#trends

Few posts online are claiming that people are abandoning their homes, leaving cars at airports and flying out of the country, this could be a early sign or a social media speculation of repeat of past 2008 housing crisis ?

Anyone notice the trends last 2 years?

Gee....one has to wonder....do they know something? (removes tongue from cheek):
Insider Trading Activity and Trends
Over the past year, Michael Feld has sold a total of 953 shares of Becton Di-kinson & Co and has not purchased any shares during that same period. This recent sale continues a trend of consistent, albeit relatively small, divestments by the insider.

Looking at the broader insider transaction history for Becton Di-kinson & Co, the picture is decidedly one-sided. Over the past year, there have been 0 insider buys at the company, while there have been 22 insider sells during the same timeframe. This imbalance between buying and selling activity is a signal that corporate insiders, who possess the most intimate knowledge of the company's operations and prospects, have been net sellers of the stock.

…That's the year-end stock price... sorry Kool-Aid drinkers.

One of my favorite games to play whenever I'm in other cities is looking at what people are wearing. Look at the shoes, the clothing, the sports they're doing and what they're wearing while doing those sports. What kids are asking for going back to school, etc. It is increasingly not Nike.

Everyone is running in Hoka, Adidas. Every other kid has a Messi jersey and basketball shoes are just out. I don't see ppl wearing basketball shoes like they did years ago.

Alo is the new athleisure of choice. The Nike collabs are overplayed... they only pop in the comments sections of Instagram posts.

The decline is real.

New data indicates a significant acceleration in video game industry layoffs, with job losses now predicted to reach nearly 14,300 by the end of 2026. This figure represents a substantial increase from earlier forecasts made by the ASGC Games Industry Layoffs Tracker. The pace of these reductions has outstripped initial modeling, with recent updates showing a rapid climb in projected redundancies. North America and Europe are the primary regions experiencing these workforce adjustments. The current year is on track to surpass the layoff numbers seen in 2024.

United States

https://www.gamesindustry.biz/new-data-suggests-layoffs-will-affect-14259-people-by-the-end-of-2026-up-78-from-first-forecast-of-the-year

Tokenmaxxing is the Silicon Valley trend of maximizing AI token consumption as a proxy for productivity.

I’ve got a feeling that as AI invoked layoffs pick up, we will see a rise in white collar unions. Anyone here open to starting a trend here?

It's easy to focus on quarterly headlines. Harder to ignore a 46%+ loss in market value over 12 months. Don't forget the big picture.

I’ve been here long enough to notice how often the company seems to shift based on the latest trend. Some trends fade fast, while others stick around much longer, and I don’t think we always know which is which. I wish leadership would think further ahead instead of treating every new moment like the whole strategy.

https://x.com/TheLayoff/status/2052177259910606983?s=20

Texas added nearly 47,000 nonfarm jobs in March. This marked a reversal from February's job losses. Mining, logging, and professional services saw notable gains. The state's unemployment rate decreased to 4.1%. This trend mirrored national job market improvements.

https://www.dallasnews.com/business/economy/article/texas-adds-jobs-march-bleak-february-22236672.php

Make your predictions for the rest of 2026 / early 2027 here.

Seems like I'm hearing about a lot of SLC people jumping ship, either retiring or going to Northrop Grumman. Anyone else seeing this trend?

Tracking participants count #general Slack channel in Oracle One workspace, as the fastest available proxy indication of ongoing layoffs.

This round of mass layoff started on Mar24-25 according to Slack totals and it's sustained. I have to start a new thread, because our resident troll started counterfeiting Slack totals and trends again on the first page.

• mar01-mar28: 1618 layoffs, and 746 additions (based on Slack regular tracking)
• feb01-feb28: 943 layoffs, and 1143 additions (based on Slack regular tracking)
• jan01-jan31: 1604 layoffs, and 1834 additions (based on Slack regular tracking)
• dec01-dec31: 1031 layoffs, and 844 additions (based on Slack regular tracking)
• nov01-nov30: 1614 layoffs, and 1327 additions (based on Slack regular tracking)
• oct01-oct31: 2504 layoffs, 1762 additions (based on Slack regular tracking)
• sep02-sep30: 6275 layoffs, 861 additions (based on Slack regular tracking)
• aug14-sep01: 733 layoffs (based on Slack very few data points)
• aug01-aug14: ?2900 layoffs in IDC (based on media reports)

Regions outside IDC and NA usually have a significant delay when laid off people are disconnected from Slack (e.g. 1 month in Pacific regions, perhaps longer in some EU countries), so this is a floor estimate with additions reflected immediately, but reductions lagging behind on average.

