In the current business environment, job layoffs have become a common occurrence due to various factors such as economic downturns, technological advancements, and shifts in consumer behavior. Layoffs are a way for companies to cut costs and remain competitive, but they can have a significant impact on employees and their families.
This analysis is based on a dataset with information regarding layoffs across the globe. Some of the columns inlcude in th dataset are countries, industries, total layoffs and companies among others.
- What are the top 8 companies with the highest layoffs?
- Which month had the highest number of layoffs
- Which Quarter hd the highest number of layoffs?
- Which industry let go most employees?
- Which country had the highest number of employee layoffs?
- Total layoffs was 281, 969 across all industries in all countries in the dataset.
- January had the highest number of total layoffs (61,724 employees) while September recorded the least layoffs (4,273 employees)
- Q1 had the highest number of layoffs (103,455) while Q3 had the least layoffs(28,930)
- Amazon had the highest number of layoffs (18,000) followed by Google and Meta based on Top 8 companies with highest layoffs. Cisco recorded the least layoffs in the category (4,100).
- The Consumer industry had the highest number of layoffs while Finance had the least number of employee layoffs based on Top 5 industries.
- Companies at Post-IPO stage laid off the highest number of employees while series B companies laid off the least companies based on Top 5 categories by funding.
- The US had the highest number of employee layoffs followed by India. The assumptio might be because majority of businesses are located in the United States.
- Excel
- Pivot tables
- Visualization
You can get the dataset Here