Weekly, What recent changes are going on at your work / local businesses?
Posted by AntiSonOfBitchamajig@reddit | PrepperIntel | View on Reddit | 105 comments
This could be, but not limited to:
- Local business observations.
- Shortages / Surpluses.
- Work slow downs / much overtime.
- Order cancellations / massive orders.
- Economic Rumors within your industry.
- Layoffs and hiring.
- New tools / expansion.
- Wage issues / working conditions.
- Boss changing work strategy.
- Quality changes.
- New rules.
- Personal view of how you see your job in the near future.
- Bonus points if you have some proof or news, we like that around here.
- News from close friends about their work.
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AgileBet409@reddit
NICU Tech, PNW.
Management is cracking down on time punches. I edited my time card and corrected a punch out that I missed last weekend, and it automatically alerted the manager. Said manager is out on FMLA, and my time card doesn’t appear to need a manger’s approval, but I wouldn’t be surprised if this was a penny pinching technique from our hospital. Lactation and other consultants/educators are getting transitioned back to bedside nursing, which will have a trickle down effect of less resources available. More things are disappearing from people’s bags, someone even got arrested for stealing a credit card. Let this be a reminder to everyone to keep an eye on your finances right now, and lock down whatever you need to; physically or otherwise. This is a smaller thing, but still strange. More people are pulling away from workplace friendships, you can tell some nurses who’ve been long time friends are still friendly. But a lot of my coworkers are very surface level with each other, which wasn’t the case beforehand. I don’t know if it’s from subtle management interference, or just a change in work culture. I’m very private at work, so I don’t mind.
From my mom, who works in an office environment: a few of her coworkers are into very non toxic, “crunchy” style living. While they’ve been tolerable of other people’s diets, lately they’ve been shaming and making comments on people’s food, which has made her work environment more tense. I’m curious if anyone else has noticed a rise in this type of lifestyle?
iridescent-shimmer@reddit
Ugh my workplace was so weird about fad diets until a lot of the older women either retired or left the company tbh. I like to think the younger women have pushed back on it a lot.
glassminerva@reddit
It’s always the older women at my work, too.
Equivalent-Buyer-841@reddit
Yea. People have so little control over their lives fad diets are what is left. Someone tried that on me. I told them I was on the 1950s diet - gin, cigarettes, and red meat with a side order of jello.
Even_Juice2353@reddit
I work for the state in nc. Budget cuts and people being harassed till they quit. Because of our job designation we are essential for operations and can't be fired without due cause. We are getting the doge treatment.
PurpleCableNetworker@reddit
California, Central Valley area.
Been seeing issues with quality of fresh foods at grocery stores. Used to be able to buy fresh produce and it last 7-10 days in the fridge. The last month we can’t get fresh to last more than 3-4 days without some kind of major issue. Cilantro wilts within a day. Squash/Zucchini start getting soft around 2 days. Floppy at 4. Celery goes soft after about 2-3 days, floppy by 4-5.
All of these used to stay crisp and fresh in our fridge for a solid week. Not sure if it’s a store issue, supply chain issue, or even just overstock and trying to get rid of the old stuff before setting out the new stuff and I just get a bad draw.
Funny-Ad5178@reddit
Same here, it's gonna get to be a problem at work soon. I work in high end catering, we should be able to get strawberries that aren't moldy and shaped like hentai monsters, but here we are. Lots of squishy, pale tomatoes, bland carrots, and rotten potatoes.
That being said, it could be an issue with your fridge. You might consider putting a thermometer in your produce drawer overnight to see what it's actually holding at. Consumer home appliances typically have shitty thermometers.
PurpleCableNetworker@reddit
You are correct - I can’t rule out the possibility of my fridge’s cooling or the seal around the door. I’ll need to investigate to be sure.
