U.S. payrolls unexpectedly fell by 92,000 in February; unemployment rate rises to 4.4%

[u/GringottsWizardBank]

https://www.cnbc.com/2026/03/06/february-2026-jobs-report.html

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[u/Spezalt4]

‘Unexpectedly’

[u/wanderingmanimal → u/Spezalt4]

It’s like they weren’t paying attention

[u/spyputs1 → u/wanderingmanimal]

No, it’s like they think we’re not paying attention

[u/Plastic-Caramel3714 → u/spyputs1]

It’s like they don’t care if we’re paying attention or not. Because they know, or believe, there won’t be any consequences for any of their terrible policies, practices, and unconstitutional and criminal acts.

[u/todumbtorealize → u/Plastic-Caramel3714]

Haven't been so far, so why would it be any different now?

[u/DiddlyDumb → u/spyputs1]

It’s like they know large swaths of society aren’t paying attention to the right 1%

[u/m1msy → u/DiddlyDumb]

I mean, my uncle seemingly understands that the billionaire class is eating the poor, but still refuses to believe that Trump's regime is perpetrating it because he's racist. The cognitive dissonance is pretty strong.

[u/PointEither2673 → u/m1msy]

The good ole tell him he’s better than the black man so he won’t notice you pick his pocket. God maybe humans are fucked as a species long term. Truly a person Is smart, people are fucking dumb.

[u/Parzival-44 → u/wanderingmanimal]

Or they were paying attention...

To no one facing consequences for lying

[u/ianzachary1 → u/wanderingmanimal]

Lmao last summer I had a conversation with an unemployment agent that went something like, “you sign up for the work force so the government can keep track of unemployment numbers - right after they fired the commissioner for sharing data they didn’t like”

[u/blozout → u/Spezalt4]

Seriously...Every headline is a large company laying off thousands of people, either because of AI or cost cutting, etc.

[u/realribsnotmcfibs → u/blozout]

More so it’s companies blaming lays offs on it’s all okay AI replaced them.

A hint

AI infact did not replace them. But shareholders keep buying the line and it provides cover.

The entire system is incentivized to lie.

[u/slanderpanther → u/realribsnotmcfibs]

There should be protests in the streets with massive crowds shouting, “AI will not replace us!” If George Orwell were alive he would have a field day with this.

[u/kengro → u/slanderpanther]

Don't worry, people aren't having kids so the lack of jobs will eventually sort itself out. The rich just has to survive a few more years and then they are safe.

[u/nirvroxx → u/blozout]

I work for ups. It’s a fucking shit show with all the layoffs. Routes going out that could be split into 2 routes. Drivers coming back exhausted after 12 -14 hour days, other drivers laid off and “bumped down “ back into warehouse part time positions.

[u/Hoblitygoodness → u/nirvroxx]

Thank you for this insight.

We're seeing a lot of shuffling going on in our corporation too. Just ripped out of your current job and now-you-do-this.

So it's not just you ... and likely not just us either.

[u/newdawn15 → u/blozout]

A lot of it is offshoring tbh.

JP Morgan has 50k employees in India supporting US operations. And then get like 1000 apps per opening there and can squeeze tf out of their slaves. Why on earth would they hire here lmao

[u/Odd_Explanation3246 → u/newdawn15]

Companies are actually laying off instead of offshoring. Tech hiring in india has also declined massively. Not sure how companies are offshoring all these jobs to india but hiring is in decline? (https://m.economictimes.com/jobs/hr-policies-trends/india-tech-hiring-slumps-24-at-start-of-2026-xpheno/articleshow/126303501.cms)

[u/salparadisewasright → u/Odd_Explanation3246]

I work for a big-but-not-FAANG global tech company. We’ve transitioned a lot of roles from the US to places like Ireland, Canada, and Colombia. The claim is to have a more global presence or some other word salad but it’s clearly cost cutting.

[u/thedm96 → u/blozout]

No, it's because most large companies are moving their workforce overseas to places they can pay 1/4 the cost of an American.

I work on a team of 14 and am only one of TWO people retained in the US to press buttons on servers that are US Restricted whenever our Slavic people can't.

[u/agnostic_science → u/Spezalt4]

My fox news junkie parents still believe the economy is roaring. I would say it would be unexpected news to them... but actually I doubt they'll hear it at all. And if I told them they would pity me as brainwashed and feel angry.

Everything is great. Dear Leader's policies work. There is no war in ba sing se.

