Intro

As we start Q2 of 2025, I want to try something new and chat about the current state of the job market. I think I’ll do this quarterly. Let me know what you think or if you have other ideas for posts you’d like to see.

Where we’re at

According to layoffs.fyi, a personal project by Roger Lee that has been tracking layoffs since COVID, this year alone, 96 different companies have laid off 27,471 tech employees, and 59,379 government employees have also been laid off.

What once felt like an industry immune to layoffs is now becoming an industry with a lower and lower sense of job security. Companies like Google, Intuit (cough cough), Mega, Expedia, Amazon, and Intel are laying off thousands of employees, setting the tone for smaller companies to follow suit.

This isn’t a post that will dive deep into my opinion on layoffs, but instead, one that I hope brings you a little peace (definitely thought it was “piece") of mind if you’re in the job search. There are so many factors out of our control with events like this, and this means you’re competing in a tough market.

I was feeling curious, so I asked Google’s underwhelming and often wrong AI Overview about the current state of the job market, and the response was:

Digging Deeper

After the dot-com bust, it took more than a decade for employment in the technology sector to return to its previous levels, according to data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics and Glassdoor. Source: The San Francisco Standard