joaoseph@reddit
I own and operate a landscaping company in a very wealthy area of metro Detroit which is usually pretty recession proof but now I feel like the bottom is falling out. I’m fast finishing what work I have with nothing new coming in. This is usually a pretty busy time. I’m worried. My cousin who is an electrician in Colorado said the same…
Mysterious_Message_3@reddit
Boat factory worker here again. We are going to experience a 2nd lay off at my plant in less than 3 months. This is the 4 reduction of workers in less than a year. This next lay off will be a reduction of 22% of the workforce plant wide. The main reason was a 26% loss of operating profit from last year. This was compared from Q1-Q-2 last year to this year with them expecting it to be even worse in Q-3 and Q-4. The main excuse being procurement of material and cost. They explicitly stated that the tariffs were the leading cause to this. We will now be building 21 boats a day which we haven’t done in about 10 years. At one point we were building 37 boats a day. It’s catastrophic. I have not remained silent to my fellow coworkers that trump has absolutely fucked us and the looks on their faces is a mixture of shock and disbelief. Some of them truly believed he was going to bring in “a new golden age of America”. Hell, when he won the election the bosses even said “ trump won the election so expect us to keep our jobs and sell a shit load of boats”. How wrong they were. I thought I would be more smug, being able to tell everyone I work with “I fucking told you this was going to screw us over” but instead I’m heart broken. So many of these people I have worked with for years, with families and struggling to get by, will now be unemployed. I feel sick to my stomach and my drinking problem has started to get out of hand.
FormerNeighborhood80@reddit
Take a break from all this somehow. Watch old movies with your family or friends. Go to a park or a lake. Drinking is not going to help you or solve any of the problems in the world. Step back and give your mental health a break.
JustNeedAnswers78@reddit
Sound advice right here. Hobbies are great, I’ve gotten into woodworking over the last few years. It really does wonders for my stress levels.
Electrical-Height407@reddit
I became an alcoholic during Trump 2016. I am now over two years sober. Please find anything to do besides drink, it is not worth it, and there is no point in ruining your own health and life over the stress that he is causing everyone.
I found jigsaw puzzles are great. Something that absorbed my attention all evening until it was time to go to bed. Please take care of yourself. And thank you for everything you’ve shared here. It always makes me feel better to see that people are being thoughtful and proactive in educating others.
Alternative-End-5079@reddit
Thank you for being vocal.
Mysterious_Message_3@reddit
No problem. I want my coworkers to understand what lead us to this point. What’s wild is that some are blaming high interest rates on the loads for the boats that are reducing sales. I think that’s just some bullshit they are grasping for to not blame god emperor trump. Most of them have gone from “he will turn this country around and we will be better off than we could ever imagine” to a silent grumbling of “well, this is just life. Who knows why this has happened”. It’s infuriating. They all got duped and conned. Some of them are starting to realize it but most of them just sulk off and away and act like they never voted for him.
Mysterious_Message_3@reddit
I would also like to apologize for my shitty grammar. I am an uneducated factory worker from the rural south. I just feel like a lot opinions and perspectives from the poor working class of America aren’t being seen enough. So while I may not be as well spoken or grammatically correct when talking, it doesn’t invalidate my experience.
Any_Needleworker_273@reddit
"Uneducated" is not synonymous with being stupid. You are clearly paying attention, choosing not to be willfully ignorant (the real problem!), and appear to have a big heart. That is a hell of lot more than many so-called "educated" people. I grew up blue collar, got "educated" and find there are a lot of challenging people across the spectrum regardless of education - which is often as much a result of means and opportunity, rather than intelligence. Hang in there!
Lopsided_Elk_1914@reddit
you said everything wonderfully, but most importantly, you spoke your words with heart. i would rather read a passage written with compassion and deep meaning than perfect grammar.
stay strong, dear friend. you're one of the good ones. :)
Crowling63@reddit
That’s why maga evolved into the cult it is now. It’s the uneducated that for some reason think the world owes them a favor and they are looked down upon. The poor whites that believed the pedo tRump lies about immigrants eating their cats and dogs and stealing their jobs. The gullible racists who needed an excuse to be racist and taco gave them the ok. tRump said in a 1990’s interview that if he ever ran for president he would switch parties to become republican because the voters will believe anything if they think they can own the libs. He said and is correct that they will vote against their own best interests if they’re told by doing so they will own the libs. It’s sad
ALittleEtomidate@reddit
You write very well for someone who has been out of school for a while. Don’t dog yourself like that. Anyone can be well educated if they read enough.
ALittleEtomidate@reddit
You write very well for someone who has been out of school for a while. Don’t dog yourself like that. Anyone can be well educated if they read enough.
Also, I lost my Mom to alcoholism. Please, please, please get into a support group ASAP.
The right way to deal with the way you’re feeling is self-care and community. Do something that makes you feel good (workout, stretch, a long shower/shave, read, hike, get breakfast with friends) if you’re feeling like drinking.
I don’t know who they are, but I know you have people who love you. They want you to be well. If you can’t do it for you right now, do it for them.