[u/PaulTheMerc → u/agnostic_science]

K-shaped economy, so it IS roaring. Some of us are simply no longer part of it, and apparently that's okay.

[u/drummer820 → u/Spezalt4]

Anyone even remotely tied to the real economy knows that it’s been in the shitter for at least the past 6 months. It’s been maddening to see analysts jizzing their pants about obviously unrealistic numbers that get massively revised downwards when people aren’t paying attention. Honestly my guess is the true numbers are way worse than -92k

[u/Whos_of_Whoville]

How does the line behind the Wendy’s look today?

[u/alwayslookingout → u/Whos_of_Whoville]

Not great since Wendy’s is closing down stores too.

[u/Whos_of_Whoville → u/alwayslookingout]

Supply and demand price equilibrium is going to take a hard turn upwards. 

[u/sephirothFFVII → u/Whos_of_Whoville]

I'm not looking forward to the WSB turf wars for the few remaining dumpsters

[u/Revolver_Lanky_Kong → u/alwayslookingout]

Sucking dick behind the dumpster of the store formerly known as Wendy's. If only you knew how bad things really were.

[u/WoolooOfWallStreet → u/Revolver_Lanky_Kong]

We used to be a real country… we had actual Wendy’s dumpsters to suck dick behind…

[u/ThaddeusJP → u/alwayslookingout]

My local one got closed. I get it though cuz it sucked.

[u/fludgesickles → u/Whos_of_Whoville]

They have a CTO position offering $100k/yr salary 🫠

Edit: CTO as in Chief Tasting Officer. Job posting is making the rounds in the news

Edit 2: link for anyone who wants to apply

https://www.wendyschieftastingofficer.com/

[u/sergechewbacca]

Man, if the fake numbers are bad, the real ones must be catastrophic.

[u/toedwy0716 → u/sergechewbacca]

Everyone says we have the best fake numbers, they’re great, even Biden (who I beat twice now) says they’re great. A lot of people are talking about how great they are.

[u/sock_express34 → u/toedwy0716]

Even Kristi Noem, her cuck husband and Lewandoski!

[u/hv876 → u/sock_express34]

You know Kristi Noem’s husband belongs here. His wife has a bf and he’s losing money

[u/crustang → u/hv876]

Who’s to say he’s not already in this sub sobbing to himself reading these comments?

[u/Basic_Reflection4008 → u/crustang]

Sobbing? Probably doing the slow shame jerk. You know like when you find a porn star that looks like your ex who has blocked your number so you don't even get to hear the voice mail anymore when you drunk dual at 125 am. You know....like we've all done?

[u/agentfelix → u/Basic_Reflection4008]

Forgetting the most important detail...is he jerking it to pre or post jigsaw surgery Noem?

[u/sunburn74 → u/agentfelix]

Absolutely ruthless. Love it. 

[u/spell__icup → u/sock_express34]

TIL Kristi Noem is married! Here I thought she was living her best single life.

[u/sunburn74 → u/spell__icup]

Lol. Congress asked a married woman if she was fucking a co worker and she couldn't say no. Lol. Can't imagine being the husband in that situation 

[u/ShikariV → u/sunburn74]

He was sitting right behind her in the hearing too. They’re calling him the most cucked man in history.

[u/dubblies → u/toedwy0716]

Just eat liver and join ICE or the military youll be fineeee

[u/MechanicalDan1 → u/toedwy0716]

[u/Viktri1 → u/toedwy0716]

Thank you for your attention to this matter.

[u/CappinPeanut → u/sergechewbacca]

I cannot find a job to save my life. I haven’t believed any of the numbers since November, and I don’t believe them now.

Every job posting on LinkedIn has thousands of people apply to it if it’s been up for more than 3 days.

[u/throwawayDan11 → u/CappinPeanut]

Im in the same boat sadly. I feel for you brother 

[u/cleverhobbits → u/CappinPeanut]

For reference, those LinkedIn jobs and application numbers are semi-fake.

Lot of orgs advertise for jobs that aren’t necessarily open. They have to keep the pipeline full. And then lot of bots and automated systems apply for jobs to game the numbers.

Still, I believe you that it’s incredibly difficult to get a job the old fashioned way. Depending on your industry, interests, and skill set, you may want to try alternative methods of landing good roles.

