The U.S. Department of Labor has updated the data recently. Affected by the epidemic, the number of unemployed people in the United States has reached 33 million, while in early April, this number was only about 17 million. This is an unprecedented number, setting a record of the number of unemployed people since the Great Depression of the 1930s.
A line was drawn in the New York Times report to represent the number of unemployed people. In April this year, this line needs to be scrolled twice to see the bottom. Fortune magazine reported that at least 231 startups announced layoffs in January.
On the evening of May 12th (local time 11th), the ride-sharing giant Uber opened a video conference with only three minutes. After only three minutes, it announced another 14% job cuts and 3,500 employees were laid off. The head of Uber’s customer service department directly announced in the video: Today will be your last day at Uber. According to Uber’s first quarter earnings report, this company has already lost 20.6 billion yuan.
You should start to be curious. Why do these beautiful companies fail to pay or even lay off employees?