@thejobchick Avatar @thejobchick Amanda Goodall

Many major US companies, including IBM, Microsoft, Amazon, and American Airlines, have recently announced layoffs, with some citing restructuring and others using AI as a reason, although some argue that AI is being used as a cover for cost-cutting. The layoffs are affecting thousands of employees, with some being let go due to outsourcing and offshoring. The trend is contributing to a rise in unemployment, with [--] in [--] Americans out of work for [--] weeks or more.

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Social Influence

Social category influence stocks 20.87% technology brands 15.65% countries 10.43% finance 10.43% financial services #845 fashion brands 1.74% social networks 0.87% celebrities 0.87% automotive brands 0.87% cryptocurrencies 0.87%

Social topic influence ai 15.65%, in the 12.17%, company #3434, level 5.22%, $googl 3.48%, india 3.48%, list 3.48%, jobs 2.61%, microsoft #2590, goldman sachs #113

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Top assets mentioned Alphabet Inc Class A (GOOGL) Microsoft Corp. (MSFT) Goldman Sachs (GS) Nike Inc (NKE) Abbott Laboratories (ABT) Arcblock (ABT) MP Materials Corp. (MP) Dow Inc (DOW) Advanced Micro Devices (AMD)

Top Social Posts

Top posts by engagements in the last [--] hours

"Google is increasing jobs to India to bypass the 100K H-1B fee as I expected. it incentivizes offshoring. Pay to play didnt bring jobs home. Something needs to be done"
X Link 2026-02-05T15:24Z 41K followers, 392.7K engagements

"Korean markets are propped up by a few companies This one is the one you cant ignore. From my January substack: link in comments"
X Link 2026-02-13T18:58Z 41K followers, [----] engagements

"So yet again maybe we have a situation where this kind of statement is just misleading. US Born workforce falls by [-----] million. Foreign born workforce grows by 565K. -Fed January employment data AMERICAN JOBS FOR AMERICAN WORKERS https://t.co/yEiG3VJwOd AMERICAN JOBS FOR AMERICAN WORKERS https://t.co/yEiG3VJwOd"
X Link 2026-02-13T20:29Z 41K followers, 13.9K engagements

"A strong labor market shouldnt require [------] people to work two full-time jobs. A record number of Americans are now working two full-time jobs. Around [------] people currently hold both a full-time main job and a second full-time job one of the highest levels ever recorded. A record number of Americans are now working two full-time jobs. Around [------] people currently hold both a full-time main job and a second full-time job one of the highest levels ever recorded"
X Link 2026-02-14T17:56Z 41K followers, 50.3K engagements

"Isnt it ironic HR tech leader Workday cuts [----] jobs due to AI advancements when HR always says no AI will not take your job. *puts in Alanis Morisette cd"
X Link 2025-02-05T14:40Z 41K followers, 37.2K engagements

"WHOA. [----] H-1B visa requests Thats what Microsoft filed for software engineer roles in Washington Yes that is the same month it laid off [----] workers in the state. including [---] software engineers. Same jobs. Same location. Lower pay. Is this really about a skills gap - [-----] total foreign labor requests this year - 82% below market wage - Routed through Integreon (India) Pvt Ltd - $3B invested in India - 10M workers being trained in AI Is this a labor arbitrage machine on autopilot"
X Link 2025-07-01T17:55Z 41K followers, 1.7M engagements

"In [----] nearly [--] in [--] job postings are ghost jobs roles posted with no real hiring intent One analysis found about 22% of advertised roles never get filled and arent intended to be. (Others report closer to 40%) Another study confirmed: [--] in [--] employers admitted to keeping roles open [--] days without plans to hire anytime soon . Job seekers really are just part of the optics for shareholders"
X Link 2025-07-17T13:43Z 41K followers, 557.3K engagements

"WTF Atlassian laid off [---] employees via pre-recorded video Workers had to wait [--] minutes after watching it to find out if they were cut. Then came the email. Then came the laptop lockouts. The reason AI can do it now. Welcome to the future of work or shall I say layoffs"
X Link 2025-08-04T14:26Z 41K followers, 339.4K engagements

"UPDATE: Oracle still hasnt acknowledged the mass layoffs. Employees are tracking the carnage by watching Slack accounts vanish. Roughly [----] gone already from slack channel reports- insiders say closer to a 10% RIF company-wide. Cuts span entry SDRs to SVPs with 10+ years tenure. Directors terminated without their teams even told. Oracle Health (Cerner $28B deal) cleaned out: Care Delivery Consulting and more. Entire ACS + NetSuite groups in the Philippines erased via Business Update invites being reported. In Washington state Oracle filed a WARN notice for [---] layoffs - on top of [---] in"
X Link 2025-09-03T13:12Z 41K followers, 301.6K engagements

"WHOA TCS laid off [-----] people this year. Then received approval for [----] H-1B visas. second-most of any company. Now theyre under U.S. Senate scrutiny. October 10: Deadline to respond. Heres whats actually happening - and the companies the Senate is questioning --- This is a long one. 1/16🧵"
X Link 2025-10-02T04:21Z 41K followers, 296.1K engagements

"This message hit me like a brick. Head of Product. [--] years in. Company being acquired. Over [----] applications sent. Two interviews. He did everything right. and still is locked out. The work is there. It just seems like Im not allowed to have it. This is what no one in power wants to admit: Jobs exist but the system is optimized to route around Americans"
X Link 2025-10-19T00:22Z 41K followers, 349.2K engagements

"Serena Williams talking about Abbott Laboratories latest bio wearable Lingo. $ABT"
X Link 2026-01-06T21:35Z 41K followers, [----] engagements

"The GLP-1 Revolution Will Destroy Millions of Jobs https://open.substack.com/pub/thejobchicksinsideredge/p/the-ozempic-revolution-will-destroyutm_campaign=post-expanded-share&utm_medium=web https://open.substack.com/pub/thejobchicksinsideredge/p/the-ozempic-revolution-will-destroyutm_campaign=post-expanded-share&utm_medium=web"
X Link 2026-01-07T18:47Z 41K followers, [----] engagements