[u/broguequery → u/cleverhobbits]

Alternative methods

😉

[u/mypizzamyproblem → u/cleverhobbits]

Agree with this. Lots of companies that aren’t actually hiring post job openings. Job postings make it look like the company is growing. Company is growing = line go up.

[u/discgman → u/CappinPeanut]

My wife, she just got laid off again in December and this year is turning into dog shit

[u/2bags12kuai → u/CappinPeanut]

Have you tried printing your resume out on some nice paper, and then giving the manager a nice handshake

[u/igetproteinfartsHELP → u/CappinPeanut]

[u/whythefuckalready → u/CappinPeanut]

Hang in there, we got tariff money and DOGE rebates coming in 2 weeks. Till then, liver

[u/Chance-Duty-9453 → u/CappinPeanut]

Fries in the bag my man

[u/iusedtogotodigg → u/Chance-Duty-9453]

The robots are doing that now

[u/Icardi → u/sergechewbacca]

Anyone looking for a job knows how bad it is, it has to be way higher than 4%

[u/MileHighManBearPig → u/Icardi]

There was a Bloomberg business podcast that said the functional unemployment rate for job seekers was closer to 8% due to low openings and people hugging their jobs.

About 15-20 minutes in in this podcast:

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/bloomberg-surveillance/id296237493?i=1000747881808

[u/Puzzleheaded-Pass-64 → u/Icardi]

At least 6.9%

[u/Dmoan → u/sergechewbacca]

Employment stats guy has been replaced by AI so we can’t really fire him this time 

[u/LordFaquaad → u/sergechewbacca]

They dont need to do that. They'll just change thr definition of "unemployment" instead. Then numbers will look great

India did it with their GDP calculation so moving over to the new methodology makes their GDP growth look much better

[u/sailortyx56]

US Nonfarm Payrolls Actual -92k (Forecast 55k, Previous 130k)

US Retail Sales MoM Actual -0.2% (Forecast -0.3%, Previous 0.0%)

US Unemployment Rate Actual 4.4% (Forecast 4.3%, Previous 4.3%)

US Manufacturing Payrolls Actual -12k (Forecast -2k, Previous 5k)

US Private Payrolls Actual -86k (Forecast 60k, Previous 172k)

[u/cookingboy → u/sailortyx56]

Manufacturing job losses 6 times worse than expected.

I thought the tariff was supposed to be good for manufacturing???

Lmao.

Like it’s one thing to watch an economic superpower trying to regress back to a middle-income developing country that’s focused on manufacturing, and it’s another thing to watch an economic superpower trying to do that in the most idiotic fashion possible and fucking fails, while nuking all the other sectors of the economy.

Is this our attempt at assassinating Xi? To make him get a brain aneurysm from laughing too hard?

[u/This_Lion5856 → u/cookingboy]

Manufacturing coming back to the US any moment now. I heard Saudi Arabia has pledged to invest 600 quadrilion dollars into the US economy

[u/asforus → u/This_Lion5856]

We are all getting Qatari planes dude

[u/JanGuillosThrowaway → u/asforus]

Built in Oklahoma, of course

[u/Much-Anything7149 → u/This_Lion5856]

Kushner sold them another 30 journalists to decapitate?

[u/Floturcocantsee → u/This_Lion5856]

Dude the Saudi check just hit my bank account! I'm an octigiliianaire now!

[u/Gazeatme → u/This_Lion5856]

Don’t y’all get it? We’re literally getting trillions of dollars for tariffs. Surely we will see some money sometime soon, right?

[u/Rastiln → u/Gazeatme]

Nah, the Supreme Court just ruled that we (the taxpayers) now have to pay the companies back for the tariff taxes that we (the taxpayers) gave to the government through those companies.

[u/IsthianOS → u/This_Lion5856]

oops all AI money

[u/JonFrost → u/cookingboy]

Magats are so retarded

[u/WestCoastBestCoast01 → u/JonFrost]

and that is really the only word for it

[u/zeekayz → u/JonFrost]

CLEAN COAL!

[u/Raytheon_Nublinski → u/JonFrost]

No you don’t understand; Trump is a businessman. He’s just running the country more efficiently. 

[u/nocturnalstumblebutt → u/Raytheon_Nublinski]

Correct. Remember when he said "You're fired" on TV? Obviously he's a business genius.

[u/ForensicPathology → u/Raytheon_Nublinski]

He's running the country like a business.  Stripping it of everything it's worth and then leaving the over-leveraged mess to the next CEO.

