☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆@lemmygrad.ml to news@hexbear.netEnglish · 7 days agoUS job cuts have pass 1 million, a milestone only seen during the dotCom bust, Great Recession, and pandemic. October's layoffs surged 175% YoY ranking 2025 among the worst years for job losses.www.forbes.comexternal-linkmessage-square16linkfedilinkarrow-up1118arrow-down10
arrow-up1118arrow-down1external-linkUS job cuts have pass 1 million, a milestone only seen during the dotCom bust, Great Recession, and pandemic. October's layoffs surged 175% YoY ranking 2025 among the worst years for job losses.www.forbes.com☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆@lemmygrad.ml to news@hexbear.netEnglish · 7 days agomessage-square16linkfedilink
minus-squareRuncible [none/use name]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up17·7 days agoInteresting that they don’t mention tariffs. You can kinda assume from “softened” consumer spending but there’s been a bunch of comments on how companies haven’t (yet) passed on the full cost of tariffs and it’s hard to imagine that doesn’t result in job losses.
minus-square☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆@lemmygrad.mlOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·7 days agoYeah, tariffs are an obvious factor in all this.
minus-squareBelly_Beanis [he/him]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·7 days agoTariffs after WWI and all the isolationism is one of the major causes of the Great Depression as well lol
Interesting that they don’t mention tariffs.
You can kinda assume from “softened” consumer spending but there’s been a bunch of comments on how companies haven’t (yet) passed on the full cost of tariffs and it’s hard to imagine that doesn’t result in job losses.
Yeah, tariffs are an obvious factor in all this.
Tariffs after WWI and all the isolationism is one of the major causes of the Great Depression as well lol