"Lynas didnt even need to reconfigure for the ChinaJapan squeeze. Its been operating inside those constraints for years. I wrote about this last week - because when you look at Venezeual and MP Materials. well Lynas is also popping up in my workforce models. Thats what most of the WSJ commentary is missing. You've got export controls Malaysian oversight and Australian compliance. Traceability politics longer contracts. all already baked in. So Japan becoming the pressure valve isnt a surprise at all. And this is why Lynas workforce hasnt churned. Thats a system already built for constraint One"
X Link 2026-01-13T06:27Z 41K followers, [----] engagements

"Tyson Foods mass layoffs take effect Tuesday. nearly [----] workers gone across two states with real consequences for U.S. food supply. Heres the breakdown: Lexington Nebraska [----] jobs eliminated Entire beef processing plant shut down Amarillo Texas [----] jobs cut Amarillo plant B-shift operations eliminated Impact: Estimated 79% reduction in U.S. beef processing capacity Layoffs were filed Nov [----] effective Jan [--] Watch food inflation. Watch rural employment. Watch whos next. $TSN https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2013507918067572910 https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2013507918067572910"
X Link 2026-01-20T07:04Z 41K followers, 86.8K engagements

"Watch food inflation. Watch rural employment. Tyson Foods layoffs are effective today. Nearly [----] employees in Nebraska and Texas"
X Link 2026-01-20T14:06Z 41K followers, [----] engagements

"Autodesk cuts 7% of its global workforce. around [----] positions. blaming investments to AI and cloud. Reports say the bulk of the job cuts will hit customer-facing sales teams ending a multi-year sales and marketing revamp. When I pull the workforce data. it tells me VERY CLEARLY that they are actively simulating workforce outcomes not done cutting and not flying blind. In the coming months Autodesk will decide which humans still matter which ones get cheaper and which ones get replaced by systems. https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2014498326075597056"
X Link 2026-01-23T00:40Z 41K followers, [----] engagements

"UPS is having mass layoffs again. [-----] jobs. YIKES. But lets translate whats actually happening. First remember my July [----] Substack on UPS I said this wasnt about a single layoff number. The 20K figure they floated back then was lagging reality. They cut [-----] jobs in [----]. And UPS is now openly admitting this is a multi-year transformation. Yes. thats exactly what I said would happen. July [----] buyouts = Phase [--] [----] = second voluntary separation program confirmed Cuts extend into [--------] Now the math 👇 UPS says: $3B in savings expected in [----] No revenue growth surge to explain margin"
X Link 2026-01-27T19:37Z 41K followers, 27.5K engagements

"Starting to go down a rabbit hole on the layoff arbitrage scam. Gathering as much info as I can. there is something BIGGER going on with the companies layoffs and the severance letters being provided. and I can't quite point a finger just yet. Feel free to DM me if you want to share anything you have seen anon of course and I will take a look into it https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2016587022157434901 https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2016587022157434901"
X Link 2026-01-28T18:59Z 41K followers, 84.3K engagements

"The Amazon layoffs are pretty ugly. People are finding out theyre gone in pieces: access half-working calendars erased before conversations happen leaders disappearing mid-day inboxes visible but locked work still paging after roles are dead This isnt performance-based. Profitable teams were hit. Top performers were hit. Entire management layers are gone while systems kept running like nothing changed. WTF Timing isnt random either: The cuts happened just before major vesting windows. Remote and non-hub workers were basically wiped out first. Some are being nudged into relocation choices."
X Link 2026-01-28T23:19Z 41K followers, 1.6M engagements

"Yikes- 12% global workforce being cut at $DOW. But they are blaming AI for the layoffs guess its time for me to really go see who they are hiring where and why because Im not buying the AI story are you Layoffs. $DOW unveiled an improvement program that will eliminate about [----] jobs on Jan. [--] the same day it announced a 7% drop in sales for [----]. @thejobchick Layoffs. $DOW unveiled an improvement program that will eliminate about [----] jobs on Jan. [--] the same day it announced a 7% drop in sales for [----]. @thejobchick"
X Link 2026-01-29T16:45Z 41K followers, 56.4K engagements

"Peloton job cuts - 11% When I look further into workforce data based on the hiring focus they have been working on since summer [----] I feel like they are about to pivot. Big focus on rebranding possibly. Looks like this has been in the works since Jan 25- and April [--] was the start of the switch-up but they appear to have built in other teams ahead of this layoff. Classic reorg. Haven't spoken to anyone from here but I'm wondering how the atmosphere has been the last 6-8 months. Layoffs. Peloton @thejobchick https://t.co/kUVYc9287v Layoffs. Peloton @thejobchick https://t.co/kUVYc9287v"
X Link 2026-02-01T00:06Z 41K followers, 11.8K engagements

"30000 people gone at Amazon in [--] months Engineers. PMs. L7s. HR. These are the ones who shipped AI infra kept systems alive during outages and relocated their lives. just locked out overnight. One L7 told me: "I led AI enablement worldwide relocated twice and still got cut." Another engineer said: "I shielded my team. Now they own the grind." This is not about performance location. just math. and even that seems sketch. Those on maternity leave CUT. Remote workers seem to be disproportionately cut as well. HR looks to have been just demolished. Robotics rumors is saying more cuts possibly"
X Link 2026-02-01T20:51Z 41K followers, 194.2K engagements

"Im not saying layoffs are coming at $AMD. But when things start getting internally dicey companies build the HR infrastructure to manage exits without fanfare and headlines. I'm seeing at AMD: Senior comp planning Employee relations added Multiple senior talent consultants AI narrative doing the optics work This is how thinning starts long before layoffs ever become necessary. Watching. 👀 https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2018827554296348873 https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2018827554296348873"
X Link 2026-02-03T23:22Z 41K followers, 57.8K engagements

"Washington Post layoffs This doesnt sound good"
X Link 2026-02-04T13:45Z 41K followers, 17.1K engagements