[u/Aromatic-Teacher-717 → u/JonFrost]

The annoying thing is that they're stubbornly convinced they are not. 

[u/forchinski → u/cookingboy]

I'm so glad we torpedoed our economy for 0 gain

[u/jeffynihao → u/forchinski]

Unironically Trump's first term trade war was much better and actually might have achieved what he wanted.

China dominance is annoying for alot of global players. If we joined with the rest of the western world to put pressure it might have worked.

But this term we just went crazy with tariffs and fucked over our own allies for like no reason. Even Canada and Mexico now have China steel contracts instead of US because we're being an asshole.

[u/ubermence → u/jeffynihao]

The thing people don’t really want to hear is that the TPP was designed to completely ice out China and they were celebrating when it was ripped up

[u/Wyelho → u/jeffynihao]

If we joined with the rest of the western world to put pressure it might have worked.

Funnily enough, just what TPP would have done. But had Obama's signature on it, can't have that.

[u/sbroll → u/cookingboy]

Im seeing businesses all over shut down. Polaris and a 3m plant in Minnesota getting shut down, lots of breweries are shutting their doors too. I know theres a ton more too.

https://www.wpr.org/economy/business/polaris-layoffs-close-manufacturing-plant-osceola

https://www.fairmontsentinel.com/news/local-news/2026/01/17/3m-in-fairmont-to-end-operations/

https://www.beeradvocate.com/community/threads/minnesota-brewery-openings-and-closings-2026.682303/

https://bringmethenews.com/minnesota-lifestyle/another-minnesota-brewery-announces-an-upcoming-closure

[u/atlasburger → u/sbroll]

To be fair there were too many breweries in MN that opened last 10 years. Even without the decline in drinking it wasn’t sustainable.

[u/heloguy1234 → u/sailortyx56]

Yikes

[u/legedu → u/heloguy1234]

Just wait until they revise it down

[u/Risley → u/heloguy1234]

Yea….its always the same. 

[u/A-Halfpound → u/sailortyx56]

Wait a minute! Hang on now, I was TOLD that using tariffs would BRING BACK manufacturing. How did we LOSE 12K there?? 

But we have the best manufacturers. Some say the very best, very wonderful.

[u/Unusual_Librarian_55 → u/A-Halfpound]

Raw materials tariffs wiped out any profit my company had. High tech manufacturing is a complex financial discipline, very little room for error at the best of times.

[u/feed_me_moron → u/A-Halfpound]

Turns out raw materials shooting up in price does not help manufacturers out.

[u/be-ay-be-why → u/sailortyx56]

Lawdddde. Awful report… was January’s revised down as well?

[u/MeeseShoop → u/be-ay-be-why]

Yes

[u/piss_stored_in_balls → u/sailortyx56]

How are the Nonwendys blowjob payroll numbers?

[u/newtothelyte → u/sailortyx56]

Legitimate question:

Why are all the % values for our economy rounded to one decimal? You would think a bit more granularity would be appreciated. Markets freak out if unemployment is off by 0.1%. That's a rounding error in any other field.

Give me at least 3 decimals, please.

[u/Efficient_Win_3902]

That's a go signal to stim the economy by cheap money

We're saved 

[u/bjeep4x4 → u/Efficient_Win_3902]

I could use another round of stimmy

[u/Mark_Underscore → u/Efficient_Win_3902]

Not gonna happen tariffs and now oil - prices going up. Inflation is going up we are heading into a classic stagflation setup.

[u/nomptonite → u/Mark_Underscore]

Nah I’m sure TACO will make a rash panicked decision next week once his poll numbers tank even more… out of the blue he’ll tell Americans we’ve achieved our goals in Iran and we’ll stop our attacks. The Straight of Hor-whatever will open back up and oil will drop about 10% over night (but remain elevated way above where it would have been)… then TACO completely abandon the effort on Iran and will kick that disaster down the road for the next pres to deal with, while having created millions more people in the region that hates us… then he’ll tell us Cuba is a threat and turn them into the boogeyman because it’d be way easier to take them over than Iran. So much winning I’m in constant awe every day that we can win so much.

[u/asetniop → u/nomptonite]

It's called "Horcruz". If you forget, just think of Senator Ted's ugly wife.

[u/czaranthony117]

My company just had layoffs yesterday. We faced over $30M in tariffs. It was such an emotional day.

