Workers strikes, still high inflation and high interest rates are causing companies in many sectors to lay off employees. To illustrate the employment trends and the socioeconomic implications, each week we will list job losses. This is week 50.

Seventy four percent of employers have instituted hiring freezes, citing rushing inflation and labor costs, higher interest rates, reduced revenues, and fears of recession.

LinkedIn’s Workforce Confidence Index, which captures the anxiety level among workers and their specific roles, shows 31 percent worry their employer plans to enact layoffs, particularly those associated with new product rollouts. For example, product management, quality assurance, marketing, finance and IT.

• Scotland’s Digital Skills Academy – 60
• Salesforce – 50
• Wilko – possible 12,000 at risk
• Discord – 37
• Telus – 6,000
• Canaccord Genuity – CEO says layoffs necessary
• Striking Distance Studios – unknown amount
• FedEx – 280
• Ericsson – 750
• HackerOne – 12 percent 
• Planet Labs – 10 percent, 117
• inDrive – hundreds cut
• CVS – thousands of corporate cuts expected
• Shopify – 20 percent
• India Gaming site MPL ( International ) – 350
• Com.Development Institute Head Start Wis. – 48
• Dell – Confirms Sales Layoffs
• Aerospace company Astra – 70
• Telus Corp ( International ) – 6,000
• Molecular Templates Inc – 100
• Thermo Fisher Scientific in San Diego – 106
• Danbury schools CT – Layoffs?
• USF Holland operation in Edwardsville – 150
• Pfizer – 70 in Lake Forest
• Atlas Van Lines Evansville Indiana – Furloughs , No #
• UW-Oshkosh – 200
• UBS – Lays off Credit Suisse Investment Banking staff , closes Houston office
• Qualcomm – Plans Layoffs
• Gem – 70
• Newell Brands Rubbermaid facility in Winfield KS – 46
• Archipelago Analytics – 40
• HackerOne – 50 in US / UK / Canada
• E-Commerce Wish – 255
• Striking Distance – 32
• Tripadvisor – More Job Cuts?
• Wayne Memorial Hospital PA – Some Layoffs, No #
• FamPay ( International ) – 18
• Planet – 117
• Armstrong Teasdale Law Firm – 35
• Landscaping Business Marshall (International) – 250