1993 – IBM cuts 50,000 jobs after shifting from mainframes, illustrating a precedent for large‑scale tech layoffs when companies pivot to new platforms [3].

2014 – Microsoft eliminates 18,000 positions following its Nokia acquisition, showing how major tech firms restructure after strategic shifts [3].

2023 – Amazon slashes 27,000 corporate roles, its biggest reduction since the pandemic‑era hiring surge, setting the stage for later cuts [14].

2024 – Amazon completes 6.3 billion U.S. deliveries, surpassing UPS and FedEx, intensifying competition that later drives UPS restructuring [2].

2025 – UPS cuts 48,000 jobs and closes 93 facilities in a year‑long cost‑cutting program, laying groundwork for its 2026 reduction plan [2][9].

2025 – UPS reports $88.7 billion revenue for 2025 and $7.9 billion operating profit, providing financial confidence for further workforce trimming [9][16].

2025 – UPS CEO Carol Tome declares the company is in the final six months of its “Amazon accelerated glide down,” aiming to trim another million parcels per day in 2026 while reconfiguring its network [2][9].

2025 – UPS reduces Amazon shipment volume by about one million pieces per day and plans to cut an additional million in 2026, directly linking Amazon’s growth to UPS’s operational cuts [9][16].

Jan 9, 2026 – Amazon files a WARN notice for 1,001–2,500 workers, with layoffs potentially starting Jan 26 in Washington and later in California, Virginia, and New Jersey, as part of a leaner‑organization push [6].

Jan 13, 2026 – Boeing announces a planned 10% layoff in its Defense, Space & Security supply chain, framing the move as a routine cost‑cutting measure and sparking analyst concerns about contractor shifts [17].

Jan 27, 2026 – UPS announces up to 30,000 job cuts and the closure of 24 facilities in 2026, using attrition and voluntary driver separations while deploying automation across its network, as CFO Brian Dykes outlines the cost‑saving steps [9][16].

Jan 28, 2026 – UPS posts Q4 earnings of $24.5 billion and forecasts $89.7 billion revenue for the coming year, signaling confidence despite the announced workforce reductions [2].

Jan 28, 2026 – UPS retires its MD‑11 cargo fleet after the fatal Louisville crash, permanently removing about 9% of its aircraft capacity [2].

Jan 28, 2026 – UPS CEO Carol Tome confirms the final phase of the “Amazon glide down,” targeting further parcel‑volume cuts and network reconfiguration throughout 2026 [2].

Jan 28, 2026 – An internal “Project Dawn” email draft leaks, revealing AWS SVP Colleen Aubrey’s code name for Amazon’s 16,000‑job reduction and framing the cuts as a continuation of a year‑long effort to reduce layers and increase ownership [1].

Jan 28, 2026 – Amazon publicly announces a second wave of 16,000 corporate layoffs, the largest since its 2023 27,000‑job cut, and states that “reducing layers, increasing ownership, and removing bureaucracy” will strengthen the organization while offering 90 days for internal transfers and severance to those not rehired [4][5][8][12][14][15].

Jan 28, 2026 – Amazon simultaneously declares the closure of all Amazon Fresh and Amazon Go stores, shifting focus to Whole Foods locations and adding hundreds of regional job losses, especially in Washington state [4][14][12].

Jan 31, 2026 – Amazon’s senior vice president Beth Galetti tells CNN that AI is “the most transformative technology we’ve seen since the internet,” linking the 16,000‑job cut to a generative‑AI‑driven reorganization and emphasizing the need for fewer management layers [3].

Feb 2, 2026 – Amazon files a WARN notice to eliminate 2,198 Washington jobs on April 28, 2026, coinciding with store closures and bringing the state’s total Amazon layoffs to nearly 3,000 in the past year [10].

Feb 2, 2026 – T‑Mobile submits a WARN notice for 393 Washington workers, slated to separate on April 2, 2026, and says the cuts are “the next step in our evolution” while hiring continues in other areas, reflecting broader tech‑sector downsizing [11].

Feb 2, 2026 – Expedia files a WARN notice to lay off 162 Washington employees starting April 1, 2026, and says it remains “disciplined about assessing the skills we need for the future” while adding new roles to balance the reduction [13].

Future 2026 – UPS plans to close an additional 24 sites in the first half of the year and to complete up to 30,000 job cuts through attrition and voluntary separations, finalizing its “Amazon glide down” strategy by year‑end [2][9][16].