Layoffs in January were the highest to start a year since 2009, Challenger says

[Zincwarrior]

What it says on the tin. Layoffs in January are at the highest level since 2009. Layoffs are up 205% from December 2025.



Layoffs in January were the highest to start a year since 2009, Challenger says

Layoffs in January were the highest to start a year since 2009, Challenger says

With the recent narrative centering on a no-hire, no-fire labor market, the data suggests that the layoff part of the equation could be stepping up.

www.cnbc.com

Key Points

U.S. employers announced 108,435 layoffs for the month, up 118% from the same period a year ago and 205% from December 2025. The total marked the highest for any January since 2009.

At the same time, companies announced just 5,306 new hires, also the lowest January since 2009, which is when Challenger, Gray & Christmas began tracking such data.

Layoff plans hit their highest January total since the global financial crisis while hiring intentions reached their lowest since the same period, outplacement firm Challenger, Gray & Christmas reported Thursday.

U.S. employers announced 108,435 layoffs for the month, up 118% from the same period a year ago and 205% from December 2025. The total marked the highest for any January since 2009, while the economy was in the final months of its steepest downturn since the Great Depression.

At the same time, companies announced just 5,306 new hires, also the lowest January since 2009, which is when Challenger began tracking such data. The crisis recession officially ended in March 2009.

With the recent narrative centering on a no-hire no-fire labor market, the Challenger data suggests that the layoff part of the equation could be stepping up.

“Generally, we see a high number of job cuts in the first quarter, but this is a high total for January,” said Andy Challenger, workplace expert and chief revenue officer for the firm. “It means most of these plans were set at the end of 2025, signaling employers are less-than-optimistic about the outlook for 2026.”

To be sure, if employers are stepping up plans to furlough workers, it isn’t showing up in official government data.

Initial jobless claims for the week ended Jan. 24 totaled just 209,000, with the longer-term trend running near its lowest level in two years.

However, some high-profile layoff announcements have countered that trend. Amazon, UPS and Dow Inc. recently have announced sizeable job cuts. Indeed, transportation had the highest level from a sector standpoint in January, due largely to plans from UPS to cut more than 30,000 workers. Technology was second on the back of Amazon’s announcement to shed 16,000 mostly corporate-level jobs.

Planned hiring dropped 13% from January 2025 and was off 49% from December.

 

[EMH]

The good news is that some of those are government layoffs, and we need more of that.

 

[1srelluc]

LOL....I wonder if the WaPo firings were under the Amazon banner.

 

[sealybobo]

What it says on the tin. Layoffs in January are at the highest level since 2009. Layoffs are up 205% from December 2025.



Layoffs in January were the highest to start a year since 2009, Challenger says

Layoffs in January were the highest to start a year since 2009, Challenger says

With the recent narrative centering on a no-hire, no-fire labor market, the data suggests that the layoff part of the equation could be stepping up.

www.cnbc.com

Key Points

U.S. employers announced 108,435 layoffs for the month, up 118% from the same period a year ago and 205% from December 2025. The total marked the highest for any January since 2009.

At the same time, companies announced just 5,306 new hires, also the lowest January since 2009, which is when Challenger, Gray & Christmas began tracking such data.

Layoff plans hit their highest January total since the global financial crisis while hiring intentions reached their lowest since the same period, outplacement firm Challenger, Gray & Christmas reported Thursday.

U.S. employers announced 108,435 layoffs for the month, up 118% from the same period a year ago and 205% from December 2025. The total marked the highest for any January since 2009, while the economy was in the final months of its steepest downturn since the Great Depression.

At the same time, companies announced just 5,306 new hires, also the lowest January since 2009, which is when Challenger began tracking such data. The crisis recession officially ended in March 2009.

With the recent narrative centering on a no-hire no-fire labor market, the Challenger data suggests that the layoff part of the equation could be stepping up.

“Generally, we see a high number of job cuts in the first quarter, but this is a high total for January,” said Andy Challenger, workplace expert and chief revenue officer for the firm. “It means most of these plans were set at the end of 2025, signaling employers are less-than-optimistic about the outlook for 2026.”

To be sure, if employers are stepping up plans to furlough workers, it isn’t showing up in official government data.

Initial jobless claims for the week ended Jan. 24 totaled just 209,000, with the longer-term trend running near its lowest level in two years.

However, some high-profile layoff announcements have countered that trend. Amazon, UPS and Dow Inc. recently have announced sizeable job cuts. Indeed, transportation had the highest level from a sector standpoint in January, due largely to plans from UPS to cut more than 30,000 workers. Technology was second on the back of Amazon’s announcement to shed 16,000 mostly corporate-level jobs.

Planned hiring dropped 13% from January 2025 and was off 49% from December.

