If last year’s news cycle felt like a nonstop barrage of corporate layoff announcements, that’s because
it was.Employers announced over 1,200,000 job cuts in 2025, up 58% from 2024, when 761,000 layoffs were disclosed, according to an analysis from outplacement services firm Challenger, Gray and Christmas. That’s also the highest level seen since 2020, when some 2,300,000 cuts wer
e announced.March marked the highest month for layoff announcements last year, at around 250,000, followed by February
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