2025 job cuts have hit 1.1 million, (businessinsider.com/layoffs-this-year-1-milliā¦) the worst since COVID-19. Layoffs are sweeping every sector. AI and automation are wiping out entire job categories.
Another factor is the walk back on DEI hires.
'Here are some of the companies that made DEI changes, in alphabetical order, from Accenture and AT&T to Walmart'...https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2025/12/09/trump-dei-rollback-list-backlash/87457060007/
The companies that rolled back DEI amid Trump backlash
As Trump and anti-DEI activists attacked diversity programs, these companies scaled back or scrapped DEI, from Walmart and Target to Google and AT&T.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2025/12/09/trump-dei-rollback-list-backlash/87457060007/
Great....... Wow, that was a long list.
Good riddance to DEI.