Clinton was right. Since the end of the cold war Democratic presidents have added 50 million jobs to the economy and Republicans are now at negative number. When Clinton said it they were 1 million. Trump has lost a lot of jobs and not just government jobs.

300 at WAPO alone the other day. 300 journalists. Bezos owns that news? The rich have been taking over the media since Clinton deregulated the media in 1996.

The Telecommunications Act of 1996, signed by President Clinton, was the first major overhaul of telecommunications law in over 60 years, aiming to promote competition by deregulating broadcast and telephone markets. It significantly eased ownership restrictions, allowing massive media consolidation, reducing local content, and encouraging cross-ownership of TV, radio, and cable.

 

[mudwhistle]

What it says on the tin. Layoffs in January are at the highest level since 2009. Layoffs are up 205% from December 2025.



Layoffs in January were the highest to start a year since 2009, Challenger says

Layoffs in January were the highest to start a year since 2009, Challenger says

With the recent narrative centering on a no-hire, no-fire labor market, the data suggests that the layoff part of the equation could be stepping up.

www.cnbc.com

Key Points

U.S. employers announced 108,435 layoffs for the month, up 118% from the same period a year ago and 205% from December 2025. The total marked the highest for any January since 2009.

At the same time, companies announced just 5,306 new hires, also the lowest January since 2009, which is when Challenger, Gray & Christmas began tracking such data.

Layoff plans hit their highest January total since the global financial crisis while hiring intentions reached their lowest since the same period, outplacement firm Challenger, Gray & Christmas reported Thursday.

U.S. employers announced 108,435 layoffs for the month, up 118% from the same period a year ago and 205% from December 2025. The total marked the highest for any January since 2009, while the economy was in the final months of its steepest downturn since the Great Depression.

At the same time, companies announced just 5,306 new hires, also the lowest January since 2009, which is when Challenger began tracking such data. The crisis recession officially ended in March 2009.

With the recent narrative centering on a no-hire no-fire labor market, the Challenger data suggests that the layoff part of the equation could be stepping up.

“Generally, we see a high number of job cuts in the first quarter, but this is a high total for January,” said Andy Challenger, workplace expert and chief revenue officer for the firm. “It means most of these plans were set at the end of 2025, signaling employers are less-than-optimistic about the outlook for 2026.”

To be sure, if employers are stepping up plans to furlough workers, it isn’t showing up in official government data.

Initial jobless claims for the week ended Jan. 24 totaled just 209,000, with the longer-term trend running near its lowest level in two years.

However, some high-profile layoff announcements have countered that trend. Amazon, UPS and Dow Inc. recently have announced sizeable job cuts. Indeed, transportation had the highest level from a sector standpoint in January, due largely to plans from UPS to cut more than 30,000 workers. Technology was second on the back of Amazon’s announcement to shed 16,000 mostly corporate-level jobs.

Planned hiring dropped 13% from January 2025 and was off 49% from December.

 

[mudwhistle]

Clinton was right. Since the end of the cold war Democratic presidents have added 50 million jobs to the economy and Republicans are now at negative number. When Clinton said it they were 1 million. Trump has lost a lot of jobs and not just government jobs.

300 at WAPO alone the other day. 300 journalists. Bezos owns that news? The rich have been taking over the media since Clinton deregulated the media in 1996.

The Telecommunications Act of 1996, signed by President Clinton, was the first major overhaul of telecommunications law in over 60 years, aiming to promote competition by deregulating broadcast and telephone markets. It significantly eased ownership restrictions, allowing massive media consolidation, reducing local content, and encouraging cross-ownership of TV, radio, and cable.

Democrats specialize in creating poverty.

FYI, you assholes caused a shutdown......and now you want to blame Trump for it's results.

But this is typical.

Democrats create a mess and then complain about anyone who rolls up their sleeves and tries to clean it up.

 

[mudwhistle]

What it says on the tin. Layoffs in January are at the highest level since 2009. Layoffs are up 205% from December 2025.



Layoffs in January were the highest to start a year since 2009, Challenger says

Layoffs in January were the highest to start a year since 2009, Challenger says

With the recent narrative centering on a no-hire, no-fire labor market, the data suggests that the layoff part of the equation could be stepping up.

www.cnbc.com

Key Points

U.S. employers announced 108,435 layoffs for the month, up 118% from the same period a year ago and 205% from December 2025. The total marked the highest for any January since 2009.

At the same time, companies announced just 5,306 new hires, also the lowest January since 2009, which is when Challenger, Gray & Christmas began tracking such data.

Layoff plans hit their highest January total since the global financial crisis while hiring intentions reached their lowest since the same period, outplacement firm Challenger, Gray & Christmas reported Thursday.

