Tech employees are losing confidence faster than workers in any other sector

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A person wearing an umbrella hat at a Google welcome event

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Layoffs are feeling awfully tempting for a lot of companies right now

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A general view of empty desks in an office in central London

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The bootcamp era is over. Companies are chasing elite college grads again.

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In a cooling job market, prestige is helping some elite college graduates stand out.

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I'm a recent grad who studied history and can't find a job. The AI-driven job market has no place for humanities majors like me.

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The author graduated with a degree in history.

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The brutal metric companies are using to show their AI bets are justified

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Block CEO Jack Dorsey announced cuts to nearly half his workforce in a memo on X.

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Inside Block's AI push that ended in pink slips

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Jack Dorsey's Block is looking for more senior AI engineering talent amid a 40% workforce reduction at the company.

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The job market is in a 'deep freeze.' One industry is keeping it from sliding backward.

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The US job market has been in a "deep freeze."

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It's a terrible time to quit your job. These 7 Big Tech workers share why they did it anyway.

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Kruthika Jayatheertha (left), David Chong (center), and Joslyn Orgill (right) quit their Big Tech roles without another job lined up.

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Investors face a harsh reality: If the AI hype is real, so are the layoffs

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AI is going to change the economy. That's the point, right?

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The economy grew strongly last year, but hiring stagnated. It's making the gap between the rich and everyone else worse.

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The US added very few jobs in 2025.

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