FattierBrisket@reddit
Your grammar etc are perfect, and you're correct about people from the working class/poverty class not being heard. Please hang in there and try to take care of yourself.
Alternative-End-5079@reddit
Not at all!
2quickdraw@reddit
You're fine. You made your points very well, and you're 100% correct, your observations have value.
Please don't drink on behalf of the people who are being fired. They voted for it and will suffer the consequences, and you did what you could to save them from themselves. At this point you have to let it go so you can pivot to focus on taking care of yourself and your family.
PrairieFire_withwind@reddit
Hey, you are all good. We understand you. It is a shit place to be. I hope you take care of yourself!! Drinking won't change reality, it will just numb you to it. And when you wake up you will be sick and still have to deal with that reality.
bccruiser@reddit
Please take care of your mental health. Find someone to talk to. We will get through this.
Mysterious_Message_3@reddit
I appreciate the concern. I’m just distraught. Seeing my coworkers getting whittled down over the last couple months is disheartening. I have spent years getting to know these people. I see them more than anyone else in my life. 10 hours, day in, day out. Hearing some of the older people tell me that they know if they get laid off, they won’t be hired anywhere else because of their age. Then seeing them get walked out the door the next week. It’s soul crushing. It’s like having someone tell you they are scared of drowning and then watching them drown in front of you without being able to help.
iridescent-shimmer@reddit
The way we treat elderly workers in this country is beyond fucked, I agree with that.
PromotionStill45@reddit
Take care. You are a good person to care so much about them. There is nothing more you can do for them now, unfortunately.
ModernRobespierre@reddit
I won't say details, but I know exactly where you're talking about. Affects people i know, too, and it's especially shitty given how stupidly wealthy the owner is. Hobbies are a good way to defeat drinking and keep your mind centered. Be well, stay strong.
Alternative-End-5079@reddit
Overt demands to use AI everywhere we can.
JustNeedAnswers78@reddit
In my industry people are really pushing for more AI integration. These poor people don’t realize they are advocating themselves out of a job.
AntiSonOfBitchamajig@reddit (OP)
This will be the next dot com bubble, it'll bust... then actually take over in 10 years, IMO, I think "general purpose robots" are the "next" thing.
No_Advice3660@reddit
It appears that VC money is drying up. The real cost of AI is more than a human many times over. Companies want to use AI to save money, they won’t be able to afford the real cost and the markup suppliers will demand
deerfawns@reddit
For sure. The powers that be are making a boatload of money off of it.
JustNeedAnswers78@reddit
I’ve been in the non-profit sector for a while now and we have seen a lot of layoffs, reduction in funding, grants seem to be drying up.
Community partners are also cutting back.
Brilliant-Trust7577@reddit
I work at an airport. I have been seeing a significant increase of military. 2-4 days a week I come in early in the morning to 100+ military sleeping in the airport waiting for their flights. Last year this was like once every month or two. I’m near a basic training center and it’s a lot of young soldiers.
Electrical-Height407@reddit
Veggie section in our grocery store was quite limited yesterday, and they got rid of the “dried whole chiles and spices” section, which was a bummer.
rj07@reddit
Western Canada here. Neighbour works at a plywood mill, told me today that they are expecting to do an extended shutdown (~2 weeks) come december due to the low board prices. He said the last time they did this was 08/09.
Strange-Ad2470@reddit
Few months off for us…
Enoch-Of-Nod@reddit
Uncertainty is on the horizon, as the cost of materials used in construction are beginning to look prohibitively expensive.
Hasn't quite hit yet, but I think by next summer, people will be rethinking their plans to build.
iridescent-shimmer@reddit
Oh yep. We have a local commercial builder who has already said he's stalled all new projects until 2028. He can't effectively quote the cost of building at the moment, so isn't bothering. It works out for me that a historic building will continue to be rented out instead of torn down for new apartments. But, probably not a great sign lol.
Bigtimeknitter@reddit
R u in residential or commercial? Jw. Thank ju
Enoch-Of-Nod@reddit
Both. And transportation.
I do special inspections, so I have a birds eye view of what's going on across sectors.
Bigtimeknitter@reddit
Oh cool! Great insights, thanks again.
ALittleEtomidate@reddit
My former line of work.
I used to work at a car dealer. My old bestie still works there and now does the vehicle ordering from the manufacturer. She said that her next order of vehicles will be as much as $6,000 higher than it was prior to the tariffs for GM products. They’ve also been warned that many of the incentives are being pulled from the manufacturer.
