Eastern Europe · AI evolution & jobs

How automation and GenAI are reshaping tech, outsourcing, and BPO layoffs across Romania, Poland, Czechia, Hungary, and Bulgaria—with explicit attribution when the public record supports it.

We log 36+ sourced events. The headline total counts confirmed job cuts where companies or filings tie reductions to automation or GenAI (conservative tags). All confirmed cuts in the dataset—including cyclical or non-AI restructurings—sum to 10,412. Figures are from our latest verification pass, not financial or legal fact.

2,440jobs cut (AI / GenAI–tagged & confirmed)

Confirmed cuts (AI / GenAI in narrative)

2,440

Confirmed rows tagged ai_automation or gen_ai_tooling

All confirmed cuts (full dataset)

10,412

Includes non-AI–tagged restructurings

Announced this month

By announcement date

Events tagged AI / GenAI

13 (36%)

Share of all sourced events

Largest YTD (single company)

−200

OTP Bank, HU

Marquee · AI / GenAI–tagged reductions

Crypto.com −90 · Bulgaria · Bosch Global Business Services −510 · Romania · Genpact −85 · Czechia · Infosys −200 · Poland · Deutsche Telekom IT Solutions (HU) −120 · Hungary · Cognizant −250 · Poland · Accenture −95 · Czechia · UiPath −420 · Romania · IBM −140 · Czechia · HPE −110 · Bulgaria · Accenture −800 · Poland · IBM −350 · Poland · Oracle −220 · Czechia · Crypto.com −90 · Bulgaria · Bosch Global Business Services −510 · Romania · Genpact −85 · Czechia · Infosys −200 · Poland · Deutsche Telekom IT Solutions (HU) −120 · Hungary · Cognizant −250 · Poland · Accenture −95 · Czechia · UiPath −420 · Romania · IBM −140 · Czechia · HPE −110 · Bulgaria · Accenture −800 · Poland · IBM −350 · Poland · Oracle −220 · Czechia · Crypto.com −90 · Bulgaria · Bosch Global Business Services −510 · Romania · Genpact −85 · Czechia · Infosys −200 · Poland · Deutsche Telekom IT Solutions (HU) −120 · Hungary · Cognizant −250 · Poland · Accenture −95 · Czechia · UiPath −420 · Romania · IBM −140 · Czechia · HPE −110 · Bulgaria · Accenture −800 · Poland · IBM −350 · Poland · Oracle −220 · Czechia · Crypto.com −90 · Bulgaria · Bosch Global Business Services −510 · Romania · Genpact −85 · Czechia · Infosys −200 · Poland · Deutsche Telekom IT Solutions (HU) −120 · Hungary · Cognizant −250 · Poland · Accenture −95 · Czechia · UiPath −420 · Romania · IBM −140 · Czechia · HPE −110 · Bulgaria · Accenture −800 · Poland · IBM −350 · Poland · Oracle −220 · Czechia ·

AI / GenAI–linked layoffs

Defaults to events we tag as AI automation or GenAI tooling in the official narrative. Switch to “All attributions” for the full sourced list. Sort columns, filter by country, open rows on mobile.

13 events shown

						Source
Bulgaria	Crypto.com	−90	GenAI / tooling	—	2026-03-19	Link
Romania	Bosch Global Business Services	−510	AI automation	28%	2025-12-11	Link
Czechia	Genpact	−85	AI automation	—	2024-11-01	Link
Poland	Infosys	−200	AI automation	—	2024-10-01	Link
Hungary	Deutsche Telekom IT Solutions (HU)	−120	AI automation	—	2024-08-15	Link
Poland	Cognizant	−250	AI automation	—	2024-07-01	Link
Czechia	Accenture	−95	AI automation	—	2024-06-10	Link
Romania	UiPath	−420	GenAI / tooling	6%	2024-06-01	Link
Czechia	IBM	−140	GenAI / tooling	—	2024-05-15	Link
Bulgaria	HPE	−110	GenAI / tooling	—	2024-04-01	Link
Poland	Accenture	−800	AI automation	—	2024-03-20	Link
Poland	IBM	−350	GenAI / tooling	—	2024-03-13	Link
Czechia	Oracle	−220	GenAI / tooling	—	2024-03-01	Link

UiPath

Romania · Announced 2024-06-01

GenAI / tooling

Jobs: −420Team %: 6%

Accenture

Poland · Announced 2024-03-20

AI automation

Jobs: −800Team %: —

IBM

Poland · Announced 2024-03-13

GenAI / tooling

Jobs: −350Team %: —

Cognizant

Poland · Announced 2024-07-01

AI automation

Jobs: −250Team %: —

Oracle

Czechia · Announced 2024-03-01

GenAI / tooling

Jobs: −220Team %: —

IBM

Czechia · Announced 2024-05-15

GenAI / tooling

Jobs: −140Team %: —

Accenture

Czechia · Announced 2024-06-10

AI automation

Jobs: −95Team %: —

Deutsche Telekom IT Solutions (HU)

Hungary · Announced 2024-08-15

AI automation

Jobs: −120Team %: —

HPE

Bulgaria · Announced 2024-04-01

GenAI / tooling

Jobs: −110Team %: —

Infosys

Poland · Announced 2024-10-01

AI automation

Jobs: −200Team %: —

Genpact

Czechia · Announced 2024-11-01

AI automation

Jobs: −85Team %: —

Bosch Global Business Services

Romania · Announced 2025-12-11

AI automation

Jobs: −510Team %: 28%

Crypto.com

Bulgaria · Announced 2026-03-19

GenAI / tooling

Jobs: −90Team %: —

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The thesis

Eastern Europe is a major nearshore hub for software, outsourcing, and BPO. As models and copilots commoditize routine delivery work, buyers push for fewer people per outcome—so GenAI and automation are becoming a first-order story in workforce cuts, alongside macro and sector cycles. This site centers that AI evolution angle; we still tag non-AI restructurings when the record is clear.

What we track

Publicly announced reductions with a credible source link, tagged by country and by how directly AI or automation appears in the official narrative.

We separate company announced from press-only figures, and we label AI attribution conservatively when filings or statements are ambiguous.

Why Eastern Europe

Cost convergence and FX: clients squeeze rate cards as AI copilots soak up commodity tasks.
Consolidation among outsourcers: fewer, larger deals with higher automation expectations.
EU regulatory and enterprise buying cycles: slower growth in discretionary IT spend amplifies headcount trims.

Early layoff alerts

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