Equity markets, it appears, have stopped rewarding companies making job cuts, even if their stated justifications are benign, and are punishing share prices regardless.

The U.S. labor market is ending 2025 on a sour note. While companies didn’t resort to full-scale layoffs, many did trim head count, especially later in the year. Many also stopped hiring. Fewer ...

Dec 14, 2025 · In 2025, more than 1.1 million Americans were laid off from their jobs, the most since the COVID pandemic, even as corporate profits remain high. Business experts discuss the reasons why …

Nov 2, 2025 · The practice of ‘labor hoarding’—holding on to employees for fear of not being able to get them back later—has reached its end

Dec 19, 2025 · The following is a list of major layoffs, job cuts, and hiring freezes announced by leading companies in 2025. Subscribe to Intellizence to get complete data on layoffs, downsizing, job cuts, …

Sep 4, 2025 · Wall Street keeps rewarding companies that adopt AI while trimming, automating, and streamlining. Meanwhile, for workers, the era of record profits feels more like an era of record precarity.

4 days ago · After years of cautious language, major tech firms in 2025 began openly linking workforce reductions to artificial intelligence, marking a shift in how job losses are explained and understood. In …