Heineken Cuts Thousands of Jobs Amid Falling Beer Sales

Heineken is cutting a huge portion of its international workforce as demand for the Dutch beer and its peers face precipitously declining demand, perThe Wall Street Journal.

Heineken to Lay Off Nearly 10 Percent of Global Workforce

In addition to lowering its profit predictions for 2026 over 2025, Heineken announced on Wednesday that it’s cutting roughly seven percent of its workforce. That amounts to roughly 6,000 jobs of the brewer’s 87,000-person global workforce. Heineken is still ranked as the No.