Pain points

U.S. cuts 38,000 jobs in May's first 10 days, AI and tariffs ignite

PayPal 4,760, Spirit Airlines bankruptcy 14,000, Fidelity 800 severally trigger. Year-to-date cuts hit 114,000; call centers, content, and basic coding fall fastest to AI.

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