In April 2024, there was a wave of mass layoffs that impacted some of the world’s biggest companies including Tesla, Google, and Apple with about over 20,000 losing their jobs. The layoffs continued the trend which began in January 2024, with a total of 70,000 tech jobs being lost in the first 4 months of this year. Tesla led the charts with nearly 14,000 job cuts. According to reports, 800 job cuts in America were blamed on Artificial Intelligence (AI) replacing humans. Apple also joined the list, issuing pink slips to around 600 employees in its self-driving cars and special project groups.