Samwise High Tech Recruiting Newsletter
Saturday, June 13, 2026
Tech Job Openings Rise 9 Percent Year Over Year as Application Volume Falls
Tech job openings climbed 9 percent year-over-year in June 2026 while applications fell 11 percent and hiring rose just 1 percent, according to the iCIMS monthly Workforce Report. Computer Programmer openings led sector growth at 35 percent year-over-year, followed by Software Developer roles at 28 percent and Database Administrator positions at 27 percent. Healthcare technology hiring grew 8 percent since May 2025, with manufacturing up 4 percent over the same period. Early-career candidates aged 18 to 24 represent 54 percent of the tech applicant pool, the June 11 report found.
Sources: iCIMS
ServiceNow Cuts Hundreds in Restructuring as 2026 Tech Layoff Pace Exceeds Last Year
ServiceNow, which TrueUp describes as an enterprise workflow software company, cut hundreds of employees as part of a restructuring effort in June 2026, per the TrueUp Layoffs Tracker, which logged the event on June 11. TrueUp did not report a specific headcount figure. The cuts add ServiceNow to a wave of tech workforce reductions tracked by TrueUp, which recorded 389 layoff events in 2026 as of June 12, affecting 151,998 workers at an average pace of 933 per day — up from 674 per day across all of 2025. Other companies logged in the same week include Microsoft, Shopee, Quizlet, and Pleo.
Sources: TrueUp
Pleo Cuts 50 Engineers One Day After Launching Finance AI Agents
Pleo, which TrueUp describes as a provider of company credit cards with automated reporting, cut 50 engineers on June 12, 2026, one day after the company launched finance AI agents, according to the TrueUp Layoffs Tracker. The timing was noted in a TrueUp-linked headline: “Pleo layoffs hit engineers a day after it launched finance AI agents.” The cuts left 50 positions eliminated at the fintech firm in a single action, TrueUp’s listing shows. The company’s June 12 entry places it among the most recent additions to TrueUp’s 2026 tech layoff tracker. Quizlet, with 79 employees cut, was also logged on the same date.
Sources: TrueUp
Tech Layoff Roundup: Quizlet, OpenDoor, Ubisoft, Shopee Among June Cuts Tracked by TrueUp
Several technology companies reduced headcount in the first two weeks of June 2026, according to TrueUp’s Layoffs Tracker. Among entries logged as of June 12: Quizlet (online study application) cut 79 employees, OpenDoor cut 250 employees and shut India operations, Ubisoft cut 380 employees while closing two additional studios, and Shopee eliminated hundreds of developer jobs during an AI pivot, Bloomberg reported. TrueUp also logged Salesforce cutting 86 employees in a new round of cuts, and Airbnb with employee-reported reductions. All events were recorded between June 8 and June 12, 2026.
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