"Another [---] job cuts at Workday. Right on schedule. The company says its cutting 2% of its workforce to focus on priorities even as the move pressures margins this quarter and for the full year. Priorities is doing a lot of work here right Context matters here: Workday is still dealing with the Mobley lawsuit which alleges discrimination tied to AI-driven hiring tools. In [----] Workday already cut [----] jobs explicitly citing AI advancement. Workday customer data was exposed after a third-party CRM breach reported by TechCrunch- names emails and phone numbers were taken by the hacking group"
X Link 2026-02-05T14:37Z 41K followers, 53.7K engagements

"Should we expect a rise in intracompany transfer visas L1 visas from Google after a year Because yes after [--] year abroad companies can transfer some employees to the U.S. on L visas. This feels a lot less loophole and a lot more strategy. Google is increasing jobs to India to bypass the 100K H-1B fee as I expected. it incentivizes offshoring. Pay to play didnt bring jobs home. Something needs to be done. https://t.co/xxv4d8lGxP Google is increasing jobs to India to bypass the 100K H-1B fee as I expected. it incentivizes offshoring. Pay to play didnt bring jobs home. Something needs to be"
X Link 2026-02-05T16:04Z 41K followers, 58.8K engagements

"Im sure this is fine right JUST IN: [------] people filed for unemployment this past week above expectations of [------] JUST IN: [------] people filed for unemployment this past week above expectations of 209000"
X Link 2026-02-05T16:37Z 41K followers, 19.7K engagements

"😬😬😬 JUST IN: Layoffs were at highest level in 15+ years last month JUST IN: Layoffs were at highest level in 15+ years last month"
X Link 2026-02-05T16:39Z 41K followers, 10.5K engagements

"In [----] USCIS approved approximately [-----] L-1 petitions with top employers such as Amazon and Google accounting for 31.18% of approvals. Wow yall. Should we expect a rise in intracompany transfer visas L1 visas from Google after a year Because yes after [--] year abroad companies can transfer some employees to the U.S. on L visas. This feels a lot less loophole and a lot more strategy. Should we expect a rise in intracompany transfer visas L1 visas from Google after a year Because yes after [--] year abroad companies can transfer some employees to the U.S. on L visas. This feels a lot less"
X Link 2026-02-05T16:55Z 41K followers, 20.7K engagements

"$386M loss in Q4 posted to Jaguar Land Rover. Bailout Loan: [---] BILLION. Reason: A cyberattack shut down Jaguar Land Rover. Result: No cars built. [---] suppliers cut off. Workers sent home. But while the UK underwrites a 1.5B loan to save JLR Contact DWP to see if youre eligible for benefits. Thats what supply chain https://t.co/Ysc6jTyOdo Bailout Loan: [---] BILLION. Reason: A cyberattack shut down Jaguar Land Rover. Result: No cars built. [---] suppliers cut off. Workers sent home. But while the UK underwrites a 1.5B loan to save JLR Contact DWP to see if youre eligible for benefits. Thats what"
X Link 2026-02-05T17:12Z 41K followers, 11.4K engagements

"@dontdemdownsrq It's not an exhaustive list either"
X Link 2026-02-06T15:57Z 41K followers, [----] engagements

"@lauren_gerhardt Layoffs do not mean they are not hiring too"
X Link 2026-02-06T18:56Z 41K followers, [----] engagements

"@j_mcneill Every company will have a different reason/excuse from restructuring AI etc"
X Link 2026-02-06T22:49Z 41K followers, [----] engagements

"Ive mapped two tech companies to mass layoffs using workforce architecture. not revenue collapse not balance sheet stress but internal reconfiguration that makes large-scale exits operationally easy. Different companies. Different public narratives. Same internal mechanics. Same timing window. (still a while out) THAT is the most terrifying part. I have run first level modeling on [--] others- again same timing window. The convergence Im monitoring now isnt random. It tells me that multiple organizations are independently reaching the same conclusion about how long they can run this hot. Bubbles"
X Link 2026-02-07T01:58Z 41K followers, 57.4K engagements

"Innovation is a Dirty Word When you look at Snowflakes cost profile it is not unusual for a company of its scale but it is increasingly scrutinized. Sales and marketing remains the dominant expense. That is where operating leverage lives or dies. You do not meaningfully improve margins in enterprise software by trimming infrastructure or core engineering first. You do it by tightening the revenue machine. Its just math. And workforce data math has a way of overpowering narratives."
X Link 2026-02-07T17:10Z 41K followers, [----] engagements

"If the largest private employer in the country can grow without adding workers the benchmark for a healthy labor market changes. Free article link below"
X Link 2026-02-07T18:28Z 41K followers, [----] engagements

"@GodfatherWaym Love this Mark 😂😂"
X Link 2026-02-08T17:51Z 41K followers, [---] engagements

"Jobs are being taken away from hard working taxi and ride share drivers in the US and shipped overseas with Waymo. Quite the Senate hearing. Sen. Markey got Waymo to admit the quiet part out loud: Their self-driving cars sometimes get help from human operators in the Philippines [----] miles away. That doesnt mean the tech is fake but it does mean autonomy isnt fully there yet. Source: @SenMarkey https://t.co/81ejlJFuM0 Sen. Markey got Waymo to admit the quiet part out loud: Their self-driving cars sometimes get help from human operators in the Philippines [----] miles away. That doesnt mean the"
X Link 2026-02-09T02:21Z 41K followers, [----] engagements

"@DavidDTawil None of these are surprises. Blue Cross was already on watch. Boeings defense exposure tightened [--] months ago. Wells Fargo said continued cuts TBE back in December and [---] is totally not the endpoint with them. It's not pretty out there. https://x.com/thejobchick/status/2019799518473253322s=20 Layoff Watchlist: Feb [--] 2026: Dicks Sporting Goods EY Fidelity KPMG MLS Unilever AWS Siemens Healthineers Sysco Santander Ashley Furniture Goldman Sachs Stanford University Dartmouth College Android NBCUniversal Blue Cross Blue Shield Emerson Blue Owl Capital The Ladders"
X Link 2026-02-09T18:51Z 41K followers, [---] engagements