Layoff estimates are partially part of normal attrition, but the other part of normal attrition is already hidden due to additions and removals compensate each other when they happen at the same period of time. Strictly speaking what is called "layoffs" here are just "reductions" in totals.

I will post daily in comments on the count change and running current month total while this post is still on the first page.

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-02-12/ibm-plans-to-triple-entry-level-hiring-in-the-us-in-2026

Meanwhile Cigna still backward following trends from 20 some odd years ago. People are finally seeing the outcomes/results of GCC and offshoring.

Go take a look at the profile pictures of all of the usual “look at me!” suspects in IT. They’ve found a cool new superficial way to draw attention to themselves through artificial intelligence via photo filtering and touch ups of themselves. ROFLMAO!!

Nothing like taking a powerful business productivity tool and turning into your own personal Keurig for your vanity. Just go get the facelift you’ve been searching the web for, will you?

Alabama has not had any mass layoffs recently, but economic changes and trends across sectors indicate that the risk of further job cuts remains present.

I know it is predicted to be lower, maybe significantly so without the extension of the subsidies. And is it fair to say Medicaid is mostly safe until 2027?

Technology Sector layoffs -

Here are the (current) numbers, year-to-date; which includes Verizon laying off; 15,000 employees next week.

2025 - Total (thus far).

644 Layoffs - 201,675 employees affected (624 people per day).

2024 - Total (for comparisons).

1,115 Layoffs - 239,101 employees affected (655 people per day).

The stock market, and the U.S. economy are (2) different things (ultimately) the stock market will catch-up.

I still project a Major Recession enroute for the U.S. economy by mid-2026 (should current trends continue).

These are the facts.

Startling statistic, likely the start of a trend.

“U.S.-based employers cut more than 150,000 jobs in October, marking the biggest reduction for the month in more than 20 years, a report by Challenger, Gray & Christmas said on Thursday as industries adopt AI-driven changes and intensify cost cuts.”

https://www.reuters.com/business/world-at-work/layoffs-us-october-surge-two-decade-high-challenger-data-shows-2025-11-06/

https://finance.yahoo.com/news/layoff-announcements-surged-last-month-120353344.html

Worse October for layoffs since 2003. Layoff levels reaching 2008 levels. It's time we start recognizing the fact that AI is impacting jobs. You may think AI can't take your job, but it doesn't matter if you are right, because c-suite thinks it can. Perception is reality, and this is our new reality.

Maybe they eat crow in a year or two, but right now, it's hard to ignore the cold hard truth: AI is leading to job loss.

Trumponomics making pensions great again.

I have been reading the layoff section of several of the larger Health Insurance Companies that offer Medicare Advantage plans.

And they all appear to be making, what at least I feel is a mistake…at least from a humanitarian aspect. They are all exchanging American citizen jobs by swapping them out for two things: Artificial Intelligence & Outsourcing to foreign countries.

I believe that C-suite Executives for all these companies are gearing up for what they already perceive, as follows:

—Medicare Advantage is no longer profitable, which Insurance Execs see, the Government sees, and even the members are starting to see (as MA plans that used to be rich with benefits are now getting skinnier)

As a result, I believe and predict the following:
—Within the next 5 (five) years, MA will completely tank and the largest of the large private Medicare Insurance companies will all submit to the Government RFP (Request For Proposals) bidding to get a contract to administer Original (Traditional) Medicare on behalf of the Government. Note: That is not the same thing as administering MA plans that happen to be funded by the Government.

Because doing this will need to be much more streamlined and not have all the human overhead, which also comes with different challenges, I think this is what Insurance Company Executives are preparing and getting “house cleaned” in advance, as it were.

Side note, and I say this in jest. If 5 (five) years from now, my prediction show to be true, as a sort of concession prize can someone please send me a check for a million dollars? I am kidding! Lol

Enough opinions on this company. New customers are the lifeblood of any company. How many new customers has TDC won this year, last year, and the previous year? What is the YoY trend? This vital metric will tell you all you need to know. And if TDC is hiding this from the market, you have your answer.

Just curious to hear what people are expecting?

Yes we are going to have fun in the future. we don't need to pay for a phone line. It is a car payment. We will cut it and will just get a land line. The past was the portable phone. The future is no more phone to hold. We can't afford it....and more importantly we don't need it. The that new stuff to do will come besides swiping some supid plastic device into empty space. love the next thing coming

Yes we are near the good old end of the time. Nobody is going to buy a new phone or change a plan. As they loose their jobs lines will be cut. One line and another line will get cut. The old school land line will be back for like 25 dollars. and we don't need a portable phone anymore. We won't carry it...We also won't want it. Just like we don't watch TV anymore. the best of the times will come. no more jobs for india.