Over recent months, tech companies have been laying workers off by the thousands. It is estimated that in 2022 alone, over 120,000 people have been dismissed from their job at some of the biggest players in tech – Meta, Amazon, Netflix, and soon Google – and smaller firms and starts ups as well. Announcements of cuts keep coming.
Taking advantage of the data compiled at https://layoffs.fyi/ I designed this public dashboard so that the information can be consumed in a better way.

The technologies are:

• Google Sheets
• Looker studio (aka google data studio)

Data Set Configuration Error

Looker Studio cannot connect to your data set.

The underlying data has changed. Please notify the data source owner to refresh.

Error ID: f2675a83

When I try to connect I get data connection error. “Underlying data has changed “

Could you please try again? It seems an internal issue since I haven't changed anything for the last two hours.

Thanks for letting me know. Please, try again. It seems to be an internal issue.

Yep, working now. Nice work!

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They hired a lot more than they laid off, so just doing layoffs is misleading. If the goal is to have people understand tech employment dynamics, this is not an effective visualization.

100% agreed with this. The only people panicking are the ones who aren't in the tech industry. Even laid off workers will find another gig, it probably just won't be for a FAANG company.

Also, there is still an error in the underlying data (aside from it just being misleading).

The goal is to compile information regarding layoffs, as stated in the title and explanation.

I understand your point, but that was never the intention.

The data is not complete or comprehensive, just a tentative sizing if the issue.

170k plus laid offs in 12 months is significant enough to understand the magnitude of the issue.

I am also getting the same error now

Solved. Thanks for letting me know