‘Laptops Logged Out, IDs Deactivated’: AI Services Firm Innodata Reportedly Cuts Nearly 550 Jobs in India Without Warning

Brief by Shorts91 Newsdesk / 03:31pm on 27 Oct 2026,Tuesday Business

Innodata India Pvt Ltd has reportedly laid off nearly 550 employees without prior notice, according to a News18 report citing India Today. Employees described a sudden disruption on Monday, October 26, when workers initially logged in and recorded attendance as usual before losing access to company laptops and official accounts around lunchtime. Termination emails were subsequently sent to their personal email addresses. Employees also discovered that payslips had been generated on the company’s HR portal, listing October 26 as their resignation date and last working day. The report said job cuts also affected Innodata’s Philippines team. The US-based company provides data engineering and artificial intelligence services, including data labelling and model training. (PC: News18)

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