U.S. employers announced 108,435 layoffs for the month, up 118% from the same period a year ago and 205% from December 2025. The total marked the highest for any January since 2009, while the economy was in the final months of its steepest downturn since the Great Depression.

At the same time, companies announced just 5,306 new hires, also the lowest January since 2009, which is when Challenger began tracking such data. The crisis recession officially ended in March 2009.

With the recent narrative centering on a no-hire no-fire labor market, the Challenger data suggests that the layoff part of the equation could be stepping up.

“Generally, we see a high number of job cuts in the first quarter, but this is a high total for January,” said Andy Challenger, workplace expert and chief revenue officer for the firm. “It means most of these plans were set at the end of 2025, signaling employers are less-than-optimistic about the outlook for 2026.”

To be sure, if employers are stepping up plans to furlough workers, it isn’t showing up in official government data.

Initial jobless claims for the week ended Jan. 24 totaled just 209,000, with the longer-term trend running near its lowest level in two years.

However, some high-profile layoff announcements have countered that trend. Amazon, UPS and Dow Inc. recently have announced sizeable job cuts. Indeed, transportation had the highest level from a sector standpoint in January, due largely to plans from UPS to cut more than 30,000 workers. Technology was second on the back of Amazon’s announcement to shed 16,000 mostly corporate-level jobs.

Planned hiring dropped 13% from January 2025 and was off 49% from December.

 

[Zincwarrior]

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Its the ECONOMY Stupid.

https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/5723418-republicans-fear-trump-backlash-could-cost-them-senate-control/

 

[mudwhistle]

US-based employers announced 108,435 job cuts in January 2026, the highest level since October and the largest January total since 2009, compared to 33,553 cuts announced in December. “Generally, we see a high number of job cuts in Q1, but this is a high total for January. It means most of these plans were set at the end of 2025, signaling employers are less-than-optimistic about the outlook for 2026,” said Andy Challenger, chief revenue officer for Challenger, Gray & Christmas. Transportation announced the highest number (31,243), primarily due to UPS. The company announced it would cut 30K jobs after severing ties with Amazon. Technology announced 22,291 job cuts, with the bulk coming from Amazon (16K) as it restructures its layers of management. Healthcare companies and health products manufacturers announced 17,107 cuts, the most for the industry since April 2020. Meanwhile, employers announced 5,306 hiring plans, the lowest total for the month since records began in 2009.​

 

[Zincwarrior]

View attachment 1215543

The MAGA Congress cares. Trump cares. The American people care. I don't know where you live that this doesn't concern you.

 

[mudwhistle]

Its the ECONOMY Stupid.

https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/5723418-republicans-fear-trump-backlash-could-cost-them-senate-control/

No.....it's Democrats ******* with the economy, STUPID.

 

[mudwhistle]

The MAGA Congress cares. Trump cares. The American people care. I don't know where you live that this doesn't concern you.

Why don't you cry about it.

Where I live it doesn't concern me.

What concerns me is all of you nasty motherfuckers thinking you can get in the way of people going to work every morning just because you want to keep all of your rapists and murderer illegal voters in the country, who on average costs the federal government literally trillions in fraud and fraudulent benefits.

 

[Mashmont]

What it says on the tin. Layoffs in January are at the highest level since 2009. Layoffs are up 205% from December 2025.



Layoffs in January were the highest to start a year since 2009, Challenger says

Layoffs in January were the highest to start a year since 2009, Challenger says

With the recent narrative centering on a no-hire, no-fire labor market, the data suggests that the layoff part of the equation could be stepping up.

www.cnbc.com

Key Points

U.S. employers announced 108,435 layoffs for the month, up 118% from the same period a year ago and 205% from December 2025. The total marked the highest for any January since 2009.

At the same time, companies announced just 5,306 new hires, also the lowest January since 2009, which is when Challenger, Gray & Christmas began tracking such data.

Layoff plans hit their highest January total since the global financial crisis while hiring intentions reached their lowest since the same period, outplacement firm Challenger, Gray & Christmas reported Thursday.

U.S. employers announced 108,435 layoffs for the month, up 118% from the same period a year ago and 205% from December 2025. The total marked the highest for any January since 2009, while the economy was in the final months of its steepest downturn since the Great Depression.

At the same time, companies announced just 5,306 new hires, also the lowest January since 2009, which is when Challenger began tracking such data. The crisis recession officially ended in March 2009.

With the recent narrative centering on a no-hire no-fire labor market, the Challenger data suggests that the layoff part of the equation could be stepping up.

“Generally, we see a high number of job cuts in the first quarter, but this is a high total for January,” said Andy Challenger, workplace expert and chief revenue officer for the firm. “It means most of these plans were set at the end of 2025, signaling employers are less-than-optimistic about the outlook for 2026.”

