This week, Amazon announced it was cutting 9,000 jobs. 46 out of 48 layoff memos mentioned46 out of 48 layoff memos mentioned the economy #g-LAYOFFWORDS-economy-xxsmall { display: none } @media (max-width: 383px) and (min-width: 260px) { #g-LAYOFFWORDS-economy-xxsmall { display: block } } #g-LAYOFFWORDS-economy-xsmall { display: none } @media (max-width: 639px) and (min-width: 384px) { #g-LAYOFFWORDS-economy-xsmall { display: block } } #g-LAYOFFWORDS-economy-medium { display: none } @media (max-width: 959px) and (min-width: 640px) { #g-LAYOFFWORDS-economy-medium { display: block } } #g-LAYOFFWORDS-economy-xlarge { display: none } @media (min-width: 960px) { #g-LAYOFFWORDS-economy-xlarge { display: block } } 18 used the words recession, downturn12 reference economic or24 memosused the termmacroeconomic10 mentionedinflation orinterest rates12 reference economicor geopoliticaluncertainty18 used the wordsrecession,downturn12 reference economic or24 memos used the18 used the words recession,10 mentioned inflationor interest rates #g-LAYOFFWORDS-subecon-xxsmall { display: none } @media (max-width: 383px) and (min-width: 260px) { #g-LAYOFFWORDS-subecon-xxsmall { display: block } } #g-LAYOFFWORDS-subecon-xsmall { display: none } @media (max-width: 639px) and (min-width: 384px) { #g-LAYOFFWORDS-subecon-xsmall { display: block } } #g-LAYOFFWORDS-subecon-medium { display: none } @media (max-width: 959px) and (min-width: 640px) { #g-LAYOFFWORDS-subecon-medium { display: block } } #g-LAYOFFWORDS-subecon-xlarge { display: none } @media (min-width: 960px) { #g-LAYOFFWORDS-subecon-xlarge { display: block } } Nearly two-thirds of layoff memos mention a need for greater efficiency — a choice that can come off as victim blaming, said Sandra Sucher, a Harvard Business School professor who studies layoffs. Design elements are direct quotes from layoff memos with the exception of the first, where “Dear” was not necessarily used