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Bolt: Layoffs
Bolt cut roughly 30% of workforce (~40 staff) in April, eliminated entire HR department, replaced with smaller 'people operations' team as part of AI-centric restructuring
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The leadership read
Workforce moves like this mark the contracting side of the sector hiring conditions.
Market context: The wider read — a Talent Market Index of 112.9 (Hot), up 11.4 month-on-month — shows Americas signal flow rising (+2.5pts).
Bolt: 2 signals in the last 90 days; 0.1% of MitchelLake's Americas signal flow; 2 tracked across 30 days.
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Sony Interactive Entertainment →Sony laid off hundreds of developers at Bungie, the studio behind Destiny 2 and Marathon, during the same week PlayStation CEO Hideaki Nishino recommitted to live service game efforts.
Layoffs · Americas
Ubisoft →Ubisoft eliminated 93 roles in its San Francisco office, as documented by California WARN notice filing.
Layoffs · Americas
Kabam →Kabam confirmed consolidation of its Los Angeles office, resulting in layoffs of an unknown number of employees.
Layoffs · Americas
UnitedHealth Group →UnitedHealth Group (No. 3 Fortune 500 company) reduced headcount by 10,000 employees (2.5% decline) in fiscal 2026. Signals efficiency program or business remodeling in health services sector.
Layoffs · Americas
OtherSide Entertainment →OtherSide Entertainment laid off 17 staff members following cancellation of in-development project (Argos)
Layoffs · Americas
Southern Oregon University →Southern Oregon University is cutting 3 academic majors and approximately 66 jobs as part of restructuring following financial exigency declaration and previous workforce reduction rounds.
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