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Anecdotally, I'm seeing the opposite. Employees are pretty badly needed but companies trying to operate as lean as possible for cashflow reasons. As interest ra

by nrb 2y ago

Anecdotally, I'm seeing the opposite. Employees are pretty badly needed but companies trying to operate as lean as possible for cashflow reasons. As interest rates decline and borrowed money becomes cheaper I expect we'll see hiring tick back up in startups/tech specifically.

skirmish 2y ago
> As interest rates decline Why would they decline any further? The consensus right now is inflation will go up due to incoming administration's stated policies, and rates will go up too.
- mejutoco 2y ago
  OP might be talking about countries other than the US.
- nrb 2y ago
  They very well might, with the expected opposite effect. I was speaking more to the correlation of interest rates and hiring compared to "companies figured out people are lazy" as an explanation.