sales.

Post-Adobe merger block; independently expanding with AI features. Active hiring in product and engineering.

Network expansion and enterprise security demand driving consistent headcount growth.

AI-powered HCM expansion. Hiring across product engineering, customer success, and sales.

One of the fastest-growing security companies ever. Aggressive hiring across engineering, sales, and customer success after declining Google acquisition.

Rapid product expansion across HR, IT, and finance automation. Strong Series F momentum and consistent team growth.

Atlas cloud database growth driving hiring across engineering, developer relations, and enterprise sales.

AI-powered workflow platform showing strong enterprise demand. Consistent hiring in sales, implementation, and engineering.

Despite 2024 outage, enterprise security demand remains strong. Hiring in threat intelligence, sales, and engineering.

185M+ users globally. Expanding enterprise product and Canva for Teams driving hiring across product, engineering, and GTM.

Restaurant POS and payments platform expanding into new verticals. Active hiring in sales and product.

Enterprise spend management expansion after refocusing from SMB. Hiring in sales and engineering.

IBM acquisition complete; Terraform and Vault teams continuing to grow under new structure.