Tech workers more prone to layoffs –Analysts

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Tech employees at companies from Asana to Amazon and Meta have had their ranks winnowed by massive cuts not seen since the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic, but in a new note, Morgan Stanley analysts say they don’t view these layoffs as a ‘harbinger of changes’ for the broader labor pool.

employees at companies from Asana to Amazon and Meta have had their ranks winnowed by massive cuts not seen since the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic, but in a new note, Morgan Stanley analysts say they don’t view these layoffs as a ‘harbinger of changes’ for the broader labor pool.

But as the analysts noted, tech layoffs since December 2021 “only sum 187,000 a sizeable number for the sector [but] barely more than 0.1 per cent of total US payrolls.” Morgan Stanley still anticipates a ‘sharp’ dropoff in employment growth, citing slower consumer demand precipitated by higher Federal Reserve rates as a trigger for hiring cutbacks “across most sectors of the economy.”But for those analysts, the likelihood of major job cuts in non-tech industries remains unlikely. Morgan Stanley analysts pointed out the simple reality: “the [US] economy at large remains short-staffed.

 

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