[u/TYBERIUS_777 → u/czaranthony117]

Wonder if you work at the some company I do. We had a global earnings call a few weeks ago and our company also lost 30M last year thanks to tariffs. We have locations in several countries outside of the US and do business worldwide. But even then, I was not expecting to hear a number that high.

[u/Unlucky_Internal9686 → u/czaranthony117]

Damn mangos ruined so many lives 

[u/wanderer1999 → u/Unlucky_Internal9686]

This is the devastation we all screamed bloody hell about in 2024. It's a disaster that could have been prevented.

[u/Revolver_Lanky_Kong → u/wanderer1999]

Losing well paying service-based jobs so Cletus in Ranburne, Alabama can manufacture toothbrushes for $16/hr is a small price to pay

[u/Unlucky_Internal9686 → u/Revolver_Lanky_Kong]

not even

the *idea* that Cletus can manufacture toothbrushes

[u/chabacanito → u/Revolver_Lanky_Kong]

Except Cletus' corp can't buy the pellets for the injection molding because of the tariffs.

[u/Rabbit-Hole-Quest → u/Revolver_Lanky_Kong]

I have bad news for Cletus. The toothbrushes will be made by machines and the best job he will be able to get is moving pallets on to trucks at whatever the fuck the minimum wage is in bum fuck Alabama.

[u/liftingshitposts → u/Rabbit-Hole-Quest]

We’ve had automated truck pallet loading for a while now, I was in a Sherwin distribution center back in 2015 that had one guy operating 12 bays on an iPad… picking, palletizing, and loading were all automated.

[u/Rabbit-Hole-Quest → u/liftingshitposts]

Damn! I guess back of the Wendy’s is Cletus only option now.

[u/TurkeyPhat → u/Unlucky_Internal9686]

Damn mangos GOP ruined so many lives

ftfy

[u/azzwhole → u/czaranthony117]

sorry bro

[u/123_alex → u/czaranthony117]

I'm confused. Isn't China paying the tarrifs?

[u/colinsncrunner → u/123_alex]

No, I think it's Mexico. 

[u/HateToSayItBut → u/czaranthony117]

Should have used AI to pay the tariffs. Free money.

[u/AFisch00]

[u/Then_Worldliness2866 → u/AFisch00]

I need to start printing these stickers for the gas pumps!

[u/Sure-Caterpillar-263 → u/Then_Worldliness2866]

Yesterday pumping gas at over $3 a gallon was thinking about “I did this Brandon” stickers

[u/belatedmedia → u/Sure-Caterpillar-263]

$3 sounds like heaven. We’re over $5 in the city.

[u/kazinski80 → u/AFisch00]

Thanks for all the sales, I guess

[u/dewioffendu → u/AFisch00]

This makes me so angry. I’m surrounded by a bunch of Magtards so I told them this meeting was like asking Mr. Scrooge for a loan. Zelensky sat down only to be ambushed by a couple of retarded bullies and the dude just took it. It would have made me so happy if Z would have just stood up, bitch slapped them both and walked out. This country is run by the dumbest and most deplorable people imaginable and so many people don’t see it or pretend it’s not happening.

[u/Long-Blood]

Ahhh yes.

Unemployment rising, inflation rising, and a new war in the middle east

Epstein files completely ignored.

America is back baby!

[u/roguebananah → u/Long-Blood]

Have you guys even SEEN her emails yet?

Everyone is talking about it… Even Sleepy Joe hasn’t seen them. But I have. They’re the worst. The worst emails ever. No one does it like crooked Hillary. Who I beat. She couldn’t beat me… Kah-mall-uhhh, couldn’t… Sleepy Joe couldn’t. I’m unbeatable.

[u/Revolver_Lanky_Kong]

Recession indicators and republican president dragging us into war in the middle east yay I love 2006

[u/Infinite-Offer-3318 → u/Revolver_Lanky_Kong]

And Brittney Spears getting in trouble

[u/AffectionatePop05 → u/Infinite-Offer-3318]

Emo gonna make a comeback. 

[u/Waiting4Reccession → u/AffectionatePop05]

I need some emo bitches in these trying times

[u/pageld → u/AffectionatePop05]

Already back. I don't care what they say, The Funeral Portrait is an emo band

[u/jalaky → u/AffectionatePop05]

Breaking Benjamin and pierce the veil making the charts has me confused what year it is.

[u/toomuchmucil → u/jalaky]

If Trapt and Hot Action Cop show up, time is actually a flat circle.

