Sales: jobs replaced by AI
Sales is one of the roles companies most often name when they attribute layoffs to AI. Across 5 companies tracked here, 28,850 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.
DellSales, support, traditional infrastructure12,500 · 2024-08MetaSales, marketing, product, middle management (India, Seattle, Bay Area hardest hit). AI teams protected.8,000 · 2026-05MicrosoftSales, marketing, customer success, engineering6,000 · 2026-05WorkdayProfessional services, sales, HR operations1,750 · 2026-01Monday.comProduct, marketing, go-to-market600 · 2026-07