If you’re thinking about a new lease/purchase, now is the time to make the leap.
iridescent-shimmer@reddit
Sounds about right.
Background-Tax-5341@reddit
Yes, negotiate with dealers and lenders. You have the advantage.
totpot@reddit
That also means that used car prices for the next few years will be insane once again.
Forsaken_Taste3012@reddit
Ugh. I missed the boat mid-pandemic to grab a cheap truck. Next I looked they were like 50% overpriced. Maybe I need to seriously start scouting again. My civic just cannot haul enough stuff 🤣
ALittleEtomidate@reddit
Yup.
No_Advice3660@reddit
They’ve engineered a bunch of unwanted cars, who could have predicted this?
ModernRobespierre@reddit
Commodity handlers in the NW are having trouble moving some items (lentils, garbanzo, peas even soy) due to export market contraction owing to trade baloney. China isn't buying as much as usual nor is India. Not like you can dump lentils in the USA. With soy to China down, it might create a glut of supply that goes to US biodiesel production, so don't let diesel prices fool you if they drop a bit (which I doubt. If input prices go down and finished product demand is depressed, mfg will maintain costs to boost profit). I'm no economist, but US market consistently screws us like that. This uncertainty also makes it really hard on farmers to plan next year's crops - what's going to pay enough to pay the bills?
Forsaken_Taste3012@reddit
Time to re-brand lentils as a super food and start selling! Jokes aside, there could definitely be a market for bulk cheap lentils coming up in the US. It might need an educational/marketing push behind it, but people are needing cheap & nourishing foods.
I would love to see the US food system revamped and grow more actual food and variety than the mass commodity monoculture grows, but this is definitely not even remotely the way to go about that. Or even remotely the actual goal.
Imagine if the tariffs of the industry went to building the infrastructure needed to keep more of the domestic supply within the country and feeding the people. Transitioning the culture, markets, transport, storage, sales, incentives...
But nope. We've got this nonsense. And next we'll have increased water/drought issues. Then more soil erosion. Then even more degraded & lifeless topsoil with decreasing quality and yield potential. And then a decade too late we'll start looking into what's going on and how to restart a broken system that could have been fixed while it still had potential.
...not to be pessimistic or anything 🤣
ModernRobespierre@reddit
Yeah. I love lentils. We waste a lot on feeding cattle and feeding vehicles.
QHCprints@reddit
Higher Ed is absolutely freaking out about anything that could possibly be seen as diversity or inclusion and impact their money stream.
faco_fuesday@reddit
I'm in a non-target blue state and we've leaned into DEI harder. It's nice.
Curious_Resolve4641@reddit
I went shopping at my farmers market today with my big rainbow tote. My 2 best friends are gay and my favorite uncle. They can pry it away from my cold dead hands.
Equivalent-Buyer-841@reddit
Red state higher ed here. Strong anti-DEI laws and legislative sentiment that Trump is now a leftist - not tough enough on immigrants, taxes, and we can out Trump him My faculty senate decided mostly to die on the hill of defending DEI at all costs. Its essential to academic freedom. This doesn’t end well.
Unique-Sock3366@reddit
I completed my yearly annual competencies for my hospital last week. We still have a module on inclusivity and diversity in the workplace.
I was pleasantly surprised to see it! At least our organization isn’t capitulating… yet. We’re a university affiliated medical center and I’d wondered about our position in this current political environment.
Equivalent-Buyer-841@reddit
We still have this training, but all the graphics which were previously showing different ethnic groups got switched to blonde white women.
QHCprints@reddit
Ours got yanked completely and awkwardly 😬
Material-Habit-4518@reddit
What region are you in? I’m finding this is extra true in the South, but curious about other regions as well
QHCprints@reddit
Yea, SE US 😔
TrekRider911@reddit
American business bombed in Ukraine: https://www.npr.org/2025/08/21/g-s1-84146/russia-ukraine-american-factory
FormerNeighborhood80@reddit
I saw that. Dear Leader will give his buddy a pass
Lopsided_Elk_1914@reddit
not only did Trump give him a pass, he was showing off an autographed photo that Putin had sent him at yesterday's press conference, like a fan boy.
FormerNeighborhood80@reddit
I never thought I would see an American president do something like that. He was thrilled!
