AI-ontslagen deze week: 11 mei 2026 – 17 mei 2026

De grootste gebeurtenis van de week was Cisco, met 4.000 geschrapte functies (Alongside its fiscal-Q3 results on May 13 (record revenue of $15.84bn, up 12%), Cisco announced it would cut about 4,000 roles (~5%), with notifications from May 14 and the reduction completed by end-July. CFO Mark Patterson said 'this was really not a savings-driven restructure' and that Cisco is realigning resources around silicon, optics, security and AI, as investment shifts into AI; CEO Chuck Robbins echoed the AI-investment shift. Some coverage notes higher memory-chip costs as a parallel pressure. Logged mixed: an AI-led realignment rather than a pure cost cut.). In de loop van de week raakten de ontslagen technologie.

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