Layoff
Announces layoffs
Upwork cut roughly a quarter of its staff.
Layoffs Tracker
Upwork Layoffs 2026: Timeline & Numbers
Latest announcement (May 1, 2026): Upwork cut roughly a quarter of its staff. The tracker lists 1 announcement for Upwork since 2026. Our coverage: State of the Workforce May 2026 — 7.6 Million Open Doors and Nobody Walking Through
Last updated Oct 2, 2026
Upwork at a glance
- Announcements tracked
- 1
- Jobs affected (reported)
- Not stated
- Layoffs
- 1
- Store closures
- 0
- Return-to-office mandates
- 0
Latest announcement
2026
1 announcement
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Every published announcement, all years, one row per event. Column names are stable, and jobs affected are blank where no source states a number.
Jobs affected are counted only when a source states a number; “Not stated” means none was disclosed. Methodology, sources and how to cite
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