Monday.com says AI cut jobs — 20 more companies said the same

Monday.com joined a long line of tech companies this year citing AI as the reason for layoffs. The list runs in reverse chronological order: 20 major firms, all pointing to the same explanation.

It's not just Monday.com. The pattern is the story. Companies are using AI as the cover story for trimming headcount — and the PR spin is getting repetitive. Workers get the memo, but the real question is who's actually being replaced and by what.

This one lands squarely in the labor_workers bucket. The companies aren't telling us what the AI is doing, just that it's doing something. That's the gap: no detail on roles, no breakdown of what was cut, no explanation of what replaced what. Just the one-line excuse repeated across a dozen press releases.

Why this matters for us: when tech companies point the finger at AI for layoffs, the first thing to ask is who gets the axe — and whether the jobs are actually gone or just being called something else.