I thought the U.S. economy was supposed to get better after news of Trump getting elected. Why are all these layoffs (Meta, Microsoft) in Tech happening?!? 😭😭😭

Because Trump is a felon and a con-artist cult leader.

Because the economy NEVER gets better with “conservatives” in control of anything.

They just scream it a lot and people foolishly believe it.

Numbers don’t lie. Just look up economic performance the last 60 years.

First three years. The area where Trump was changing aka the farm industry were in recession territory due to his tariffs and we all seem to forget the oil overproduction war between Saudi’s and Russia. Which screwed the oil industry here. Since it made it too expensive to pull the oil vs return

You've not heard about AI?

To be fair, first of all, the economy can't improve overnight. It takes time. Additionally, Trump has only been in office less than a week.

Everything he is doing now is in Project 2025. VP Harris told you all that. I'm surprised that you are even surprised!

How, exactly, does that Kool Aid® taste?

The smart ones amongst us saw this his bullshit and actually know that tariffs are paid for by us, and never the exporting country.

That federal spending funds the things we rely on (roads, education, research).

That the J6 rioters that were serving prison sentences were actually violent offenders that attacked law enforcement... back the blue?

More like Black and Blue and Dead all over.

The orange man told the world what he was going to do. Win the election, by any means nessary, free the criminal that helped him try to over throw the election, impose tariffs, put all the people in his cabinet that will help him become a dictator, ruin the United States.

Hiring did seem to pick up after the election. But that was all speculative based on the idea that Trump would somehow fix things. Now we see what he does. The stock market, at least, is not happy.

US companies have become ruthless in their pursuit of profit, prioritizing cost-cutting over loyalty, experience, and the well-being of their employees. It no longer matters who is in office—corporate greed drives decision-making, and the people who have dedicated their careers to solving complex problems are discarded without a second thought.

Highly skilled professionals are being replaced by cheaper, less experienced offshore workers, not because they lack ability, but simply because they cost more. Leadership in most organizations doesn’t care unless their own positions are at risk. If the work can be done remotely, it's only a matter of time before you become a target, no matter how good you are.

What makes this worse is that companies continue to charge their clients and customers US rates while paying offshore workers a fraction of the cost. It's a blatant cash grab, and it’s disgusting. The people at the top make poor financial decisions, chase unrealistic quarterly targets, and then expect frontline employees—the ones truly keeping the lights on and maintaining customer satisfaction—to pay the price.

If a company is struggling financially or misses its numbers, the executives who led them into that situation should be the first to go, not the hardworking professionals who actually keep the business running. Until companies value their people over short-term profits, this cycle will continue, and the IT workforce in the US will remain under constant threat.

It will but all things come in time. Economies don't rebound over night in the beginning of any new management no matter whether it's a business or a Govt there will always be changes and a lot of them and shake ups so it takes time for the dust to settle and for all the court cases to be heard and resolved we should start seeing real changes within 1 year to 2

The layoffs were due to Biden and their auto pen admin allowing other countries to take our jobs and business, and passing off billions to other countries for DEI, etc. Its not overnight to clean up such a mass, and has only been 30 days. This takes time to heal, and it's about strengthening America as the superpower for years to come. China has over 1 Trillion in surplus a year, and it takes a big change and true leadership to make it happen. The tarriffs ONLY went into effect, and already DOZENS of countries are calling to make a deal, almost ALL of them. The job loss and layoffs were due to bad markets due to BIDEN and KAMALA, and the market downpour is a temporary result due to Market shift due to implementing tarrifs.

Unfortunately, since companies aren't growing, they also stopped buying product or consolidated what they could. That includes teams. If sales didn't make their quotas, and many didn't in Q4, cuts will occur. It takes time to rebuild.

It did... markets jumped several percentage points immediately upon Trump's election win; until he's sworn in and actually implements policy, the rest is cautionary waiting. The markets will already price in expectations into ticker prices, but the businesses themselves will need to see the changes actually made before they can take action in response to new policies.

Consider that alot of the layoffs seem to be coming from the fact checking and DEI initiatives that they have. companies could be seeing trumps inauguration a a so called “rebuke“ theses systems. Hence the layoffs to realign to the job market. Or so thats my opinion.

Is this supposed to be a serious question? 🤨

are you dense ?

Had a few interviews with some startups. A lot of them mentioned that they did layoffs to get an idea of what they needed and now they're going to start hiring again in the next half 2025. I'm assuming they were getting rid of a lot of bloat, and trying to save capital. So that might be something to look forward too. I've gotten a surprising amount of interviews with startups since this year started. That might be the way to go soon.

Better for who???

This shouldn’t be shocking, it’s the same thing that always happens. History is repeating itself.

they were announced prior to the election, thisis just when they are taking place.

AI is moving in