added. Oof.
https://www.cnbc.com/2025/07/02/adp-jobs-report-june-2025.html
Company layoffs at highest levels since pandemic. Oof.
In the first half of 2025, companies announced 744,308 job cuts nationwide, the highest tally since the first six months of 2020, when employers cut nearly 1.6 million jobs in response to COVID-related disruptions, according to outplacement firm Challenger, Gray & Christmas.
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/layoffs-doge-tariffs-cbs-news-explains/