"BREAKING: Riot Games layoffs were not just rumors. "Were committed to supporting impacted Rioters through this transition - including helping them explore opportunities within Riot where possible and providing a minimum of [--] months of notice pay and severance where its not." Rumor: Executive departures from Riot Games AND more layoffs. Imminently. Rumor: Executive departures from Riot Games AND more layoffs. Imminently"
X Link 2026-02-09T20:57Z 41K followers, 13.5K engagements

"Nike restructuring - execution update. Oct [--] 2025: parent-level restructuring flagged timing included. Unit-level actions are now surfacing. Watch the video I posted last year. Converse sits inside that footprint. These layoffs are now public right after the Nike announcement in January. This is what execution looks like. $NKE $NKE 👀 Retention plays and reorging at a major level. https://t.co/dbA0Oyzmdb $NKE 👀 Retention plays and reorging at a major level. https://t.co/dbA0Oyzmdb"
X Link 2026-02-10T06:13Z 41K followers, [----] engagements

"Nike/Converse layoffs The reorg timing lined up and is happening just as I said it would back in October [----]. 👇 $NKE $NKE 👀 Retention plays and reorging at a major level. https://t.co/dbA0Oyzmdb $NKE 👀 Retention plays and reorging at a major level. https://t.co/dbA0Oyzmdb"
X Link 2026-02-10T15:47Z 41K followers, [----] engagements

"Palantir headcount 2025: They ramped the first half then Q3 throttle then Q4 near-freeze while headcount still trends up. That combo says to me they are focused on accumulated bodies and disappearing external reqs its frankly a really big tell. Its consistent with a shift from build to harden and deliver while you ration forward commitments. If practical useful lives are shorter than modeled you stop expanding capex-adjacent hiring while the math catches up. - from my substack in Nov [----]. Now look where we are 🎯👇 Palantir: [----] (and lowering) https://t.co/qufWCo8T27 Palantir: [----] (and"
X Link 2026-02-10T16:06Z 41K followers, 11.5K engagements

"Once you look at the world through a workforce lens a country that almost nobody is modeling correctly comes sharply into focus - South Korea. With regards to the AI race we must look at the countries that have positioned themselves so the system cannot function without them. https://open.substack.com/pub/thejobchicksinsideredge/p/forget-china-vs-us-south-korea-ownsr=2n2vv5&utm_medium=ios&shareImageVariant=overlay There have been numerous debates concerns and discussions on whether China is going to win the AI race how far they are from US models and whether AI chip export controls are an"
X Link 2026-02-10T16:18Z 41K followers, [----] engagements

"@MacroEdgeRes Looking forward to it guys"
X Link 2026-02-10T21:46Z 41K followers, [---] engagements

"Not buying the conservative number of -858K payroll revisions - typically I see about 2.8x difference (increase to what is stated)- Either way efffff me 181K jobs created OMG.😬🤦♀🙄 To put this in perspective the employment-age population grew by [---] million last year. So with only 181k new jobs created on net. To put this in perspective the employment-age population grew by [---] million last year. So with only 181k new jobs created on net"
X Link 2026-02-12T02:01Z 41K followers, 10.2K engagements

"@BarefootStudent U.S. payrolls [----] average monthly job growth was revised down to +15K from +49K"
X Link 2026-02-12T04:34Z 41K followers, [---] engagements

"@KrispiLargo2 We will see more outsourcing and offshoring of jobs in the next 12-18 months but AI talking US white collar jobs like that 🤔🤔🤔🤔"
X Link 2026-02-12T17:25Z 41K followers, [---] engagements

"Tell me the moment you knew corporate America was broken"
X Link 2025-07-28T02:51Z 41K followers, 1.2M engagements

"Nearly half of all H1B visas went through outsourcing firms. -"In all nearly half the H-1Bs in Bloombergs analysis went to outsourcing or staffing companies." (2024) What was supposed to bring in the best talent turned into a backdoor for offshoring"
X Link 2025-08-25T04:55Z 41K followers, 607.5K engagements

"Layoffs dont just kill careers. If youre unemployed your odds of divorce are 30% higher than if youre working. Layoffs lead to: A custody battle. A family split that didnt have to happen. Thats the real cost of efficiency"
X Link 2025-08-26T03:28Z 41K followers, 528.2K engagements

"Youre not ready for this H-1B visa chart. While the US tightens rules hikes fees and slams the system as a scam ' These [--] companies increased their H-1B approvals in 2025: 🧵 Here's a thread that will break your brain:"
X Link 2025-09-10T13:08Z 41K followers, 130.9K engagements

"If your interview process takes longer than electing a Pope youre doing it wrong"
X Link 2025-09-14T21:18Z 41K followers, 678.6K engagements

"WTF is happening in Germany Germany announced [------] industrial job cuts in [--] weeks. Putting that into perspective. If the U.S. got hit at the same rate thats like [------] factory jobs or [------] total jobs gone in a month and a half. Picture every factory worker in a state like South Carolina unemployed. Thats the scale. Recent layoffs announced in Germany: Auto & Auto Supplier Layoffs (past [--] months): Volkswagen: [-----] Mercedes-Benz: [-----] Audi: [----] Ford (Saarlouis): [----] Daimler Truck: [----] ZF Group: [-----] Bosch Continental Schaeffler (combined): [----] Total: [------] auto jobs impacted Steel"
X Link 2025-09-16T03:58Z 41K followers, 3.6M engagements

"Apple which made at least four rounds of workforce reductions in [----] laying off hundreds of workers. In fiscal year [----] Apple applied for and received approval to hire [----] foreign H-1B employees. 8/16 🧵"
X Link 2025-10-02T04:21Z 41K followers, [----] engagements

