Weekly, What recent changes are going on at your work / local businesses?

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Stormy8888@reddit

West Coast. Volunteer at a Food Pantry. Things have not been great since the new administration.

Cuts to USDA Funding - Farmers not getting paid = no food going to Food Bank = no food for food pantries. Our state sued, some funding came back, some gone for good. Reduction in food received 70%. Less food for clients.
Some desperate clients ask why we can't get private donations to fill the gap? Well it's triple digit millions (over $100M) for that time frame. What kind of private donors have that kind of $$? Right ...

Note: Client profile - Approximately 30% seniors on fixed income, 70% working families (minimum wage or just above). Most clients use their $$ to pay rent to avoid being homeless, then visit various food pantries in the area to "get by."

Reaction to Big Beautiful Bill - Food Bank sent a letter outlining the proposed SNAP cuts (up to $1.2B in 2 years). This will impact over a million people in our area. And Medicaid Cuts - this is going to devastate the rural community (upcoming Hospital closures) which is already struggling since the DOGE USDA Cuts took away a big chunk of their income from selling fruits and vegetables to schools, which have stopped providing that "free healthy food" to students.

Expecting clients to get more desperate as supplies dwindle. Hard times ahead.

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hollymbk@reddit

I volunteer with a food bank (NY) and they are really struggling because the large companies that usually donate a lot are holding onto their stock now instead, due to tariffs and uncertainty.

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Successful-Memory839@reddit

One of the big four banks has just announced a mandatory return to the office, it's redundancies without having to pay them.
The largest gaming and wagering operator in Australia is experiencing a 15% decrease in gaming revenue in an already poor economy, this is unprecedented, poker machines in Australia during an econmoic downturn are basically a license to print money.
Delayed supply chains, skipped shipments, our vendors have moved from a 28 day rotation out to 55 days
Withdrawl or reduction of credit terms from wholesalers. 30 days has become 14, 14 has become cash on invoice
Restaurant closures, major ones, weekly.
Leases on long established businesses not being renewed
Range reduction

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throwawayt44c@reddit

Maybe the gamblers got better at it?

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Oralprecision@reddit

They’re just gambling on their phones - everywhere I go people are playing that stupid buffalo game.

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Oralprecision@reddit

I’m a rural dentist that works at two separate hospitals about 200 miles apart - both hospitals (different systems different distributors) are completely out of XL gloves.

Called 2 big distributors to grab some - they are out of stock with no ETA.

Going to harbor freight at lunch to buy a couple boxes

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Planeandaquariumgeek@reddit

My mom runs local businesses (3 laundromats 2 car washes a gas station and a appliance repair business which is my passion project) and we had to raise prices to pay for stuff as parts and stock is becoming hard to get. My mom also works as head of a organ transplant unit and they’re struggling to get parts for equipment. They’re also having patients cancel in fear of ICE ambushes.

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stemcore@reddit

Patients canceling on an organ transplant unit is such an awful thing to read

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Planeandaquariumgeek@reddit

Yea

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CarlosDangerWasHere@reddit

I'm still trying to process this

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Planeandaquariumgeek@reddit

Umm, thought it was kinda clear but ok… basically we had to raise prices and are struggling to get stock/parts

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AgileBet409@reddit

Any specific parts? We need to do some home repairs and I’m curious what you’re noticing isn’t coming in.

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Planeandaquariumgeek@reddit

If you’re taking home repairs I can def say appliance parts are not doing great especially if they’re from China, but even from other countries it’s still a bit slow. I can’t really say past that considering that’s what I do.

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splat-y-chila@reddit

I live in an area that's obsessed with having the perfectly manicured grass lawn. Several of the surrounding HOA neighborhoods have foot tall seed stalks, everything went to bloom grass that hasn't been mowed yet this year and our last frost date was early April. I've never seen it like this before in my 5 years here. I'm guessing it's one of people don't want to spend the money, are having a hard time finding a good priced contract, or maybe the folks usually staffing yard maintenance companies might have got run off.

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The_Dirty_Carl@reddit

Could just be "no mow May" catching on.

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nw342@reddit

That would be cool to see catch on. I'm about 2 years away from having a fully no mow lawn.

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The_Dirty_Carl@reddit

Very exciting! That's my goal too, though I'm further away. My first patch of natives is sprouting right now.

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SquirrelyMcNutz@reddit

Unfortunately, I HAVE to mow, and mow often. If I don't, the mosquitos just get outta fucking control, to the point where I'm in danger of being carried off into the sky. On the upside though, the birbs just love it and a flock of swallows follows me around. It also helps keep the tick population down a bit.

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Persistent_Chicken@reddit

A few Acmes near me have installed anti-theft gates where you have to scan your receipt to exit. In a pretty nice area too.

I work at a rehab serving primarily folks on Medicaid. I've seen a handful of denials, which in the time I've been there, I haven't seen before because we're a relatively "cheap" level of care.

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Sciencemonkey7@reddit

I was at CVS the other day checking on a prescription fill, and I was essentially told that currently if they’re not able to restock it within a few days of the fill order they’re not sure when the restock will come in. This was for a relatively common prescription medication that I haven’t had any refill issues for in the past.

Relatedly, I’m in a major urban area on the East Coast, and I’m starting to see some hints of shortages at the grocery store - boxes pushed to the front to hide how empty the shelves are behind, struggle finding some produce items, and produce seems to be lasting not as long or is lower quality than in the past.

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Whole-Signature-4306@reddit

Switch to costPlusdrugs online pharmacy it’s way better than going in person

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Intrepid_Advice4411@reddit

I wish. My insurance only works at Walgreens and that's common for a lot of the major insurance carriers.

