This holiday season, many IT and telecom professionals likely are finding it tough to celebrate as they find themselves facing unemployment.

The trend of IT and telecom giants trimming expenses continued during the second half of this year. A number of job cuts resulted from massive M&A; however, Janco Associates is expecting a brighter outlook for all IT professionals — except for those in telecommunications.

Our layoff tracker below recaps cuts at CenturyLink, Brocade, HPE and more that occurred during the second half of 2017, whether prompted by M&A or streamlining measures.