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高盛:科技公司大裁员并不意味着经济衰退逼近

高盛:科技公司大裁员并不意味着经济衰退逼近

PRARTHANA PRAKASH 2022-11-20
高盛列举了3个理由,证明科技公司大规模裁员并不意味着经济衰退近在眼前。

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科技公司在2020年至2021年经历了一段黄金时期,增长屡创纪录,股价创历史新高。

但今年,这些公司疫情初期的收益已经蒸发了近一半。由于整体通胀接近40年最高水平,股市低迷,因此科技公司宣布大规模裁员。Meta已经裁员11,000人,亚马逊(Amazon)表示为了控制成本可能裁撤10,000个公司岗位。Twitter在本月早些时候裁员近50%,尽管其中涉及一些特殊情况。微软(Microsoft)、Stripe和赛富时(Salesforce)等公司也在过去几周纷纷裁员。

许多人表示美国已经进入经济衰退,而科技公司的裁员让这种观点更有市场。但高盛(Goldman Sachs)分析师周二发布的一篇报告认为,科技行业大规模裁员,并不意味着美国即将进入经济衰退。分析师们列举了三个理由。

首先,科技行业在整个就业市场中所占的比例较小,因此并不会对失业率产生深远影响。报告称,虽然标普500指数约26%的市值来自科技公司,但科技行业的就业岗位并没有体现出这种主导地位。高盛的报告认为,科技公司岗位仅占整体就业市场的约0.3%,科技公司的金融影响力并不会对就业产生影响。

其次,由于目前有大量空缺岗位,因此科技行业裁撤的员工可以找到其他工作。报告称,科技行业的空缺岗位数量超过了疫情之前的水平,这为求职者提供了更多机会。

最后,科技行业以前也曾出现过大规模裁员,但这并没有引发整体经济领域的裁员或市场下滑。高盛认为,劳动力市场的问题是它依旧过于坚挺。

分析师表示,最近的大规模裁员并不是经济下行的迹象,公司裁员是因为今年利润减少,导致维持大量员工的成本高昂。尤其是对于科技公司而言,在顺利时有巨大的收益,而一旦收益缩水,下降幅度则是惊人的。

据《纽约时报》报道,好在对科技人才的需求依旧旺盛,这为被裁员工提供了机会。初创公司也在充分利用科技公司裁员的机会,招聘在大型科技公司积累多年经验的软件开发人员和工程师,以填补职位空缺。(财富中文网)

翻译:刘进龙

审校:汪皓

SRDJANPAV —— 盖蒂图片社

科技公司在2020年至2021年经历了一段黄金时期,增长屡创纪录,股价创历史新高。

但今年,这些公司疫情初期的收益已经蒸发了近一半。由于整体通胀接近40年最高水平,股市低迷,因此科技公司宣布大规模裁员。Meta已经裁员11,000人,亚马逊(Amazon)表示为了控制成本可能裁撤10,000个公司岗位。Twitter在本月早些时候裁员近50%,尽管其中涉及一些特殊情况。微软(Microsoft)、Stripe和赛富时(Salesforce)等公司也在过去几周纷纷裁员。

许多人表示美国已经进入经济衰退,而科技公司的裁员让这种观点更有市场。但高盛(Goldman Sachs)分析师周二发布的一篇报告认为,科技行业大规模裁员,并不意味着美国即将进入经济衰退。分析师们列举了三个理由。

首先,科技行业在整个就业市场中所占的比例较小,因此并不会对失业率产生深远影响。报告称,虽然标普500指数约26%的市值来自科技公司,但科技行业的就业岗位并没有体现出这种主导地位。高盛的报告认为,科技公司岗位仅占整体就业市场的约0.3%,科技公司的金融影响力并不会对就业产生影响。

其次,由于目前有大量空缺岗位,因此科技行业裁撤的员工可以找到其他工作。报告称,科技行业的空缺岗位数量超过了疫情之前的水平,这为求职者提供了更多机会。

最后,科技行业以前也曾出现过大规模裁员,但这并没有引发整体经济领域的裁员或市场下滑。高盛认为,劳动力市场的问题是它依旧过于坚挺。

分析师表示,最近的大规模裁员并不是经济下行的迹象,公司裁员是因为今年利润减少,导致维持大量员工的成本高昂。尤其是对于科技公司而言,在顺利时有巨大的收益,而一旦收益缩水,下降幅度则是惊人的。

据《纽约时报》报道,好在对科技人才的需求依旧旺盛,这为被裁员工提供了机会。初创公司也在充分利用科技公司裁员的机会,招聘在大型科技公司积累多年经验的软件开发人员和工程师,以填补职位空缺。(财富中文网)

翻译:刘进龙

审校:汪皓

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Tech companies had a dream run through 2020 and 2021, setting new records and driving up stock values to historic highs.

But this year, those same companies saw nearly half of their early pandemic-era gains erased. With headline inflation at nearly a 40-year high and lackluster stock performances, tech companies have announced a host of layoffs. Meta has let go of 11,000 employees, while Amazon has said it could cut 10,000 corporate jobs in an effort to control costs. Twitter laid off about 50% of its staff earlier this month, although that involved some special circumstances. And companies like Microsoft, Stripe and Salesforce have also dismissed employees in the past few weeks.

The layoffs have intensified chatter of a looming economic downturn that some people say is already underway. But even as large-scale layoffs are upon the tech sector, it may not point to a looming recession in the U.S., according to a Tuesday note from analysts at Goldman Sachs. And they say there are three reasons why.

First, the tech industry only made up a tiny fraction of the broader jobs market, so it wouldn’t have a far-reaching impact on unemployment. While almost 26% of the S&P 500’s market capitalization comes from tech companies, the jobs in this field do not reflect the same dominance, the report noted. Major tech jobs only comprised about 0.3% of the overall job market, and tech companies’ financial influence does not translate to an effect on employment, according to the bank.

Second, workers laid off from the tech industry could likely find alternate jobs, given the number of vacancies. Job openings in tech are higher than in the pre-pandemic era, offering opportunities for job-seekers, according to the report.

Lastly, mass lay-offs in the tech industry have been observed in the past but didn’t always point to job cuts elsewhere in the economy or to a market downturn. The problem for the labor market, according to Goldman, is that it remains too strong.

Rather than the sign of a tanking economy, analysts said the recent massive layoffs were because of lower profits this year, making it costly to sustain a large headcount. For tech companies specifically, the gains were generous when they came—and brutal when they were wiped away.

The silver lining is that the appetite for tech talent is still substantial and offers avenues to laid-off employees, the New York Times reported. Startups are also making the most of the tech job cuts by filling open positions with software developers and engineers, leaving big tech companies with years of experience.

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