Robot & Automation Job Loss Tracker

CEO stated company has largely completed significant phase of investment in robotics and automation. Direct replacement of human roles with automated warehouse systems.

Amazon deployed its one millionth warehouse robot across 300+ fulfillment centers. Leaked documents reveal plans to avoid hiring 160,000+ US workers by 2027, saving ~30 cents per shipped item.

Factory automation division saw 46% profit decline. 5,600 cuts in factory automation, 450 in EV charging. 2,600 jobs cut in Germany. Automation/digitalization core to strategy.

USPS cut 10,000 workers through voluntary early retirement as part of Delivering for America modernization plan. 400 centers being partially or fully automated with HOPS sorting systems.

Multiple rounds tied to auto industry transition. Shifting from manual manufacturing to semiconductor production and automated systems.

A 2022 Economic Roundtable study found automation cost 572 jobs each year at partially automated terminals at LA/Long Beach ports. In October 2024, 45,000 longshoremen struck across 36 ports over semi-automated crane deployment. A January 2025 deal blocked fully automated technology.

John Deere laid off 2,167 workers in 2024 at facilities in Iowa and Illinois. The company simultaneously revealed autonomous machines at CES 2025 and aims for a fully autonomous corn/soy production system by end of decade.

Woolworths introduced AI-generated algorithms to monitor worker movements and set 'pick rates' in distribution centres. Workers wearing headsets receive AI-directed instructions. Industrial action across Victoria and NSW warehouses cost $95 million. Office-based staff cuts are part of a $400M cost-saving plan.

iPhone manufacturer Foxconn replaced 60,000 factory workers with automation robots at its factory in Kunshan, China. The workforce at the factory was reduced from 110,000 to 50,000.