The Bay Area has lost more than 11,000 tech jobs so far in 2025, a slump in hiring punctuated by disclosures of fresh layoffs in the region by some big players such as Google, Walmart and Microsoft.

The protracted hiring slump is a reminder that the tech industry is no longer a robust engine that helps to power the Bay Area economy.

The tech sector, instead, has begun to weigh down hiring in the Bay Area job market.

In the most recent rounds of layoffs, Walmart, Google and Microsoft have disclosed their intentions to eliminate a combined 168 jobs, according to WARN letters the companies sent to the state Employment Development Department.

Here are some of the details of newly filed WARN notices that point to upcoming job cuts for some tech companies in the Bay Area:

— Walmart, 108

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