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Re:Layoffs at Block by Swizec on Thursday February 26, 2026 @05:54PM (#47173261)
Software development jobs are up 10%. Jobs in general are down 6%

https://x.com/perborgen/status/2025890393166917857

Re:Layoffs at Block by yesb on Thursday February 26, 2026 @07:04PM (#47174237)
You'd think "past year" would include a full 12 months. This person has chosen a ~10 month period to hide the large drop off in early 2025 as you can see here: https://www.citadelsecurities.com/news-and-insights/2026-glo...
Re:Layoffs at Block by Ariarule on Thursday February 26, 2026 @09:29PM (#47175614)
They did not, you get the same date range and the same graph shape going to FRED and pressing the "1Y" option, and the series includes the first two months of 2026 so it's 12 months: https://fred.stlouisfed.org/graph/?g=1SGzm

However, the chart settings were actually modified to hide/deemphasize the earlier decline: the the index date was changed. 2025-02-20=100 in their graph, default of 2020-02-01=100 would have the chart start at 64 and rise to 71.44.

Re:Layoffs at Block by jibe on Thursday February 26, 2026 @06:15PM (#47173565)
Job openings are down, but total jobs are up.

https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/PAYEMS

Re:Layoffs at Block by dk8996 on Thursday February 26, 2026 @08:40PM (#47175204)
I collect data from "Who wants to be hired" threads. This month is one of the highest in years.