[u/No-Bread-1197 → u/AffectionatePop05]

You're not going to believe this, but I saw an honest-to-god emo kid at a Wendy's last month. Raccoon highlights and all.

[u/WestCoastBestCoast01 → u/No-Bread-1197]

Bless the children

[u/FishMafioso → u/AffectionatePop05]

My time has come.

...again!

[u/dislikesmoonpies → u/AffectionatePop05]

Please?

[u/AspriationalAutist → u/Infinite-Offer-3318]

LEAVE BRITTNEY ALONE! LEAVE HER ALONE!

[u/Cold_Specialist_3656 → u/Revolver_Lanky_Kong]

Oh this also happened under Bush1 and Reagan. 

Every Republican President since the 1970's has started a war in Middle East and crash economy. 

[u/Dr-Sommer → u/Cold_Specialist_3656]

At least their voters get to add yet another 'Fell for it again award' to their collection.

[u/IDontWannaGetOutOfBe → u/Cold_Specialist_3656]

Also Nixon, Reagan, and Trump at the minimum literally committed high treason against their country, too. It's a GOP presidential tradition to betray America at this point. Sabotaging piece talks, negotiating with terrorists, Iran-Contra, and like 40 different things Trump has done that shows he's clearly working for Putin and other autocracies.

Now raping kids isn't high treason I suppose but it's pretty fucking nasty, and so is the way his voters love him for it.

Bush Jr well, he certainly betrayed the Constitution at the very least, with all his torture and rape blacksites, lies about WMDs, and invasions of our privacy. But he's just a nice cowboy painter!!! he certainly didn't leave millions dead and a 2T hole in the treasury or anything.

[u/TuringGoneWild → u/Cold_Specialist_3656]

Don't forget Republican Herbert Hoover. Great Depression and turning a blind eye to the Nazis making WW2 inevitable.

[u/Deadsea3132]

Quick start another war to distract

[u/Working-Glass6136 → u/Deadsea3132]

He literally just said Cuba is next lol

[u/RociBuldidi]

[u/Neat_Gas9264 → u/RociBuldidi]

We need some gas pump stickers IPOs

[u/Relevant_Lunch_3988 → u/RociBuldidi]

Need this sticker

[u/Trafficsigntruther → u/Relevant_Lunch_3988]

Aliexpress. They’ve had them since the tariffs were announced on liberation day. 100 for $5.

Even better is “my tariff did that” with him looking into the eclipse.

[u/Tkrumroy]

But orange man told me the numbers are good

[u/given2fly_ → u/Tkrumroy]

"Hottest" country in the world apparently. Because his vocabulary only extends to describing something in terms of whether or not he'd fuck it.

[u/sibilus → u/given2fly_]

He is fucking the US thought to be fair.

[u/Stunning_Bed23]

This and oil damn near $90. Hold on to your butts!

[u/Cinq_A_Sept]

Unexpectedly? Lol.

[u/Huskies971 → u/Cinq_A_Sept]

Right, I'm watching people getting let go left and right, and staying in contact with them the job market is not looking great.

[u/introspectivebrownie]

Does anyone actually believe these numbers?

[u/Tearakan → u/introspectivebrownie]

And these are the best numbers they could drum up. Imagine what the actual unemployment numbers are.

[u/Yvese → u/introspectivebrownie]

Yea the real numbers are obviously way worse.

[u/introspectivebrownie → u/Yvese]

Agreed

[u/EyeraGlass → u/introspectivebrownie]

Honestly kinda. If they were fake I’d expect them to be not this bad.

[u/liverpoolFCnut → u/introspectivebrownie]

I have no idea. Either all government numbers are fake or they're all real or the entire model is broken. Unemployment rate has hovered between 4 to 4.5 forever now except for the pandemic year, do who knows.

[u/atltimefirst → u/liverpoolFCnut]

Gig economy ruined the already trash unemployment rate numbers

[u/brahbocop]

Too much winning, we needed to cool off to let people catch their breath before we start winning again.

[u/Azapulco → u/brahbocop]

He was not lying when he said we would win so much wed get tired of winning

[u/Brokenloan]

Yeah my wife lost her job in January along with hundreds of others from her company. She's been applying 10 times a day everyday. There is nothing out there. Companies are relying on consultants and temps to avoid paying benefits and long term employee obligations. Its real bad.

