layoffs

Layoffs Are at a Four-Year Low. So Why Do the Headlines Say Otherwise?

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Two things are true about the labor market right now, and they seem to contradict each other. Overall layoff activity in the US is running at its slowest pace in four years. At the same time, a steady stream of large, recognizable companies have announced significant workforce cuts within the same few weeks: Uber, Microsoft, … Read more

Meta tracks workers to train their AI replacements, lays off 8000, then has most profitable quarter ever

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empty office desk with meta log on the screen

There is a particular kind of dread in being asked to document exactly how you do your job, in detail, for a system you suspect is being built to do it without you. For thousands of Meta employees in 2026, that suspicion turned out to be correct. The clip above captures something a lot of … Read more