Linde layoffs, on the record
Every job cut, severance charge and restructuring Linde reported in its annual reports, 2023 to 2025, quoted from the filings.
Job cuts, severance and restructuring
None of Linde’s annual reports for 2023 to 2025 describes a layoff, workforce reduction or restructuring.
| Fiscal year ended | Severance costs | Restructuring charges | Cash paid for restructuring | Positions expected to be eliminated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016-12-31 | $7 million | — | — | — |
| 2017-12-31 | $6 million | $52 million | — | — |
| 2018-12-31 | $7 million | $309 million | — | — |
| 2019-12-31 | $7 million | $567 million | $260 million | 2,400 |
| 2020-12-31 | $5 million | $506 million | $221 million | — |
| 2021-12-31 | $5 million | $273 million | $175 million | — |
| 2022-12-31 | $13 million | $1.03 billion | — | — |
| 2023-12-31 | $12 million | $40 million | — | — |
| 2024-12-31 | $16 million | $145 million | — | — |
| 2025-12-31 | $16 million | $273 million | — | — |
Linde has filed no restructuring notice (Form 8-K, Item 2.05) since 2016. Companies file one only for a cut they judge material, so many announced layoffs never appear as one. This page shows what the company reported to the SEC, not news reports or state layoff notices.
Read from Linde’s annual reports (10-K for 2025, 10-K for 2024, 10-K for 2023) and the financial data it files with the SEC, as of 2026-02-25. Every quotation is word for word from the filing linked beside it; how these pages are built and checked. The full record is in its company data sheet.