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Re:What’s going on with Google and Facebook hiring freezes? by lamontcg on Tuesday August 02, 2022 @05:32PM (#32324534)
You don't have recessions without job losses and unemployment claims:

https://www.statista.com/statistics/193280/seasonally-adjust...

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Re:What’s going on with Google and Facebook hiring freezes? by leereeves on Tuesday August 02, 2022 @06:31PM (#32325102)
First, is there any precedent for that restriction?

And second, why not? If everyone still has a job but their wages have decreased, that's still an economic contraction, at least from the worker's perspective.

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