"Cognizant Technology Solutions which laid off thousands of workers including employees in the United States. In fiscal year [----] Cognizant applied for and received approval to hire [----] foreign H-1B employees. In [----] a federal jury concluded Cognizant favored South Asian H1-B visa holders over American employees which warranted punitive damages. 9/16 🧵 https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1973604195124256881 https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1973604195124256881"
X Link 2025-10-02T04:21Z 41K followers, [----] engagements

"Now in the Senates crosshairs for mass layoffs + H-1B visa abuse: Amazon: [-----] Apple: [----] Google (Alphabet): [----] Meta: [----] Microsoft: [----] JPMorgan Chase: [----] Deloitte: [----] Walmart: [----] Cognizant Technology Solutions: [----] Tata Consultancy Services (TCS): [----] They didnt run out of American talent - they replaced it. And while you were getting laid off they were importing cheaper labor by the thousands. This is straight up corporate betrayal. https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1974905060506411161 https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1974905060506411161"
X Link 2025-10-05T18:30Z 41K followers, 134K engagements

"Consumer health alert. when women stop buying Yankee Candle. you know it is serious. @thejobchick Did you see the Newell layoff announcement Yankee Candle closings (20 stores) and 10% of professional/clerical staff (900 headcount) @thejobchick Did you see the Newell layoff announcement Yankee Candle closings (20 stores) and 10% of professional/clerical staff (900 headcount)"
X Link 2025-12-02T17:50Z 41K followers, 19.4K engagements

"That HR rant hit [---] million views. and the fallout has been unreal. The hate-filled DMs and threats rolled in like clockwork (standard internet stuff) but what really stood out were the flood of private messages especially from people actually working in HR. Multiple insiders hit me with variations of the same thing: "You're spot on. We're bloated the policies crush morale and we mostly shield the company. not the employees. We HATE the paperwork involved in it all. I could never say that publicly. Keep calling it out." So yes the folks inside the system know the score. all the endless"
X Link 2026-01-15T22:37Z 41K followers, 375K engagements

"This isnt bad luck. it's pattern recognition. People start new jobs and get laid off a week later. Ive seen it more times than I can count. Companies know before you do. Contracts get shaky. Budgets freeze. Hiring stays open anyway. Thats why I care about workforce intel. Why apply somewhere thats already lining up cuts YES this is in all the data I forecast and you can see what is coming 6-12 months ahead of time. I use this data for everything. careers airlines to choose - when to buy tickets and even VC due diligence- it's good to know MOs Fact is. if a bank is cutting risk ops or"
X Link 2026-01-20T05:52Z 41K followers, 63.1K engagements

"82 companies on my layoff watchlist for Q2/Q3. Some are clearly prepping to offshore and some are spiraling out of control. List includes: Sysco Robert Half Westinghouse Electric Company Chewy S&P Global L3Harris SuperMicro Finalizing some models and data will be coming out in the coming weeks. https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2014534301535162806 https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2014534301535162806"
X Link 2026-01-23T03:03Z 41K followers, 26.8K engagements

"@ArmandoDisraeli Robert Half"
X Link 2026-01-23T04:31Z 41K followers, [---] engagements

"What I am seeing in the workforce data is consolidation justified by tooling rather than proven output. Its a weird world we live in right now. AI is being layered on top of work that was already close to capacity and leadership is assuming the technology will close the gap before the strain shows up. 👇👇👇 https://open.substack.com/pub/thejobchicksinsideredge/p/laundering-narrativesr=2n2vv5&utm_medium=ios&shareImageVariant=app https://open.substack.com/pub/thejobchicksinsideredge/p/laundering-narrativesr=2n2vv5&utm_medium=ios&shareImageVariant=app"
X Link 2026-02-08T17:56Z 41K followers, 13.7K engagements

"7.36 Million - Total Unemployed 4.3% - Unemployment Rate 62.5% - Labor Force Participation Rate [---] Million - Long-Term Unemployed (27+ weeks) U.S. payrolls [----] average monthly job growth was revised down to +15K from +49K. - per Fed Data 1/26 To put this in perspective the employment-age population grew by [---] million last year. So with only 181k new jobs created on net. To put this in perspective the employment-age population grew by [---] million last year. So with only 181k new jobs created on net"
X Link 2026-02-12T04:34Z 41K followers, 13.8K engagements

"SALESFORCE: [----] layoffs reportedly happening ahead of Feb 25th earnings. 👇👇👇 They were on this list too who is next JYFI with all their leadership reorging going on I do so expect more layoffs perhaps early Q3 time. Layoff Watchlist: Feb [--] 2026: Dicks Sporting Goods EY Fidelity KPMG MLS Unilever AWS Siemens Healthineers Sysco Santander Ashley Furniture Goldman Sachs Stanford University Dartmouth College Android NBCUniversal Blue Cross Blue Shield Emerson Blue Owl Capital The Ladders Layoff Watchlist: Feb [--] 2026: Dicks Sporting Goods EY Fidelity KPMG MLS Unilever AWS Siemens Healthineers"
X Link 2026-02-12T15:33Z 41K followers, 20K engagements

"Everyone sees [-----] NVIDIA GPUs. I see execution compression. Faster yield learning cycles Fewer human escalations Predictive maintenance replacing reactive teams Process engineers per fab Maintenance headcount intensity Mid-layer ops layers AI-optimized fabs mean a faster ramp tighter control but also less labor per wafer. Thats straight up serious operating leverage without proportional hiring. Watch Samsungs future headcount and margin trend. NVIDIA and Samsung are partnering to build an AI factory for semiconductor manufacturing. The plan includes deploying over [-----] NVIDIA GPUs and"
X Link 2026-02-12T16:21Z 41K followers, [----] engagements

"More data center drama -This time featuring Blue Owl and Meta. 🙄😬 EY FLAGS METAS DATA-CENTER ACCOUNTING AS HIGH RISK Metas auditor EY raised concerns over a $27 billion data-center deal moved off the companys balance sheet into a joint venture with Blue Owl. While EY approved the treatment it labeled it a critical audit matter EY FLAGS METAS DATA-CENTER ACCOUNTING AS HIGH RISK Metas auditor EY raised concerns over a $27 billion data-center deal moved off the companys balance sheet into a joint venture with Blue Owl. While EY approved the treatment it labeled it a critical audit matter"
X Link 2026-02-12T16:54Z 41K followers, [----] engagements

