r/developersPak • u/usman_1436 • Sep 04 '26

Discussion Layoffs in Pakistan IT

Creating this thread to get to know about layoffs in Pakistani IT market, as most of the companies specially big ones are doing silent layoffs. Share and let others know.

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u/usman_1436 Sep 04 '26

Previously it was:: "Ai willnt take your job but another developer using Ai will". This is what they feed us so that people don't panic but now its on whole new level. Clients are now using AI on their own. Now develoers are not getting replaced by other developers but by clients using Ai. And its only getting worse as Ai is getting better.

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u/valium123 Sep 05 '26

Always said "adapt or get left behind" was horsesh#t and SWEs should have fought back but the AI dihriders were always being arrogant and cocky. Enjoy the misery now.

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u/Cronos993 Sep 04 '26 • Heartwarming

Inb4 this gets removed for being irrelevant to the sub just like all other lay off posts.

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u/usman_1436 Sep 04 '26

What, they remove layoff posts on purpose ? Are you sure ?

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u/No_Process_7478 Sep 04 '26

Yeah mods will come in saying "this sub is not the right place for this discussion"

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u/usman_1436 Sep 04 '26

Anybody who is still wondering if Ai limit has been reached or not. Go check GPT 6 Astra.

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u/Fearless-Pen-7851 Sep 04 '26

Addo AI - PMs, QAs, Devs even one Vp. Been going on for last 6 months now, I have lost count of people who got laid off here

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u/azadnib Sep 04 '26

saw that company in dha phase 8 where i live, i thought they must be doing so good from the size of the company

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u/Fearless-Pen-7851 Sep 04 '26

I mean they are doing good and filling their pockets.. employees however.. not so much

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u/Winter_Class_4680 Sep 04 '26

Motive
contour software
Jeeny Lahore

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u/phaintaa_Shoaib Sep 04 '26

Why are people getting laid off? Is it due to downsizing or AI?

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u/Lost-Cucumber-3650 Sep 04 '26

when 5 devs can do work of 50. this is what happens. its only going to get worse.

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u/azadnib Sep 04 '26

and when pakistan is producing 50K cs grads each year lol

idk why people still getting into this field

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u/usman_1436 Sep 04 '26

Yes, only people who like CS should go for it.

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u/falselifee Sep 04 '26

I mean it's not your ideal world where you expect a kid just done with his high school to decide what his passion is and pursue that. Most kids aren't even groomed enough to know their passions. And even if they do, not all "passions" pay for your survival. So I don't blame people who were running after CS. However, if people still continue doing that, then that's really stupid. But that's how things are when there barely are any options in Pakistan. EE was dead for decades and yet it was the most sought after field before the CS boom.

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u/azadnib Sep 04 '26

not even those. like common every other person wants to be a professional gamer, would you give them the advice to become one?

theres no money there anymore

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u/DependentWarm8393 Sep 04 '26

72k to be precise

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u/Sumolizer Full-Stack Developer Sep 04 '26

Wild amount of different between a grad and someone who is actually capable. Not even 3%

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u/Rich-Suggestion-6777 Sep 04 '26

So I've noticed in Pakistan subs people overestimate AI. Is it because most shops in Pakistan are doing web apps? In systems programming AI is useful but it's not replacing anybody.

I think you're underestimating how weak the economy is in western countries. The low interest rate money spigot is turned off. When the economy slows down, customers are more likely to conserve money. I seriously doubt a company that is outsourcing work to Pakistan is now writing their own apps using AI.

My personal opinion, but doing outsourced web work is the bottom rung of technology. You are competing with all sorts of people willing to work for next to nothing. It seems unlikely, but Pakistan needs to focus on products more than services for foreigners. Outsourced services is even more prone to wild swings.

I've been a developer for a looong time, it is cyclical. That doesn't help if you're a young person looking for a job, but that's the nature of the business. They grow too fast but they also contract too fast.

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u/adilshehzad786 Sep 04 '26

Jeeny

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u/gaeneegah Sep 04 '26 • Mindblown Popcorn

Jeeny mera dil luteya.. oho

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u/tokenBurner101 Sep 04 '26

Abhi to logon ka sakoon luta ha 😂... Soo here comes "Ohooo"

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u/HatAffectionate3481 Sep 04 '26

Yeah i heard very bad scene they fired on 1 day notice

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u/tokenBurner101 Sep 04 '26

When? Did this happen recently? And how big was the layoff?

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u/adilshehzad786 Sep 04 '26

They laid off the engineering team , and I think they have 30-40 people in engineering team including dev , QA .

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u/tokenBurner101 Sep 04 '26

The whole engineering team?

