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Tech Layoffs News Tracker

Aggregates tech layoff news from TechCrunch, The Verge, Reuters Tech, Ars Technica RSS feeds. Extracts company name + impacted headcount from titles automatically. HR / recruiter / market sentiment signal. No API key.

Why this exists

Tech layoff news drives real recruiting, hiring, and macroeconomic decisions. layoffs.fyi has become the de facto industry tracker — but their data is locked inside an Airtable embed.

This actor solves the same need from a different angle: it watches the public RSS feeds of the major tech publications and pulls every layoff-related article with regex-based filtering. You get more context (the actual article) plus the headline parsing extracts company + headcount when present.

What you get per row

Use cases

1. HR / recruiting — Identify which companies just had layoffs (= source of available talent)
2. Sales / BD — Reach out before competitors (recruiting agencies, EOR platforms)
3. Market sentiment — Cluster of mega-cap layoffs = sector weakness signal
4. Equity research — Headcount cuts often precede or follow weak guidance
5. Personal awareness — Daily digest if your industry is contracting

Quick start

Default — last 100 layoff-related articles

{}

Only articles mentioning 1000+ headcount

{
"minHeadcount":1000,
"limit":50
}

Add your own RSS feeds

{
"rssFeeds":[
"Bloomberg Tech|https://www.bloomberg.com/feed/podcast/etf-report.xml",
"WSJ Tech|https://feeds.a.dj.com/rss/RSSWSJD.xml"
]
}

Daily digest to Telegram

{
"limit":30,
"alertOnNew":true,
"telegramBotToken":"YOUR_BOT_TOKEN",
"telegramChatId":"YOUR_CHAT_ID"
}

Default RSS feeds

• TechCrunch /tag/layoffs/feed
• The Verge /rss/tech
• Reuters Tech /feed/best-sectors/tech-media-telecom
• Ars Technica /index

Add more via rssFeeds input.

Pricing

Pay-Per-Event: $0.001 per news item returned.

Output schema notes

headcount_estimate and headcount_pct_estimate use lightweight regex parsing — they're best-effort, not 100% accurate. Always verify the source article (link in url) before making decisions.

The onlyLayoffNews filter uses a curated keyword pattern (layoff(s)|job cuts|restructur(e|ing)|workforce reduction|let go|RIF|lay off|fired|trim staff) to keep only relevant items.

Related actors (same author)

• Stock Earnings Calendar Tracker — Earnings often coincide with layoff announcements
• Insider Trading Tracker — CEO selling shares ahead of layoffs?
• SEC EDGAR Filing Tracker
• Economic Calendar Tracker

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