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  "name": "ForceFolks Salesforce Layoffs Tracker",
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  "method": "Selected source-linked observations, not a complete census of layoffs. Companywide reports, local notices and support-team changes remain separate. Figures are not added into a cumulative total. A later article that repeats an earlier report is not independent confirmation.",
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      "id": "2023-01",
      "period": "January 2023",
      "scope": "companywide announcement",
      "reported_measure": "Approximately 10% of the workforce",
      "status": "Company filing",
      "note": "The January 31 headcount still included employees affected by the announced restructuring.",
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        {
          "publisher": "Salesforce",
          "source_date": null,
          "document_label": "FY2023 Form 10-K",
          "url": "https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1108524/000110852423000011/crm-20230131.htm"
        },
        {
          "publisher": "Entrepreneur",
          "source_date": "2025-02-04",
          "document_label": "Entrepreneur",
          "url": "https://www.entrepreneur.com/business-news/salesforce-is-laying-off-1000-employees-report/486566"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "2024-01",
      "period": "January 2024",
      "scope": "companywide media report",
      "reported_measure": "About 700 roles",
      "status": "Reported estimate",
      "sources": [
        {
          "publisher": "Entrepreneur",
          "source_date": "2025-02-04",
          "document_label": "Entrepreneur",
          "url": "https://www.entrepreneur.com/business-news/salesforce-is-laying-off-1000-employees-report/486566"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "2024-07",
      "period": "July 2024",
      "scope": "companywide media report",
      "reported_measure": "About 300 roles",
      "status": "Reported estimate",
      "sources": [
        {
          "publisher": "Entrepreneur",
          "source_date": "2025-02-04",
          "document_label": "Entrepreneur",
          "url": "https://www.entrepreneur.com/business-news/salesforce-is-laying-off-1000-employees-report/486566"
        }
      ]
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    {
      "id": "2025-02",
      "period": "February 2025",
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      "note": "Affected employees could apply for other internal roles. No exact completed-separation total is published here.",
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        {
          "publisher": "Entrepreneur",
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        }
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      "id": "2025-support",
      "period": "Reported September 2025",
      "scope": "support-team headcount",
      "reported_measure": "About 9,000 to about 5,000 staff",
      "status": "Reported executive statement",
      "note": "A team-size reduction is not a count of confirmed dismissals. Salesforce described redeployment and not replacing departing support engineers.",
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        {
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          "document_label": "TechRepublic",
          "url": "https://www.techrepublic.com/article/news-salesforce-cuts-4k-jobs/"
        },
        {
          "publisher": "CIO",
          "source_date": "2026-02-10",
          "document_label": "CIO",
          "url": "https://www.cio.com/article/4130028/salesforce-lays-off-staffers-as-executive-leadership-churn-continues.html"
        }
      ]
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      "id": "2026-early",
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      "scope": "cross-team media report",
      "reported_measure": "Close to 1,000 roles",
      "status": "Business Insider report repeated by other outlets",
      "note": "Reporting dates and employee departure dates differ. These reports are not separate independent counts.",
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        {
          "publisher": "CIO",
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          "document_label": "CIO",
          "url": "https://www.cio.com/article/4130028/salesforce-lays-off-staffers-as-executive-leadership-churn-continues.html"
        }
      ]
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      "id": "2026-06-ca",
      "period": "June 2026",
      "scope": "California WARN report",
      "reported_measure": "86 positions in California",
      "status": "Local notice reported by media",
      "note": "Local observation. The August 7 date is reported as the payroll end date, not proof of completed separations.",
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        {
          "publisher": "Quartz",
          "source_date": "2026-07-03",
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          "url": "https://qz.com/salesforce-layoffs-agentforce-mulesoft-marketing-cloud-061026"
        },
        {
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      "id": "2026-08-ca-wa",
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      "status": "Local notices reported by media",
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          "publisher": "GeekWire",
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        },
        {
          "publisher": "The Next Web",
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