1. Despidos Masivos en 2025.
El año 2025 ha sido testigo de un número récord de despidos en Estados Unidos, superando significativamente los niveles del año anterior y marcando un período de gran incertidumbre económica.
- Layoff announcements top 1.1 million in 2025, the highest since 2020.
- Announced job cuts leapt to 1.17 million in 2025, the largest total since the pandemic year of 2020.
- Employers have announced 1.1 million job cuts so far this year, the highest reading since the pandemic.
2. Paralelismos con la Pandemia de 2020.
La magnitud de las pérdidas de empleo en 2025 se compara constantemente con el impacto económico inicial de la pandemia de COVID-19 en 2020, un período de disrupción sin precedentes.
- Layoffs in the us have climbed to their highest level since the pandemic slammed the economy in 2020.
- Pandemic level job losses. And theres isnt even a pandemic! for now.
- What happened in 2020? hmm, let me think. Oh yeah, thats right, a once-in-a-century pandemic, and so our jobs numbers are now the weakest since that period.
3. La "Economía de Trump" y sus Consecuencias.
Numerosos comentarios en el archivo atribuyen la actual desaceleración económica y el aumento de los despidos directamente a las políticas y la gestión de la administración Trump, incluyendo aranceles y recortes gubernamentales.
- The trump recession is under way and gaining momentum.
- This is trumps economy. There are more americans out of work than there are jobs open for the first time since april 2021, in middle of pandemic.
- Trumps reckless policies are killing jobs, increasing inflation, and driving wage growth down.
4. Indicadores de un Mercado Laboral Deteriorado.
Más allá de los despidos, el mercado laboral muestra signos de debilidad generalizada, con un aumento en la tasa de desempleo, una desaceleración en la contratación y un incremento en el desempleo de larga duración.
- In august, the unemployment rate rose to the highest level since 2021.
- Long-term unemployment at post-pandemic high, straining workers and economy.
- Hiring continues to lag, hitting its lowest point in 15 years.
5. Otros Factores Contribuyentes a la Pérdida de Empleo.
Además de las políticas económicas, se mencionan otros factores como la inteligencia artificial (IA) y la reestructuración corporativa como causas de los recortes de empleo.
- Many corporations binged on labor during the pandemic. Now, facing economic uncertainty and threats from ai, they are slimming down.
- Per ai, over 1.1 million americans lost their jobs due to employer cuts in 2025 through november, the highest since the pandemic, with major losses in tech, retail, and government, driven by economic shifts tariffs and ai.
- The biggest culprit was one particular employer the federal govt .plans to axe 216,215 jobs, accounting for nearly 80 of the 275,240 layoffs announcements made by us employers in march3rd-highest.