I lost my job, got divorced, and had to move within weeks. I found purpose in building a layoff support tool.

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Amanda Snyder Cathey
Amanda Snyder Cathey built a free layoff support tool.

Stephanie Alvarez Ewens

He finally felt financially stable — until he was laid off. Then came a frustrating job search and restaurant work in NYC.

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Steven Lowe
After being laid off from StubHub, Steven Lowe worked as a restaurant host in New York City while searching for his next role.

Steven Lowe

The economy keeps adding jobs. Why are so many people having trouble finding one?

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Job seekers
The US is adding jobs on net, but it's still a tough time to be job-searching.

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A Baltimore man started an income-sharing club after the DOGE job cuts. It's redistributed over $20,000 so far.

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Alex Zhu
Alex Zhu founded the Baltimore Community Guaranteed Income Club in 2025.

Alex Zhu

Apollo's chief economist says he sees 'zero evidence' of AI-related job losses, even as CEOs cite the tech in layoffs

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Torsten Slok of Apollo Global Management
Torsten Sløk is the chief economist at Apollo Global Management.

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One way companies are making AI backlash worse

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Job seekers wait in line to enter an auditorium for a job fair hosted by the Cook County government to support federal workers in Chicago, Illinois, US, on Thursday, June 26, 2025.
CEOs often tell workers to embrace AI, yet sometimes cite the technology when cutting jobs.

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I'm a former HR leader at Capital One and Wayfair. You should know these 5 things about negotiating severance.

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Sara Perelli-Minetti
Sara Perelli-Minetti runs an executive compensation coaching company.

Sara Perelli-Minetti

Wix is laying off 20% of staff. Read the memo — and yes, it mentions AI.

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Wix CEO Avishai Abrahami.
Avishai Abrahami, the CEO of Wix.

AI

Nvidia's Jensen Huang says CEOs who blame AI for layoffs are giving a 'lazy' excuse

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Nvidia co-founder and CEO Jensen Huang.
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang says blaming AI for layoffs is "lazy."

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Here's how CEOs can talk about layoffs without saying 'lower-value human capital,' 3 PR experts say

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Bill Winters, chief executive officer of Standard Chartered Plc, during a Bloomberg Television interview in London, UK, on Tuesday, Feb. 24, 2026.
Bill Winters used the phrase "lower-value human capital" to refer to employees he was planning to lay off.

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