Wolf_Oak@reddit
I live in a pretty large apartment complex in So Cal, part of a company which owns several in my area. I've been here about three years, and twice in the past couple months they've sent out mass emails to all residents warning not to pay rent late. The first one was more of a general reminder "Hey, it's due on the first, considered late after five days." But the one they sent out today was announcing them raising the late fee. I am suspecting that people are starting to have trouble making rent payments.
FormerNeighborhood80@reddit
I wouldn’t be surprised. Cost of living has gone up significantly.
Elegant-Procedure-74@reddit
Live and work in north AL.
For shortages lately I feel like a lot of the big chain grocery stories (Wal) seem to be shrinking the shelves / not as much variety on shelves. We realized we were out of strawberry jam at home this week, and we used to get a larger jar (I don’t recall the exact size now) but they didn’t have it in stock at all. Just smaller jars that were like $4 each. So jam / jelly has gone up in price and less variety with ounces / jar sizing.
I did spend about $200 recently on clothes from the old Wal - I am being intentional on clothing, and just trying to get myself the things I am really lacking.
I do think we have a mix of new restaurants opening and others closing, and I think the reasons they are closing are not the best location so low foot traffic.
I work two part time jobs, one in the metal / machining industry, and it’s very very very slow. We were on the go since Christmas now it feels like crickets.
My other job is at a bookstore and we seem to have an increase in people shopping the last week or so since kids are back to school. So the bookstore has been steady and more which I’m grateful for!
NoTerm3078@reddit
Good news: spouses work bought everyone shoes.
FormerNeighborhood80@reddit
That’s wonderful! Shoes are so expensive now.
NoTerm3078@reddit
That's what we thought! Every person there (several hundred) all wear shoes.
52BeesInACoat@reddit
Local hospital is doing layoffs again, but they're also closing the on site daycare that is used by employees. So that will effectively push even more employees out if they were relying on it.
Open_Ad1920@reddit
I just got a job offer, out of the blue, to join a former colleague. He’s working for a company selling “natural gas micro-grid generators,” although most people would call these things “large” or “massive.” We’re talking 40,000-50,000 horsepower per unit.
They’re super busy installing these natural gas powered generators to run AI data centers… Yeah, just what we need; a way to strain the Texas power grid, accelerate climate issues, squander finite energy resources, and generate a financial bubble, all at once.
This strikes me especially hard since I participated in the discovery of a particular large natural gas field here in the state, about 13 years ago. I’m now seeing that same field’s output wither to a tiny fraction of its peak, and we’re not finding any more plays like this… at all. The highest quality shale deposits are just about all produced and now in decline. We’re now moving on to lower energy return on energy investment plays and there’s less and less slack output capacity as time goes on. Now that the writing is on the wall for upcoming energy returns and output declines, we’re accelerating the use of what’s left… for some AI speculators? What in the actual f…
I kindly declined to participate in that stupid game. I’m very pessimistic about the future of this state, this country, and the current global civilization. We literally don’t have the resources to continue this kind of stupidity much longer.
CannyGardener@reddit
I wish more people could understand how much our current population count depends on easy energy (oil) and easily produced solid goods (plastic from oil). If you remove the easy energy, then we are back to the 'hard' energy. How many power plants can we run by burning timber? How many turbines can we produce using that energy, to build dam power to replace all of the current coal and natural gas plants? Lets say we go with the absurd idea of burning timber, how do we even collect that timber without the cheap energy? All of the sudden, we are looking at the energy cost to harvest the energy being greater than the energy harvested.
I hate to say it, but we are probably in the same boat with solar and wind as well. Those rare earth minerals that make up the panels and batteries probably take quite a bit of energy to make as well.
And that is just the energy itself, not even talking about what we then use that energy to do (like farm food, transport food, upkeep everything we build). When cheap energy is no longer the norm, we are truly and royally fucked.
notabee@reddit
Rare earth elements aren't required in solar panels themselves, and if you look at what CATL is doing with sodium batteries scarcity won't be a problem there (other than self-inflicted trade barriers). However many of the things needed to use that electric power like inverters and motors do need rare earth elements so the result is similar. We could be researching and building alternatives there too, but the U.S. is also strangling scientific research so we're fucked there as well. https://seia.org/blog/how-important-are-rare-earth-elements-to-the-solar-and-storage-industry/
Hunter_S_Biden@reddit
Sounds like the answer is nuclear
CannyGardener@reddit
How do you mine nuclear? The answer is fusion, perpetually 20 years away though.