"Palantir details most people missed: In November [----] I flagged this: Two consecutive months with hiring stuck in the low-teens % of prior levels. Engineering below half of that already tiny mix. Thats a hard pause on build. Thats margin defense. When engineering stalls like that youre not scaling youre protecting. Burry saw the multiple. I saw the margin defense in the hiring data. $PLTR Update: It's now been [---] days since Michael Burry publicly went bearish on Palantir $PLTR It's down -39% since https://t.co/n88OUNZd6b Update: It's now been [---] days since Michael Burry publicly went"
X Link 2026-02-12T17:07Z 41K followers, [----] engagements

"@SanDiegoKnight Ill believe this when I see it show up in their workforce data. 👀👀"
X Link 2026-02-13T23:21Z 41K followers, [----] engagements

"Are you too expensive Are you too human 👇 I used to say: Dont worry about ageism. (so many posts and videos on this) I helped 55+ land great jobs all the time. I dont say that anymore. The last [--] months have been brutal. People with [----] years at one company CUT. I'll call it for what it is: They make too much Theyre not AI-native They lead people. now replaced by dashboards Thats the new layoff filter. The stats are just as brutal: - Avg job hunt at 55+ [--] weeks - Avg pay cut 11% - Many never recover. forced into part-time retirement HRs seriously broken. Recruiting Mostly useless. Ive"
X Link 2025-07-06T20:48Z 41K followers, 33.1K engagements

"@RMConservative 7.36M unemployed. based on the same fed data. I'll just leave that here"
X Link 2026-02-12T04:30Z 41K followers, [----] engagements

"Most White Collar Work Will Be Fully Automated by AI Within the Next 12-18 Months Call me Miss Skeptical maybe itll be there in process but Im buying itll be in a fully meaningful practice just yet. 🚨🚨🚨Microsoft AI CEO Mustafa Suleyman Most White Collar Work Will Be Fully Automated by AI Within the Next 12-18 Months I think that we're going to have human-level performance on most if not all professional tasks. Why are we doing this https://t.co/ZI2aD6oEOO 🚨🚨🚨Microsoft AI CEO Mustafa Suleyman Most White Collar Work Will Be Fully Automated by AI Within the Next 12-18 Months I think that"
X Link 2026-02-12T17:14Z 41K followers, 11.1K engagements

"COURT DOCS: The Workday lawsuit hit a new level. A federal judge said their AI system may have blocked HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS of job applicants from getting interviews. Denied employment recommendations by an algorithm. The judge says the case can move forward. Heres whats happening: 🧵 https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1953454493661835279 https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1953454493661835279"
X Link 2025-08-07T13:53Z 41K followers, 351.5K engagements

"HR is the only department that gets a free pass for being completely useless. They produce zero revenue kill morale with endless policies protect the company NOT you and somehow still get invited to every meeting like they're essential. Remove 90% of HR tomorrow and the business would run smoother faster and happier. Change my mind. 🔥 https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2010841808998367234 https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2010841808998367234"
X Link 2026-01-12T22:30Z 41K followers, 2.4M engagements

"Layoff Watchlist: Feb [--] 2026: Dicks Sporting Goods EY Fidelity KPMG MLS Unilever AWS Siemens Healthineers Sysco Santander Ashley Furniture Goldman Sachs Stanford University Dartmouth College Android NBCUniversal Blue Cross Blue Shield Emerson Blue Owl Capital The Ladders Robert Half Westinghouse Electric Company Chewy J.Crew BioSpace New York Life Warner Bros. Discovery SharkNinja Barclays JPMorgan Chase BlackRock Kaiser Permanente Citi Salesforce S&P Global Korn Ferry Evercore Lionsgate Saks Global USAA Ford Greenfield Site Strategy Stripe Meta Volvo Google Lyft Royal Caribbean Group Blue"
X Link 2026-02-06T15:45Z 41K followers, 598.2K engagements

"Heineken is laying off [----] over weak beer sales. Hiring started slowing months ago. Early H2 [----] they quietly slowed majorly all the backfilling attrition. They were replacing roughly 80% of exits for much of H1 - which is normal to this sector if you think this is just cyclical. But yeah. [--] in [--] roles just disappeared. That is not normal for a capital-intensive beer company. H2 told us everything- especially around Oct/Nov [----] from a hiring POV --you dont let 20% of departures evaporate unless youre redesigning the org. The layoffs are basically phase two. The real signal here was the"
X Link 2026-02-12T05:18Z 41K followers, [----] engagements

"College Grads Hit Hardest 25.3% of All US Unemployed Hold Four-Year Degrees Doubled Since 2008: Over [---] Million Degree Holders Age 25+ Jobless Highest Since [----] White-Collar Slowdown Crushing Careers"
X Link 2026-02-13T03:29Z 41K followers, [----] engagements

"H-1Bs Its just a distraction. Companies dont magically switch to American talent just because visas get more expensive. Raising the cost of an H-1B doesnt bring jobs back. It just forces companies to offshore faster. We are already seeing this since that 100K fee was introduced. Its a no brainier for companies to pay a $100K fee when they need a specialist and move everything else to India Poland LATAM wherever. And when U.S. jobs disappear The media will just say: Who do we blame for what companies do Companies love this fight because it keeps everyone arguing about visas while they"
X Link 2026-02-15T21:24Z 41K followers, 53.1K engagements

"This workforce structure now sits at the most critical chokepoints in the global economy. 👇👇👇👇 It's not just China vs. US. South Korea Owns the Execution Layer"
X Link 2026-01-26T18:51Z 38.4K followers, [----] engagements

