People are more worried about their jobs now than they were during the pandemic when everything closed

Months of economic uncertainty led worker confidence to crater even before Trump’s tariffs tanked financial markets

Entry-level workers, who are often at greater risk of being laid off during a slowdown, reported record-low confidence last month in Glassdoor’s employee confidence index.
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Workers are feeling worse than they did even during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Employee confidence, which has been declining since 2022, remained near February’s record low last month as recession fears increased, according to Glassdoor’s employee confidence index, which was measured through March, before President Donald Trump’s announcement of worldwide tariffs plunged stock markets into an historic selloff.

Source: https://www.marketwatch.com/story/employee-confidence-was-cratering-even-before-trumps-tariffs-tanked-markets-11cf0728