Companies like Tesla, Google, Microsoft, Nike, and Amazon have announced plans for cuts this year..S. lost their jobs in a torrent of major layoffs at U.S. companies throughout the year, according to Forbes’ layoff tracker, starting with a parade of cuts at tech giants in January, and persisting stubbornly throughout the summer and fall even as recession fears tapered off and as unemployment rates remain low.

That’s how many employees were cut in a series of major layoffs at U.S. companies in January, the biggest month for large-scale layoffs this year, according to Forbes’ layoff tracker. The number of employees hit by layoffs in January more than doubled the second-biggest month, March, when nearly 35,000 employees were cut