How it works

Open jobs are read from the public job boards of the companies we track, on Greenhouse, Lever, Ashby, Workable and Workday. “New this week” counts jobs first posted in the last 7 days that are still open.

Open jobs are not hires, and the tracked companies lean towards technology and the US. A board that cannot be read in full is left out rather than undercounted.

US law requires most employers to file a notice before a large layoff. We read the notices that California and Texas publish. The number shown is the state’s own figure, and several sites filed by one company on the same day are added together.

News articles are found through the GDELT Project, an open index of world news. A headline is used only when it plainly says a named company is cutting jobs. Possible, rumoured or cancelled plans, and anything about governments, schools or other public bodies, are skipped.

An event appears only when two or more independent outlets report it, or one major outlet does. A number is shown only when every outlet that gives one gives the same one; otherwise the entry shows a dash.

News entries are not assigned to a region, because a headline rarely says where the jobs are. They appear under Everywhere.

Weekly totals add up only the numbers shown on entries, never estimates. Neither column is a count of all jobs lost or created: most job changes are never announced.

We keep facts (company, number, date) and links. We do not store article text or job descriptions. The site sets no cookies and has no accounts.