I concur, the factoid appears to be built upon self linking to other equally reliable articles published by Fortune and then citing they purchased the data, or

I concur, the factoid appears to be built upon self linking to other equally reliable articles published by Fortune and then citing they purchased the data, or possibly only insight, from a 3rd party data company. Without demonstrating methodology, equations, and sourcing in my opinion it's meaningless. The boilerplate for all of the articles, the 'this in an opinion piece' disclaimer at the end also inspires no confidence. This seems like an article created to take advantage of the psychology behind the "we eat x amount of spiders in our sleep" sentiment. Even completely untrue, with no backing, getting the statement out subscribes people to believe it. I have to question why? Are the designs here to minimize H1B suffering from the layoffs? To get people to think, 'oh they are fine, 90% got a job quickly!'? It just doesn't sit well with me.