As several companies have already mandated mass layoffs across departments, workers are wary about how their employers could adjust head count going into 2026. For most employees, there’s a way to check whether their company is planning a layoff months before one takes place. Amazon laid off 14,000 employees on Tuesday, citing goals of improving operations and getting rid of unnecessary bureaucracy. “We want to operate like the world’s largest startup,” Beth Galetti, the senior vice president