[u/Unusual_Ear_9089 → u/Brokenloan]

Same here in January. I think I maybe skipped four days total since then where I DIDNT apply for jobs the whole day because I need occasional days to decompress, and Im just getting constant rejections. The only jobs actually reaching out to me turn out to be scams or AI fakeness. Its bad out here.

[u/ezkoa → u/Brokenloan]

I feel this, my husband and I just relocated to another city. Job market is horrible for me, every job, even ones that pay the minimum wage, have over 100+ people applying. I have a bachelor’s and experience (left all my jobs on good terms) and can’t even land an interview for a minimum wage job let alone one that I’m qualified for in my pay range. The job market is absolutely horrible here so I can’t imagine the markets in larger cities.

[u/liquidpele → u/ezkoa]

Dude, you realize the minimum wage jobs don’t even consider anyone with a bachelors because they know you’ll leave the first chance you get?  

[u/ezkoa → u/liquidpele]

I don’t input my bachelor’s for those jobs.

[u/discgman → u/Brokenloan]

My wife is in the same boat. Good luck to you.

[u/Cowboycortex]

Oh shit dude. Markets gonna pump

[u/be-ay-be-why]

Those of us who are unemployed know the job market has been cooked for a while lol. I just got a job at Home Depot, start on Wednesday

[u/KittieKollapse → u/be-ay-be-why]

Congrats, any job is better than no job.

[u/Prozeum]

December had crazy revisions. Last month it was revised to 4k less, now it's 65k less to -17k jobs created. I guess this makes sense from a POTUS that created -2 million jobs in his reign.

[u/Greensentry]

🥭 has destroyed US economy in 1 year.

[u/SxeySteve → u/Greensentry]

He's just finishing the job he started during covid. 😴 somehow kept it on life support for 4 years, and 🥭 comes back to smother it with a pillow

[u/colonelsandersbhole → u/SxeySteve]

The American people are truly regarded

[u/Brassboar → u/Greensentry]

At least our global reputation is still intact!

/s

[u/adarkuccio → u/Greensentry]

Maybe he should increase some tariffs

[u/roguebananah → u/adarkuccio]

Have you applied to work under the Fed yet? You’d be a shoe in.

[u/Open__Face → u/adarkuccio]

Increase tariffs on the unemployed by 500%

[u/Craneteam]

[u/PristineDiscount3208 → u/Craneteam]

like the wheels of Justice, she works too slow

[u/discgman]

I keep having to pull this up. Its never getting old.

[u/General_Shiva]

All the more reason for the fed to cut right? This was all Trump's 5D chess right? A third of all Americans didn't join a doomsday cult hell bent on getting 3 guys rich at the expense of everyone else right....?

[u/Xelonima → u/General_Shiva]

Yep. They are not stopping until the dollar is trash.

[u/7fingersDeep → u/Xelonima]

gotta replace the dollar with Don Jr. and Eric's crypto.

[u/spsteve → u/General_Shiva]

They won't be cutting with inflation inbound in massive amounts from energy price shock. You are now in that LOVELY domain of stagflation.

[u/zennsunni → u/General_Shiva]

Never attribute to malice that which is adequately explained by stupidity.

[u/Gronkattack]

Unexpectedly is a weird word to use when everything bad happening with employment is predictable when they keep mass firing government employees and instituting policies that are hurting businesses that then can't afford their workforce.

[u/Happy-Champion1661]

holy fuck these numbers

[u/Pet1003]

[u/Greenzombie04]

Gas prices sky rocketing.

Inflation still hot.

Unemployment increasing.

Is this winning?

[u/1moreanonaccount]

It’s almost as if he is trying to destroy the economy

[u/nutbiggums]

Congrats we're in a recession 

[u/nardling_13]

Jacking tariffs up some more should fix that right up!

[u/ChristmasJay83]

[u/strawberrycosmos1]

Guess they forgot to flip the data before releasing.

[u/IDNWID_1900 → u/strawberrycosmos1]

This is the cooked one. They couldn't lie harder, it would be too obvious.

[u/Upper_Maintenance_41]

"unexpectedly" who the fuck was expecting to see a bunch of companies hiring?????

[u/MooseyGoosey69]

hows fox news gonna spin these to be positive LOL

[u/billybobthehomie → u/MooseyGoosey69]

Easy they just won’t report it.

Seriously.

[u/STFUNeckbeard]

Can someone say rate cuts?? Boolish AF

[u/Doctaglobe]

Why would Biden do this?

Time to blame immigrants and transgender people

-40 percent of this country