Middle management: jobs replaced by AI

Middle management is one of the roles companies most often name when they attribute layoffs to AI. Across 3 companies tracked here, 12,100 jobs in this category were cut (a company's total is counted once per role it named, so role totals overlap). Largest first; every row links its source on the layoffs tracker.

MetaSales, marketing, product, middle management (India, Seattle, Bay Area hardest hit). AI teams protected.8,000 · 2026-05IntuitCorporate structure, product, various (US workers stay until July 31)3,000 · 2026-05CloudflareMiddle management, finance, legal, auditing1,100 · 2026-05