Thomson Reuters announced Monday that it is cutting what it describes as “a small number of roles” in its engineering division, as the Canadian content and technology company ramps up its use of artificial intelligence across its operations.
The job cuts affect employees worldwide and were disclosed during an internal technology staff meeting held earlier in the day, according to an employee who was present at the gathering. That employee asked not to be identified, since the meeting was not open to the public.
According to that employee, Thomson Reuters is looking to eliminate as many as 500 positions. Based on calculations using the company’s 2025 annual report, that figure represents roughly 1.8% of the company’s total global workforce of approximately 27,100 people.
The cuts represent about 5.2% of the 9,400 workers employed within the company’s operations and technology division.
These reductions are part of a broader trend sweeping the technology industry, where the rise of artificial intelligence tools has made writing software code faster and more efficient — leaving software engineers among the first to feel the financial consequences of the technology’s rapid adoption.
In total, approximately 120,000 technology workers have been laid off across 228 companies — including major players like Meta and Amazon — in 2026, according to the job-tracking website layoffs.fyi.
A Thomson Reuters spokesperson explained the company’s reasoning: “As customer expectations across legal, tax, and regulatory workflows evolve, we are focusing our capacity where it matters most to customers.”
The spokesperson went on to say, “We are supporting affected colleagues through the transition. At the same time, we expect to hire more than 250 net-new engineering roles globally over the next two years, the large majority senior and AI-native.”
Thomson Reuters is the parent company of Reuters News.
