코로나로 큰 타격을 입은 현재 미국 경제는 1930년 대공황에 비유되고 있다. 5월 8일 데이터에 따르면 지난달 4월, 2천만 명이 이상의 미국인들이 일자리를 잃어버린 것으로 예측된다.

 

미국의 코로나 사망자 추세는 아직 떨어지지 않았지만, 경제학자들은 경기 침체가 바닥을 치고 있다는 신호를 보기 시작했다. 트럼프 대통령부터 회사 최고 경영자까지 의사 결정권자들은 2조 달러의 재정 부양책과 점진적인 제한 해제가 올여름 경제 회복에 첫걸음이 되길 바라고 있다.

 

서비스 산업은 폐쇄 명령에 의해 큰 손실을 얻게 되며 한 달 전에 ‘임시’라고 표시된 많은 정리 해고는 이제 ‘무한’ 또는 ‘영구적’으로 표시되고 있다. 최근 영구 정리해고는 지리적으로나 부문별로 경제 전체적으로 진행되고 있다. 수요일 우버 테크놀로지스(Uber Technologies Inc.)는 전 세계적으로 3,700개의 일자리 또는 14%의 일자리를 없앨 것이라고 밝혔다. 하루 전 에어비앤비(Airbnb Inc.)는 직원의 25%, 즉 전 세계 1,900명의 직원을 정리해고했다.

 

항공과 같은 산업에서 크고 작은 회사들은 영구적인 해고에 의존하고 있다. 4월 29일 보잉은 올해 16,000명(10%)의 직원을 줄일 것이라고 발표했다. 데이비드 칼호온(David Calhoun) CEO는 항공 여행이 전 세계적으로 붕괴되면서 항공 산업이 2019년 수준으로 수요가 회복되기까지 약 3년이 걸릴 것으로 예상했다.

 

 

원문 보러가기: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-05-06/temporary-coronavirus-layoffs-are-turning-permanent-around-u-s?utm_campaign=news&utm_medium=bd&utm_source=applenews

 

 

Layoffs Start Turning From Temporary to Permanent Across America

In an American economy negotiating a downturn that is already being likened to the 1930s Great Depression, with data on May 8 expected to show more than 20 million Americans lost their jobs in April, the story of Michigan Maple and its 56 workers is easy to ignore. It should, though, be a warning for those trying to figure if and when the U.S. economy can stage a full recovery from an induced coma.

 

Although Covid-19 fatalities in the U.S. haven’t started to trend down yet, economists are beginning to see signs that the recession is bottoming out. Decision makers from President Trump down to company chief executive officers are hoping more than $2 trillion in fiscal stimulus and the gradual lifting of restrictions could set the stage for a significant rebound this summer.

 

Yet what’s happening to Michigan Maple points to a worrying trend emerging from the stacks of layoff notices filed by businesses in California, Florida, and New York, where service industries have been hammered by lockdown orders, as well as politically important swing states such as Michigan and Ohio, where key industries such as steel and autos already faced headwinds going into 2020. Plenty of layoffs that just a month ago were labeled “temporary” are now tagged “indefinite” or “permanent.” Alongside announcements of sweeping staff cuts by major employers such as Boeing Co. and U.S. Steel Corp. and the accelerating pace of downsizing in brick-and-mortar retailing, such notices are a sign that even as businesses continue to hope for a speedy recovery, they are starting to plan for a slow one.

 

The new permanent layoffs are hitting a wide swath of the economy both geographically and sectorally. Uber Technologies Inc. on Wednesday became the latest major company to announced long-term layoffs, saying it would be eliminating 3,700 jobs, or 14% of its staff worldwide. A day earlier, Airbnb Inc. said it was cutting 25% of its workforce, or about 1,900 people worldwide. 

 

In such industries as aviation, companies large and small are resorting to permanent layoffs. On April 29, Boeing announced it will cut about 16,000 employees, approximately 10% of its workforce, this year. CEO David Calhoun said he anticipates it will take about three years for the aviation industry to see demand return to 2019 levels amid a global collapse in air travel. Less than a week earlier, Constant Aviation, an aircraft maintenance contractor, notified officials in Ohio that it planned to shutter a facility at Cuyahoga County Airport outside Cleveland and dismiss 52 workers. In documents filed with the state, Constant CEO David Davies called the closure a “necessary response to the unprecedented and unforeseeable business circumstances created by the COVID-19 pandemic.”