[HN Gopher] Tell HN: Jan 2023 has already had 1/3 of the total y...
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       Tell HN: Jan 2023 has already had 1/3 of the total yearly tech
       layoffs for 2022
        
       According to https://layoffs.fyi/ we have now had 55,324 tech
       layoffs in 2023 vs 155,126 in 2022.  Given that we are 2/3s of the
       way through January, at this pace we would eclipse 2022 layoffs
       around the beginning of march
        
       Author : anm89
       Score  : 7 points
       Date   : 2023-01-20 21:28 UTC (1 hours ago)
        
       | Johnbot wrote:
       | Does anyone have historic data on this to tell whether it is
       | common to front-load layoffs at the start of the year? It looks
       | like January of last year had the fewest layoffs, which surprises
       | me. I would have expected having many layoffs towards the start
       | of the year with new budgets would be more common.
        
         | jen20 wrote:
         | > towards the start of the year with new budgets
         | 
         | A lot of companies do not align their financial year with the
         | calendar year, I'm not sure much can be drawn from this.
        
         | pcthrowaway wrote:
         | It's probably just a reflection of budgets, needs, and
         | forecasts.
         | 
         | During January of last year, companies were still in a hiring
         | crunch because the pandemic restrictions hadn't yet been lifted
         | in most places, and online sales were booming as a result. Rate
         | hikes hadn't started, or even been announced yet. I'm not even
         | sure if inflation data from the previous year had been
         | announced yet
        
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