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CrazyQuiltCat@reddit

Check the prices without your insurance. It’s crazy how affordable all but one of mine is that way. Also it’s better to 90 day supply if you can get your dr to write the extra that way.

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BelAirBabs@reddit

Very true. Cost Plus without using insurance is sometimes cheaper than a chain pharmacy’s copay with using. Insurance. Worth checking.

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Intrepid_Advice4411@reddit

I'll check prices. Thanks for the tip!

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Whole-Signature-4306@reddit

Just try it bro

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Impossible_Range6953@reddit

My favorite sports gel has been showing as out of stock for last two months. It is likely the delayed supply chain impact of tariff threats.

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throwawayt44c@reddit

How can you be expected to sports?

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SquirrelyMcNutz@reddit

The boxes to the front thing is, if I remember right from my very short stint in retail, called 'facing'. I remember having to do that shit all the time. It wasn't a matter of hiding empty spots, but rather making it so the customer could actually see the items and not have to reach all the way to the back by bringing them to the front of the display.

Now, it might be that that activity dropped off and is now coming back into vogue. I dunno there.

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Sciencemonkey7@reddit

Yeah, my grocery store is always pretty diligent about facing, I guess to be more specific what I noticed was that I’d walk past some aisles and from that angle see that whole shelves were only one or two items deep

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Intrepid_Advice4411@reddit

Experiencing this as well. It can get filled, but it takes 1-2 days. I'm talking antibiotics, steroids, common depression meds. Rare to get anything same day. Metro Detroit.

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RosetteSpoonbill@reddit

This site is one of my barometers: https://www.dailyjobcuts.com/

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MindFluffy5906@reddit

That was a very interesting rabbit hole to go down. Great find.

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RosetteSpoonbill@reddit

The site has been around for a number of years and I have followed it since the 2009 recession at least.

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totpot@reddit

A fortune 200 company sent out notices to their customers that prices are going up 10% due to tariffs. They then turned around and told their suppliers to eat the tariffs (this company does nothing but redistribute the manufactured products).
So yeah, they're using the tariffs as an opportunity to gouge you.

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nw342@reddit

Sounds about right considering we're "still having supply chain issues from covid 19"

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dewdropcat@reddit

My pharmacy (Rite Aid) is going to be closing all of its stores eventually. I live right near one so I was getting my meds there. Hoping another pharmacy moves in so I can keep going there.

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Present_Figure_4786@reddit

Same for us,the only pharmacy in 10 miles, and then it's Walgreens and they are on shaky ground.

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robbmann297@reddit

I thought Walgreens bought all of them

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tofubutgood@reddit

A Walgreens down the street from me closed its pharmacy last week

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LupusDeiAngelica@reddit

PNW: Multiple large hospital systems talking about layoffs. During Town Halls openly discussing the high likelihood of up to 100 large hospital systems nationwide having to close and hundreds of rural systems having to close or mothball.

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Unique-Sock3366@reddit

We’re getting worried as our hospital system has merged with another large system recently. It’s our third merger in less than five years. We’re seeing a serious shift in focus towards “increasing productivity” and are experiencing many changes.

Several of our leaders were talking openly today about staff members who are searching for new positions or have announced their resignations. It’s sounding like we’ll weather attrition for a while instead of rushing to replace people.

We did receive our yearly bonus for meeting our financial goals, though! 1% of my salary directly deposited into my retirement account, which is doing well. I didn’t think we would be receiving these this year, so it was a pleasant and welcome surprise.

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LassenDiscard@reddit

The small, rural California town I live in is building a new, very expensive ($83 million+) hospital that's going to be heavily reliant on federal Medicare & state Medical reimbursements for annual revenue once it's up and running. I believe they account for something like 70-85% of the healthcare district's patient revenue on average (sometimes even higher). There's property taxes, donations, and investment revenue ... but this hospital is heavily reliant upon Medicare and MediCal, especially in an area where 50%+ of the local residents are over the age of 60.

The construction is being paid for by a mishmash of a local bond, federal loans, donations (they're holding constant fundraisers), and grants. The district's going to be paying this debt back for a generation ... with a dying-off revenue base, drastic federal cuts coming, and a spike in construction & operating costs thanks to inflation (I have no idea what's going to happen once they start laying steel & running wire, since the original bid has to be completely obsolete materials cost-wise).

I don't see this ending well, which is why I voted against the entire project a few years back.

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OB71@reddit

Tariffs have a majority of our customers hesitant to go through with building projects. Went from a backlog of work into next year to being on a strict budget and trying to drum up work to keep us going until the customers decide to greenlight their plans. A good lesson in diversifying your income streams though..

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jacobat2016@reddit

I recently attended an international research conference within the US. A good number of researchers decided to skip the conference due to fears of detainment. I cannot give an accurate number, just a rough estimate for how many didn't make it. 5 out of 24 presenters in my group did not show up, four of the five were international travelers. In a coworkers session, 2 of the 7 speakers did not come. In another coworkers presentation, 7 out of 28 did not make it. The committee assembly also discussed relocating our future meetings outside of the US for the first time.

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iridescent-shimmer@reddit

This tracks. Even my Canadian colleagues living in the US were told not to travel internationally by our corporate lawyers.

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gentleoutson@reddit

Coming up on end of fiscal year for hospitals. A lot of spending going on to finish projects before funds run out on some public health systems. Don’t know if that’s significant but it can pressure people and mistakes can be made as we’ve seen in recent months from Oracle/Cerner.

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MsCalendarsPlayaArt@reddit

What kind of projects?

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AgileBet409@reddit

Unsure of all hospitals but it can be anything from construction projects to maintenance or extensions, etc. At least at our hospital. Major push to schedule jobs to have more of a budget to work with next year, from how I understand it. I am just a lackey though, lok

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