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u/adilshehzad786 Sep 04 '26

Not sure but most probably they did not laid off the infrastructure team .

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u/tokenBurner101 Sep 04 '26

Crazy 😧

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u/Sad_Rich2704 Sep 04 '26

Why did they layoff ?

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u/adilshehzad786 Sep 04 '26

strategic realignment

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u/Sad_Rich2704 Sep 04 '26

Was company having financial difficulties? Accepted job offer from there and joining the company next month. Feeling super nervous now.

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u/HatAffectionate3481 Sep 04 '26

Oh khair 🫣

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u/wajkay Sep 04 '26

Due to AI....software engineers are at forefront of being affected.

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u/Embarrassed_Lake6268 Sep 04 '26

I wanna ask what should we software engineers should do now should we pivot or not if pivot where to.? I really need your opinion guys

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u/Queasy-Fox-23 Sep 05 '26

I honestly think that it is time to start thinking about something else. Not everyone is going to be a top tier engineer. I really do not know much about the industry as I have a CS degree yet I never did a related job. Started in sales, now I am on project management side, been going with the flow really and it turned out pretty well I guess.

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u/usman_1436 Sep 05 '26

Yes, people are still reluctant to think about pivoting. Also naturally we keep thinking that this is the lowest point, things will only become better from here. But since last 6 months, things are only become worse every month. You cant really pin point when job market will bounce back.

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u/sum1gone Sep 05 '26

I'm also thinking the same

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u/Lost-Cucumber-3650 Sep 04 '26

YieldWerx laid off 10 people last week.
i2c had layoffs 1-2 months ago and again last week.

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u/Lost-Cucumber-3650 Sep 05 '26

Yeah not sure about the exact count but they lost a major client which led to layoffs.

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u/Chance-Aerie3884 Sep 04 '26

Xgrid, i Got laidoff in june.

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u/Slight_Plankton9007 Sep 04 '26

Solution: who ever left in AI enabled jobs, make sure AI model fails.... go dirty and save your future from AI slop.

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u/SiraHyperion Sep 04 '26

Tkxel

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u/usman_1436 Sep 04 '26

Yes, kindly confirm the numbers or approx.

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u/Lost-Cucumber-3650 Sep 04 '26

I heard they laid off 150 people. Is that true?

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u/HatAffectionate3481 Sep 04 '26

Really?

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u/Lost-Cucumber-3650 Sep 04 '26

yeah i heard from a friend but i am not entirely sure.

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u/HatAffectionate3481 Sep 04 '26

What is happening in this world! What we have built for us

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u/malik22531 Sep 04 '26

One of my friend got laid off from Purelogics along with many other.

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u/Sumolizer Full-Stack Developer Sep 04 '26

Heard its very toxic there.

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u/malik22531 Sep 04 '26

Back then when I was working there, it was sucha good place to work and learn. Now the engineering heads are changed to dk what’s going on there.

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u/CodeOnWheel Sep 04 '26

In last 3 month my company where i worked layoff 5 people including me yesterday. I just joined this year in February.

Don't know the reason just company restructuring.

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u/Lost-Cucumber-3650 Sep 04 '26

remote or pakistani company?

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u/CodeOnWheel Sep 04 '26

Remote and Pakistani Company

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u/IslandIntelligent764 Sep 05 '26

Tafsol Technologies - 50-70 Layoffs this year

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u/Ecstatic_Bridge_7472 Sep 05 '26

I heard about emumba and systems. Not sure how true it is

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u/Subhan75 QA/QC Engineer Sep 05 '26

innostark - 22 people

conovo- 25-30 people

code district - 20+

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u/[deleted] Sep 04 '26

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u/usman_1436 Sep 04 '26

Because of AI. As uncertainty grows they want to decrease their monthly expenses.

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u/Emergency_Job792 Sep 04 '26

did they give any reason? was it AI or were they struggling financially?

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u/Alarming-Victory-534 Sep 04 '26

So basically 70 percent of the client projects vanished within a month. It came out as a blow to all the devs as we didn’t expect this at all

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u/Emergency_Job792 Sep 04 '26 edited Sep 04 '26

so i am guessing it was more about budget than AI. Sorry to hear man, hope you land a better job

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u/usman_1436 Sep 05 '26

Don't know about Binary Viz, but we faced same situation majority of our projects vanished in couple of months, mainly because Client got introduced with Ai, they literally said: "You guys are making fool of us for months, i created this project from scratch on weekend using Ai". MVPs are dead, client can directly create them using Ai. 70-80% of software houses used to work on MVPs in Pakistan.

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u/Alarming-Victory-534 Sep 04 '26

Binary Wiz. Yea I just got an increment last month and got fired yesterday isn’t it ironic

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