"Link: https://www.insideredgereport.com/p/forget-china-vs-us-south-korea-owns https://www.insideredgereport.com/p/forget-china-vs-us-south-korea-owns"
X Link 2026-01-26T18:52Z 38.4K followers, [----] engagements

"The LATEST: Amazon layoffs are dropping tomorrow (27th/28th). And no. this isnt about performance. KIRO is the focus. From one insider- "It's been smoke and mirrors from our perspective." APJ HR invites already landing around 3am local. Here's the part Amazon doesnt want discussed:👇 Whoever builds the list chooses the narrative - based on the mandate. Save X in cost - you get this outcome Reduce headcount by X% - you get a very different outcome Same orgs. but different casualties for different mandates. AWS Solutions Architects. this is where it gets ugly: Generalist SAs L7s are most"
X Link 2026-01-26T20:17Z 38.6K followers, 247.9K engagements

"We are building a tremendous amount of data center capacity in the United States but doing that requires a lot of electricity. A lot of effort is being done to try to identify rules that inhibit or slow down the adoption of AI sometimes you have to take rules down. Oh my 👇 https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2015928681097798044 https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2015928681097798044"
X Link 2026-01-26T23:23Z 38.4K followers, [----] engagements

"Citi layoffs Heres the workforce data you were probably wondering about 👇 Whats confirmed: Reuters reports another Citi layoff round expected in March after bonuses Headcount is already 56% lower YoY Citi is still targeting [-----] total cuts by end-2026 Heres the part no ones talking about. Even while total headcount falls tech hiring is taking a bigger slice of what remains. Early 2025: tech = 15% of new hires Last few months: tech = 19% of new hires The game goes something like this. Pay bonuses then cut senior & legacy roles keep tilting hiring toward tech and call it a turnaround"
X Link 2026-01-27T06:14Z 38.4K followers, 13.2K engagements

"Companies: We cant find qualified candidates. Also companies: ❌ MBA ❌ Overqualified ❌ Wrong checkbox This is why roles stay open for [--] months. And you wonder why people hate HR"
X Link 2026-01-27T14:21Z 38.4K followers, 15.9K engagements

"Samsungs stock has more than doubled over the past six months BUT Workforces dont recover on optimism. Valuation multiples have expanded. Revenue growth has returned to high-single-digit territory. The market has clearly decided that AI demand will lift memory pricing and that Samsungs scale will once again work in its favor. From a tape-reading perspective this is a classic recovery trade. Workforce wise. there is something more going on. 👇 Link below https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2016213252091609118 https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2016213252091609118"
X Link 2026-01-27T18:14Z 38.6K followers, [----] engagements

"LINK: Samsung workforce - do they believe https://www.insideredgereport.com/p/the-one-metric-wall-street-is-missing https://www.insideredgereport.com/p/the-one-metric-wall-street-is-missing"
X Link 2026-01-27T18:16Z 38.4K followers, [----] engagements

"The hiring process is illegal or marketing is fiction. 👇👇👇 AI you can trust. Thats how Eightfold AI is marketing itself today. (email screenshot of what I got below) The most recent explosive lawsuit featuring Workers vs AI describes Eightfold's system as it: lurks in the background of job applications and scores applicants from [--] to [--]. Lower-ranked candidates are discarded before a human being ever looks at their application. Applicants have no meaningful opportunity to review or dispute the report. The complaint is explicit: There is no AI-exemption to these laws. Hidden system. Unseen"
X Link 2026-01-27T18:47Z 38.4K followers, [----] engagements

"Damn yall. Amazon sent a layoff email. Then recalled it. Subject line: Project Dawn. The message referenced organizational changes acknowledged the toll on employees and notably implied that some people had already been informed of their outcome. There was no announcement. Then the email disappeared. Amazon wont explain what Project Dawn is. But inside the company this wasnt a shock at all. In October [----] Amazon cut [-----] white-collar roles toward a stated [-----] reduction target. Roughly half remains unresolved. At the time the cuts were linked to AI. Later Andy Jassy told analysts it wasnt"
X Link 2026-01-28T06:08Z 38.5K followers, 88K engagements

"Amazon did it again. 16K layoffs"
X Link 2026-01-28T14:56Z 40.9K followers, 58K engagements

"SK hynix opening a US arm Very interesting indeed. How long until they join the circle"
X Link 2026-01-28T17:49Z 40.9K followers, [----] engagements

"Damn yall [--] Thank you for your support"
X Link 2026-01-28T18:43Z 38.5K followers, [----] engagements

"WOW. Just Wow There must be a slightly different push- the amount of engineers they have just recently taken on in Nov/Dec [----] does not fit this new layoff status. What do we know I need to look into them more. *DUTCH CHIP GIANT ASML PLANS ABOUT [----] JOB CUTS IN THE NETHERLANDS AND THE U.S. DESPITE RECORD ORDERS $ASML https://t.co/dLMILgeKLt *DUTCH CHIP GIANT ASML PLANS ABOUT [----] JOB CUTS IN THE NETHERLANDS AND THE U.S. DESPITE RECORD ORDERS $ASML https://t.co/dLMILgeKLt"
X Link 2026-01-28T19:26Z 38.5K followers, 13K engagements

"@mo_marathe That info I know about. I'm looking for the stuff that isn't published. :) Let's put [--] and [--] together and see what is REALLY happening :)"
X Link 2026-01-28T19:28Z 38.4K followers, [----] engagements

"I want to let you know that we're making additional organizational changes across Amazon that will impact some of our teammates. I recognize this is difficult news which is why Im sharing whats happening and why"
X Link 2026-01-28T20:39Z 40.9K followers, [---] engagements

"As I shared in October we've been working to strengthen our organization by reducing layers increasing ownership and removing bureaucracy. While many teams finalized their organizational changes in October other teams did not complete that work until now"
X Link 2026-01-28T20:39Z 40.9K followers, [---] engagements

"Amazon layoff memo: 👇🧵 1/6"
X Link 2026-01-28T20:49Z 38.5K followers, 122.2K engagements

