Manpower Group’s employee survey found 43% companies plan to increase their staff in Q1 2026, while 16% are planning reductions. I think the 16% will layoff at least twice as many employees as the 43% hire. The largest cuts in January were 30,000 at UPS and 16,000 at Amazon. Other than AI, restructuring, and tariffs, what’s causing the poor job market?

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You may be right about those numbers. Whenever I see statistics like that I never know what to make of them, and I always assume they're hiding some darker outcome. The bad job market has many factors causing it, I'm sure, but the relentless chaos impacting the economy seems to have people hesitant to hire.

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Chaos is a good word in this scenario

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