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Layoffs in 2025 have carved a grim tally. According to Challenger, Gray & Christmas, employers have announced almost 222,000 job cuts so far – the highest year-to-date total since 2009. This “white-collar recession” has descended with a ferocity, slashing jobs in tech, finance and consulting at an unprecedented rate. The trail of current white-collar unemployment is both a sad statistic and a story. Beyond the numbers lies a deeper wound; the psychological toll on professionals who once saw their careers as
unshakable. What is white-collar
recession? A white-collar recession isn’t the sort of economic collapse we’re used to from time