If the economy is so great, why all the lay-offs?

[Gunfighter14e2]

Many big companies are laying off. I remember back in the mid 80s seeing many reports, 340K new private sector jobs had to be added each quarter to just keep up with those entering the work force. The elephant behind door # 3 is now outing its self. The national debt, funded & unfunded, is again pushing for war.

US oil giant fires a quarter of its staff as jobs bloodbath spreads

The oil company is set to layoff up to 25 percent of its workforce in an extravagant cost-cutting drive.

www.dailymail.co.uk

ConocoPhillips latest oil giant to announce mass layoffs | The National

US oil producer says it will lay off up to 25% of its workforce

www.thenationalnews.com

 

[Edsel]

Not even bothering to check the reliability of this figure.

Our GDP is an "empty" GDP.

The high - dollar documentation your lawyers and physicians perform on your behalf?

The supposed value your savings accrue through various money magicks in the financial ether despite being nothing more than a fiat currency?

GDP.

Doesn't matter if it doesn't translate into anything tangible in the real world.

 

[mtwarych]

I can't imagine all the layoffs are due to the stupid DEI crap that was pushed so hard.

I wonder if businesses are getting rid of their dead weight while the getting is good.

It makes sense to trim the fat when the employer has a little better chance not to be sued for illegal termination.

I have heard but can't confirm that over 300,000 queens have been removed from the workforce due to the shuttering of so many DEI programs in the United States.

I did vote for this.

 

[lonegunman762x51]

96% of America is at work, fuck off already.

350,000,000 people live here. Job market list 45,000 jobs. Ohhhhhhhh nooooooooo a .00013% change!!!!!!!!!!! Whatever will we do.

 

[Bacarrat]

Layoffs is pretty normal in corporate jobs. Doesn't matter if the economy is going well or not. Most companies run too fat to begin with.

 

[W54/XM-388]

The real economy was crashing under Xiden, and as much as all the Red Hat folks want to disagree, Trump has actually made things a lot worse by his insanity when it comes to international trade (which a LOT of the USA depends on).

Everywhere you go, folks talk about business being tough and hard and money being tight and inflation kicking them into the gutter.
Spending on non-essentials is in a nosedive
Even gun stores are seeing the worst sales in years.

The politicians are lying to us and so is the news.

The actual economy in this country is in really bad shape and I think barring some kind of miracle, it's going to have a hard crash that nobody can hide.

The problem is of course, the best way to distract folks from that would be to start a new big war so they can get all jingoistic about the glories of war and forget the same politicians have ruined their lives and the lives of their kids.

 

[tightInThePants]

96% of America is at work, fuck off already.

350,000,000 people live here. Job market list 45,000 jobs. Ohhhhhhhh nooooooooo a .00013% change!!!!!!!!!!! Whatever will we do.

Are that many actually working?

Civilian labor force participation rate

www.bls.gov

 

[Edsel]

https://edition.cnn.com/2025/09/05/business/trump-jobs-report-data

CNN, I know...

...but he did fire that official for citing data he didn't like.

 

[hollowoutadime]

Oil's at $61 and will stay there for the foreseeable future, good for the economy unless you're an oil worker. Tariffs, well how many cars did we export to India, very few because they tariff our auto industry. So there you go. Under democrat admins, gun and ammo sales usually go through the roof, I'd imaging many are like me with a pile of AR's, so not really in the market, have more ammo than I'll ever shoot, so there's that. (other than full auto .45acp, that I continuously buy)

 

[The D]

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Not even bothering to check the reliability of this figure.

Our GDP is an "empty" GDP.

The high - dollar documentation your lawyers and physicians perform on your behalf?

The supposed value your savings accrue through various money magicks in the financial ether despite being nothing more than a fiat currency?

GDP.

Doesn't matter if it doesn't translate into anything tangible in the real world.

GDP also includes government spending, which is utter nonsense

 

[Edsel]

…government spending…

And boy - do we spend, spend, spend!…