October job cuts highest for the month since 2003: Report

[mystery-ak]

 October job cuts highest for the month since 2003: Report
by Ashleigh Fields - 11/06/25 9:06 AM ET

October job cuts were the highest for the month since 2003, according to a Thursday report from analyst Challenger, Gray and Christmas.

Employers’ job cuts totaled 153,074 for the month of October, marking a 174 percent increase from this time last year.

“This is the highest total for October in over 20 years, and the highest total for a single month in the fourth quarter since 2008,” said Andy Challenger, chief revenue officer for Challenger, Gray and Christmas, in a statement.

The warehousing industry saw the most reductions, with 47,878 job cuts due to an “ongoing overcapacity and automation-driven restructuring following pandemic-era growth,” per the report.

The private sector added 42,000 jobs in October, according to the payroll management company ADP.

The technology sector led the private sector for the most reductions, recording 33,281 job cuts, Challenger, Gray and Christmas report noted.

“Like in 2003, a disruptive technology is changing the landscape,” Challenger said.

In addition to cuts, planned hires are also down by 35 percent compared to last year, reaching the lowest year-to-date total since 2011.

U.S. employers have announced plans to fill 488,077 roles.

“It’s possible with rate cuts and a strong showing in November, companies may make a late season push for employees, but at this point, we do not expect a strong seasonal hiring environment in 2025,” Challenger said.

On Wednesday, President Trump said more “American-born workers” are employed than when he took office. He’s touted his economic agenda alongside Vice President Vance.

“The president has done a lot that has already paid off in lower interest rates and lower inflation, but we inherited a disaster from Joe Biden and Rome wasn’t built in a day. We’re going to keep on working to make a decent life affordable in this country, and that’s the metric by which we’ll ultimately be judged in 2026 and beyond,” the vice president wrote in a Wednesday post on the social platform X.

“The infighting is stupid. I care about my fellow citizens–particularly young Americans–being able to afford a decent life,” he added.

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[Hoodat]

“The infighting is stupid. I care about my fellow citizens–particularly young Americans–being able to afford a decent life,” he added.

The reason they can no longer afford a decent life is because government has been stealing $2 trillion worth of value from our money supply every year for over a decade.  That's well over $20 trillion of value that Americans no longer have.  And the only entity not subject to sacrifices is our government.

[libertybele]

Not exactly a check mark in the plus column for Trump and the GOP.

[Bigun]

Not exactly a check mark in the plus column for Trump and the GOP.

"Give me control of a nations' money, and I care not who runs the government."
                     Meyer Rothschild (1743-1812)

The institutional theft began in 1913 with passage of the Federal Reserve Act and continues to this day. Accelerating at present just as @Hoodat says.

[Smokin Joe]

If you want to stay employed, get a job AI and machines can't do.

Right now, AI is cutting swathes through labor pools (who have likely been using AI or something like it to write their stuff).

Try calling in and talking with a human, most anywhere. It's getting harder to do.

[Kamaji]

If you want to stay employed, get a job AI and machines can't do.

Right now, AI is cutting swathes through labor pools (who have likely been using AI or something like it to write their stuff).

Try calling in and talking with a human, most anywhere. It's getting harder to do.

Except that:  Companies Are Quietly Rehiring the Workers They Replaced With AI

[Hoodat]

Except that:  Companies Are Quietly Rehiring the Workers They Replaced With AI

I am sure that there is someone at my company who thinks that they can replace me with AI.  We currently have a posting for a Systems Analyst who is to inject AI into our company processes.  For me, I cannot wait.  I even egg them on from time to time, knowing what an unmitigated disaster it will be to employ AI on a system with so many imperfections and incomplete work, while at the same time implementing the changes demanded by upper management on a whim.  I'm just glad I live far enough away from the plant to escape any catastrophic event that occurs because they trusted AI enough to know which valve to open, how much to open it, and for how long.  Repeat this hundreds of times.

[Kamaji]

I am sure that there is someone at my company who thinks that they can replace me with AI.  We currently have a posting for a Systems Analyst who is to inject AI into our company processes.  For me, I cannot wait.  I even egg them on from time to time, knowing what an unmitigated disaster it will be to employ AI on a system with so many imperfections and incomplete work, while at the same time implementing the changes demanded by upper management on a whim.  I'm just glad I live far enough away from the plant to escape any catastrophic event that occurs because they trusted AI enough to know which valve to open, how much to open it, and for how long.  Repeat this hundreds of times.

On the other hand, if the plant doesn't blow up, it'll end up in you getting a six to twelve month vacation before they come crawling back offering to hire you at twice the pay.