To be sure, if employers are stepping up plans to furlough workers, it isn’t showing up in official government data.

Initial jobless claims for the week ended Jan. 24 totaled just 209,000, with the longer-term trend running near its lowest level in two years.

However, some high-profile layoff announcements have countered that trend. Amazon, UPS and Dow Inc. recently have announced sizeable job cuts. Indeed, transportation had the highest level from a sector standpoint in January, due largely to plans from UPS to cut more than 30,000 workers. Technology was second on the back of Amazon’s announcement to shed 16,000 mostly corporate-level jobs.

Planned hiring dropped 13% from January 2025 and was off 49% from December.

AI will require some resetting. The computer age did the same thing as did the automobile age, the electricity age, the steam engine age.

 

[Mashmont]

Its the ECONOMY Stupid.

https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/5723418-republicans-fear-trump-backlash-could-cost-them-senate-control/

DJIA will break through the 50K barrier within the next week. Now what?

 

[Hafar1014]

Clinton was right. Since the end of the cold war Democratic presidents have added 50 million jobs to the economy and Republicans are now at negative number. When Clinton said it they were 1 million. Trump has lost a lot of jobs and not just government jobs.

300 at WAPO alone the other day. 300 journalists. Bezos owns that news? The rich have been taking over the media since Clinton deregulated the media in 1996.

The Telecommunications Act of 1996, signed by President Clinton, was the first major overhaul of telecommunications law in over 60 years, aiming to promote competition by deregulating broadcast and telephone markets. It significantly eased ownership restrictions, allowing massive media consolidation, reducing local content, and encouraging cross-ownership of TV, radio, and cable.

Government jobs are liability not an asset. Democrats add government jobs based on debt money we dont have. Trumps job numbers will improve this year as manufacturing is increasing. 300000 useless government workers fired and 3 million illegals deported drives down the jobs short term

 

[dudmuck]

LOL....I wonder if the WaPo firings were under the Amazon banner.

 

[JGalt]

The good news is that some of those are government layoffs, and we need more of that.

Over 322,000 government workers since Trump was sworn in, according to AI. Then there are the more than 3 million illegal aliens who have been deported or self-deported, many of whom had jobs.

Thank you President Trump!

 

[1srelluc]

Works for me.

 

[JimH52]

What it says on the tin. Layoffs in January are at the highest level since 2009. Layoffs are up 205% from December 2025.



Layoffs in January were the highest to start a year since 2009, Challenger says

Layoffs in January were the highest to start a year since 2009, Challenger says

With the recent narrative centering on a no-hire, no-fire labor market, the data suggests that the layoff part of the equation could be stepping up.

www.cnbc.com

Key Points

U.S. employers announced 108,435 layoffs for the month, up 118% from the same period a year ago and 205% from December 2025. The total marked the highest for any January since 2009.

At the same time, companies announced just 5,306 new hires, also the lowest January since 2009, which is when Challenger, Gray & Christmas began tracking such data.

Layoff plans hit their highest January total since the global financial crisis while hiring intentions reached their lowest since the same period, outplacement firm Challenger, Gray & Christmas reported Thursday.

U.S. employers announced 108,435 layoffs for the month, up 118% from the same period a year ago and 205% from December 2025. The total marked the highest for any January since 2009, while the economy was in the final months of its steepest downturn since the Great Depression.

At the same time, companies announced just 5,306 new hires, also the lowest January since 2009, which is when Challenger began tracking such data. The crisis recession officially ended in March 2009.

With the recent narrative centering on a no-hire no-fire labor market, the Challenger data suggests that the layoff part of the equation could be stepping up.

“Generally, we see a high number of job cuts in the first quarter, but this is a high total for January,” said Andy Challenger, workplace expert and chief revenue officer for the firm. “It means most of these plans were set at the end of 2025, signaling employers are less-than-optimistic about the outlook for 2026.”

To be sure, if employers are stepping up plans to furlough workers, it isn’t showing up in official government data.

Initial jobless claims for the week ended Jan. 24 totaled just 209,000, with the longer-term trend running near its lowest level in two years.

However, some high-profile layoff announcements have countered that trend. Amazon, UPS and Dow Inc. recently have announced sizeable job cuts. Indeed, transportation had the highest level from a sector standpoint in January, due largely to plans from UPS to cut more than 30,000 workers. Technology was second on the back of Amazon’s announcement to shed 16,000 mostly corporate-level jobs.

Planned hiring dropped 13% from January 2025 and was off 49% from December.

But trump will shout that his economy is roaring….like the Lying Felon always does.

 

[Zincwarrior]

Where I live it doesn't concern me.

What country do you live in? It must not be the US.