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EPISODE · May 11, 2026 · 3 MIN

Episode 15 - The Two Labor Markets

from Moonshot Minute · host Moonshot Consulting

April's jobs report told two completely different stories — depending on where you work.Healthcare, warehousing, and retail added 115,000 jobs. Headline unemployment held steady at 4.3%. The White House called it a roaring private-sector win.Meanwhile, federal jobs are down 348,000 since late 2024. The information sector dropped another 13,000. Tech is in full efficiency-purge mode — Cloudflare cut 1,100 (20% of staff), Coinbase fired 700 to go "AI-native," PayPal signaling 20% cuts over time.Over 92,000 tech jobs have disappeared in just five months of 2026. Entry-level and mid-tier white-collar roles are evaporating fastest.The labor market is "resilient" — if you work in a warehouse or hospital. Office work is bleeding out.This week's Moonshot Minute: the two labor markets nobody's talking about, and the uncounted caught in the middle.—Hosted by L. David Oliver, Founder & CEO of Moonshot Consulting.New episode every Monday at noon ET.Substack: davidoliver112.substack.comSubscribe wherever you get your podcasts.#MoonshotMinute #AILayoffs #FutureOfWork #TechLayoffs #LaborMarket #BLS #Cloudflare #Coinbase #JobMarket

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April's jobs report told two completely different stories — depending on where you work.Healthcare, warehousing, and retail added 115,000 jobs. Headline unemployment held steady at 4.3%. The White House called it a roaring private-sector win.Meanwhile, federal jobs are down 348,000 since late 2024. The information sector dropped another 13,000. Tech is in full efficiency-purge mode — Cloudflare cut 1,100 (20% of staff), Coinbase fired 700 to go "AI-native," PayPal signaling 20% cuts over time.Over 92,000 tech jobs have disappeared in just five months of 2026. Entry-level and mid-tier white-collar roles are evaporating fastest.The labor market is "resilient" — if you work in a warehouse or hospital. Office work is bleeding out.This week's Moonshot Minute: the two labor markets nobody's talking about, and the uncounted caught in the middle.—Hosted by L. David Oliver, Founder & CEO of Moonshot Consulting.New episode every Monday at noon ET.Substack: davidoliver112.substack.comSubscribe wherever you get your podcasts.#MoonshotMinute #AILayoffs #FutureOfWork #TechLayoffs #LaborMarket #BLS #Cloudflare #Coinbase #JobMarket

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