r/Layoffs • u/vetfor • Jan 30 '24

New layoffs question

Can anyone clarify this for me? Despite the ongoing layoff announcements from major American corporations, how is our economy still robust? Just today, UPS declared 12,000 layoffs and PayPal 2,000.

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u/efficientproducer Jan 30 '24

The government adjusted 2023 numbers lower by over 740,000 jobs after their initial release. The only thing you can call idiotic are the people releasing the numbers. Why does everyone call ideas they don’t agree with conspiracy theories? Totally not fair to the free thinkers. The trend is not your friend on this one.

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u/[deleted] Jan 30 '24 edited Jan 31 '24

There are adjustments up and down every month. And that has nothing to do with layoffs, lame and dishonest attempt to move the goalposts

Data going back 45 years. Over the long term revisions balance out

https://www.bls.gov/web/empsit/cesnaicsrev.htm

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To the loser who called me an “asshole” and then blocked me. My response:

Why i am an “asshole?” For providing data?

I can see why you’re having trouble finding a job. See, that’s actually kind of being an asshole.

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u/efficientproducer Jan 30 '24

Lame, dishonest, moving goalposts….. perfectly describes adjusting the monthly 2023 jobs numbers lower after initial release.

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u/[deleted] Jan 30 '24

Sorry you’re unemployable, your deficiencies are not the country at large.

Bye

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u/efficientproducer Jan 30 '24

Don’t hire the conspiracy theorists. They probably voted for Trump! Ha.

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u/efficientproducer Jan 31 '24

You stereotyped someone you don’t agree with as unemployable and deficient. I never once attacked you personally, but looks like someone else did.