"I want to let you know that we're making additional organizational changes across Amazon that will impact some of our teammates. I recognize this is difficult news which is why Im sharing whats happening and why. 2/6"
X Link 2026-01-28T20:49Z 40.9K followers, 27.8K engagements

"As I shared in October we've been working to strengthen our organization by reducing layers increasing ownership and removing bureaucracy. While many teams finalized their organizational changes in October other teams did not complete that work until now. 3/6"
X Link 2026-01-28T20:49Z 40.9K followers, 27.9K engagements

"Emirates is looking good. they are retrofitting about 90% of its fleet and has more than [---] aircraft on order as well as hints of further plane acquisitions. - from my May [----] post 😮 Emirates airline plans to hire [-----] additional operational staff including pilots cabin crew engineers technicians and airport personnel over the next five years. 😮 Emirates airline plans to hire [-----] additional operational staff including pilots cabin crew engineers technicians and airport personnel over the next five years"
X Link 2026-01-29T16:53Z 38.6K followers, [----] engagements

"@KentGra88631041 We are definitely in a time of big change"
X Link 2026-01-29T17:20Z 38.6K followers, [----] engagements

"This stings. Just a reminder about Amazon and their offshoring scope. Oh and they had about 10K H1Bs last year. Its smaller than offshoring but after these 30K layoffs it hurts especially as they wil still be cutting more this year. The "wow" factor is Amazon's offshore payroll seriously. Amazon also filed [----] LCAs in fiscal year [----]. Want to know why it is hard to get a job This is just [--] company. Now multiply it. https://t.co/RmFkmcMjOi The "wow" factor is Amazon's offshore payroll seriously. Amazon also filed [----] LCAs in fiscal year [----]. Want to know why it is hard to get a job This is"
X Link 2026-01-29T18:36Z 38.6K followers, 23.1K engagements

"Where are we on layoffs for Jan [----] so far Any idea @MacroEdgeRes"
X Link 2026-01-31T19:09Z 40.9K followers, 12.2K engagements

"Amazon is still going with the startup/building our business story. 🤔🤔🤔 While were making these changes well also continue hiring and investing in strategic areas and functions that are critical to our future. Were still in the early stages of building every one of our businesses and theres significant opportunity ahead. 5/6 https://t.co/pUA0zqwa0Y While were making these changes well also continue hiring and investing in strategic areas and functions that are critical to our future. Were still in the early stages of building every one of our businesses and theres significant opportunity"
X Link 2026-01-31T23:53Z 40.9K followers, 10.6K engagements

"@DavidDTawil Workforce data suggests pivot/rebrand"
X Link 2026-01-31T23:57Z 38.5K followers, [---] engagements

"McKinsey has [-----] agent employees -- that is a VERY clever intentional use of the word. I saw this take on it below in the image had a quick chuckle to myself and then decided to write this-- the fact is that labor is defined by function not payroll status. If [-----] agents: write drafts generate analyses summarize research prepare decks handle internal Q&A run diagnostics simulate scenarios then they are labor substitutes whether HR likes the word or not. Honestly. the framing in the image is classic institutional defense behavior that really just focuses on language instead of displacement"
X Link 2026-02-03T03:39Z 40.9K followers, 12.9K engagements

"@VPSocialSec Ever heard of L1 visas Im guessing not"
X Link 2026-02-05T15:52Z 40.9K followers, [----] engagements

"@TheCryptoHubX The focus is on H-1B visas. everyone forgets this when they post things like good- better in India than here. Dont forget about this L1 visa"
X Link 2026-02-05T16:15Z 40.9K followers, [---] engagements

"@fedpsych Read my latest post"
X Link 2026-02-05T16:15Z 40.9K followers, [----] engagements

"@Bantering_Less @CyberDivergent @USCIS In [----] USCIS reported a 68% approval rate for L-1A petitions"
X Link 2026-02-05T16:58Z 40.9K followers, [--] engagements

"That's a pretty gnarly looking gap. Saudi Aramco is in a league of its own. Heres how the top [--] stack up: $2222.SR (Saudi Aramco): $1.648T $XOM (ExxonMobil): $493.62B $CVX (Chevron): $279.44B $SHEL (Shell): $210.03B $PTR (PetroChina): $196.17B $TTE (TotalEnergies): $139.20B $COP (ConocoPhillips): $126.42B $0883.HK (CNOOC): $115.72B $SO (Southern Company): $99.3B $TAQA.AE (TAQA): $95.82B https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1932576537444036933 https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1932576537444036933"
X Link 2025-06-10T23:12Z 41K followers, [----] engagements

"You survived the layoffs. Now youre doing [--] peoples jobs. Congrats"
X Link 2025-08-19T18:37Z 41K followers, 43.8K engagements

"Ask the question. what bank is taking $CVNAs risk With all the short $CVNA outlooks flying around lets talk workforce. Carvana has over 1700+ open roles. and Im not talking tech bloat. These are logistics ops and throughput hires. Real roles tied to capacity. Hiring has been steady and increasing most of the year. With all the short $CVNA outlooks flying around lets talk workforce. Carvana has over 1700+ open roles. and Im not talking tech bloat. These are logistics ops and throughput hires. Real roles tied to capacity. Hiring has been steady and increasing most of the year"
X Link 2025-10-31T20:33Z 41K followers, [----] engagements

"YIKES. Great visual of the layoff situation. The one thing most are missing is that after GFC there were real jobs - not the low level amounts filled with ghost jobs we see today. We also didnt have AI taking jobs like we do today. Companies were flat out not restructuring the same way back then as they are now. We also didnt have the same issues with H1B/OPT/F1/L1 visas as we do now not to the same extent - especially in how it affects college grads. And dont get me started on how big outsourcing and offshoring is today in comparison. We are similar to 2008/2009 but this is not the same."
X Link 2025-11-07T17:43Z 41K followers, 204.8K engagements

"@DavidDTawil [--] of those in particular are on my layoff watch list. Ill take a look at the others"
X Link 2026-01-26T17:25Z 41K followers, [----] engagements

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