EditorialTencent headquarters, China’s most valuable company, in Shenzhen, China on Nov. 18, 2022. It had to lay off thousands of workers this year. (The New York Times)
EditorialAndy Jassy, Amazon’s chief executive, speaks with Andrew Ross Sorkin at The New York Times’ DealBook Summit 2022 at Jazz At Lincoln Center in Manhattan on Wednesday, Nov. 30, 2022. (Hiroko Masuike/The New York Times)
EditorialNora Hamada, whose business for training recruiters, Recruit Rise, has shifted focus away from high-growth start-ups, at home in Portland, Ore., Aug. 29, 2022. (George Wylesol/The New York Times)
EditorialSen. Kyrsten Sinema (D-Ariz.) leaves a Senate Democratic luncheon on Capitol Hill in Washington, Oct. 7, 2021. (T.J. Kirkpatrick/The New York Times)
EditorialThe Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission decided it wouldn’t wait until 2022 to lay off nearly 500 toll workers. (Kriston Jae Bethel/The New York Times)
EditorialSammy Chioda, who owns Sammy C's sports bar with his wife, Marie, and has had to lay off most of his staff, in Gallup, N.M., Nov. 28, 2020. (Adam Ferguson/The New York Times)
EditorialSonia Vance, who moved from Tennessee to Lexington, Park, Md. for a new job, at her home, Aug. 19, 2020. (Timothy Nwachukwu/The New York Times)
EditorialKen and Kristen Bodenstein at their business, The Goddard School of Westport, a childcare learning center in Westport, Conn., on Aug. 6, 2020. (Christopher Capozziello/The New York Times)
EditorialArne Sorenson, chief executive of Marriott International, during a meeting with President Donald Trump and other travel industry executives at the White House in Washington on March 17, 2020. (Doug Mills/The New York Times)
EditorialYolanda Owens, the owner of Iwi Fresh in Atlanta, vitis what she hopes will become Farm Oasis, a 12,000-square-foot center that will offer wellness and beauty services, on May 23, 2020. (Ben Rollins/The New York Times)
EditorialMartin A. Kits van Heyningen, chief executive of KVH Industries, on the factory floor in Middletown, R.I. on May 20, 2020, decided to cut salaries rather than lay off workers. (Cody O'Loughlin/The New York Times)
EditorialDonna Benefiel, who owns the Sunset Produce Market in Banks, Ore., and a grocery store on the Oregon coast, in Seaside, Ore. on Friday, March 20, 2020. (Amanda Lucier/The New York Times)