How much have layoffs affected engineers vs. other departments? Here's the data

Re:How much have layoffs affected engineers vs. other depart... by RC_ITR on Thursday October 13, 2022 @09:43PM (#33198706)

>I think you're making this more difficult than it is.

I think you're missing the entire point

Whether or not the US is in recession is a very complex decision that is usually easy to make because most of the metrics move in the same direction.

A lot of people (you included) are still living in that world despite the fact that all the metrics are extremely weird right now (pandemic, etc.)

The fact that no one is talking about the weirdness is a major problem.

And you know who will talk about the weirdness? NBER.

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Re:How much have layoffs affected engineers vs. other depart... by throwawaylinux on Thursday October 13, 2022 @09:50PM (#33198759)

I'm not missing the point, you are missing mine.

> Whether or not the US is in recession is a very complex decision

No, whether or not some government department proclaims the US to be in a recession is based on that "very complex decision". That does not make the other more widely used and known definition of the word wrong or less valid.

"The US is in a recession". Perfectly valid and reasonable statement and any economist and most people vaguely interested in economics and politics will know exactly what is meant if they heard that today.

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Re:How much have layoffs affected engineers vs. other depart... by RC_ITR on Thursday October 13, 2022 @11:21PM (#33199277)

>"The US is in a recession". Perfectly valid and reasonable statement and any economist and most people vaguely interested in economics and politics will know exactly what is meant if they heard that today.

Agree to disagree I guess

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