No_Advice3660@reddit
Oil is military power burning it faster is a weakness. This admin is not funding any green power and is actively destroying green supply, https://tucson.com/opinion/letters/local-issues/article_2de2df89-370a-4caf-af6a-f07d09951c3e.html
notabee@reddit
Why do you think the admin is sending warships and marines to Venezuela? It is certainly not because of some idealistic love of freedom or democracy.
NotDinahShore@reddit
As long as stocks keep making fresh all-time highs every single day, everything must be fine. /s
No_Advice3660@reddit
2020 had a k-type recovery, the market and economy are no longer related
PromotionStill45@reddit
Yikes, I was hoping that only the electricity market would be impacted by these centers. Sigh, now have to worry about price spikes in the winter now.
totpot@reddit
r/peakoil/
The peak for conventional oil happened 20 years ago. Shale oil and tar sands (which we have known about for over 100 years but has always been to expensive to produce) have kept us going for another 20 years. Now the party is over and there's nothing else with nearly the same energy density. Nobody knows how to grow an economy when the amount of energy available shrinks year after year.
TommyTar@reddit
Not necessarily about my work but the White House has indefinitely suspended white house tours which is too surprising with all the things going on in DC
totpot@reddit
Isn't it because they're replacing the visitors wing with that stupid Mar a Lago ballroom?
AgileBet409@reddit
I read ballroom as bathroom, and didn’t blink an eye because what’s the difference? They’ll covered in fake shit anyways.
ModernRobespierre@reddit
So, a file storage room?
IncomingAxofKindness@reddit
The White House is gonna look like a drug lord's mansion right out of GTA: Miami Vice by 2028.
Plated gold everything 🪙
UnachievableEbb@reddit
FinTech. Layoffs have become monthly events… this month’s number was smaller than the previous though. IMO it seems more about crisis levels of mismanagement at my particular company than the overall “economic headwinds” but we’ll see.
mortalitylost@reddit
I think the economy is fucked and tech is pretending that every layoff is AI related so investors don't panic, so we get these weird journalism cycles about AI replacing everyone, meanwhile everyone still watching is like "this isn't working though?"
SomePolack@reddit
Insane workload, most work I've ever had at any point in my life.
Large layoffs, less resources available. Everyone is stretched thin trying to keep up.
Feels like we're about to drop off a cliff due to tariffs. It's actually insane to me that people aren't more concerned about the economy right now. These tariffs will shutter businesses and make everyday items far more expensive without putting a dent in the national debt.
Feels like a war is brewing, potentially on multiple fronts.
Crowling63@reddit
The Guardian’s Of Pedophiles (gop) passed a 5 trillion dollar debt ceiling bill and the big ugly bill that increases our national debt for a total of 9 TRILLION DOLLARS In just 6 months!! Yet they whined for the last 4 years about the national debt! They are effing hypocrites.
FormerNeighborhood80@reddit
I feel it too. I don’t see much concern while I’m out and about. Same consumer consumption level. I don’t get it.
SomePolack@reddit
It’s especially stark to me when I try to reference it like “Oh yeah with everything going on it’s getting tough.”
And people just look at me like I have two heads “oh what do you mean, what’s going on?”
FormerNeighborhood80@reddit
They will figure it out eventually.
SomePolack@reddit
Yeah :(
spoospoop@reddit
Home hospice. We have been told they have to eliminate 7 patient facing positions (nurses, social workers, chaplains and CNAs). They asked for volunteers first.
VariationRare2972@reddit
My work is laying off people and banning travel that is not profitable.
Granola_Account@reddit
I work with PR Companies, Advocacy Groups: lots of re-orgs and layoffs happened in July and August.
Th3_Admiral_@reddit
As others have mentioned, the push for AI has been huge here. There has been a department wide task to document how you are using AI in your role and the positive benefits you are seeing from it.
The other notable thing at my company is just how flat our stock prices have been for going on three or four years now. And this is despite several fairly major changes and announcements that realistically should have moved the needle a bit in one direction or another.
AnomalyNexus@reddit
Seeing more hiring in western Europe.
Think the US de-minis rule scrapping will have a much bigger effect than people think. Smaller shops are simply stopping shipping to the US entirely rather than deal with that. If you've got razor thin margins the only winning move is to not play.
Unique-Sock3366@reddit
Hiring freeze at our hospital. Night shift is hurting, badly. They’re down several positions, people are burned out and discouraged, still leaving in large numbers. The ones sticking it out are horribly overstretched.
I don’t know how they are managing.