Intuit Cuts 1,800 Jobs, Then Rehires the Same Number for Different Roles

Intuit laid off 10% of its workforce—1,800 employees—while announcing immediate plans to hire 1,800 workers in engineering, marketing, and customer-facing roles. CEO Sasan Goodarzi framed the move as strategic realignment to accelerate AI integration and product modernization, not cost reduction. Severance includes minimum 16 weeks' pay plus two weeks per year of service, plus six months healthcare. The pattern mirrors cloud-era workforce pivots when established software firms restructured to emphasize new technical capabilities while maintaining headcount.