As the year draws to a close, Atlanta’s business landscape has felt the sting of a national layoff wave, with at least 11 companies announcing significant workforce reductions in the metro area.
These cuts, totaling more than 1,800 jobs, reflect broader trends in cost-cutting, AI integration, and restructuring driven by economic uncertainty, including tariffs and shifting consumer spending.
Layoffs Growing in Atlanta
While Georgia as a whole saw 28,668 layoffs through WARN notices this year, Atlanta bore a disproportionate share, underscoring vulnerabilities in key sectors like tech, manufacturing, and media.
The Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification (WARN) Act requires companies with 100 or more employees to report major layoffs or closures, providing a window into the scale of job losses…