[mmillin]

>In 2024, 551 tech companies laid off nearly 152,922 employees, according to data from Layoff.fyi. The pace has accelerated dramatically this year. In just the first six months of 2025, 151 tech companies have already laid off over 63,823 people. On average a tech company cut 277 workers in 2024. If that rate is maintained for the rest of the year, the average number of layoffs per tech company in 2025 would soar to 851, roughly three times the 2024 average.

Am I missing something with this analysis? It seems like 2025 is on pace for fewer workers laid off, not more.

[oytis]

They are counting people per company per unit of time

[oblio]

Yeah, but statistics don't work like that. Are those companies a representative sample? Did only 150 companies lay workers off in 2025? How did they extrapolate for 2025?