Payroll growth has slowed to about 84,000 a month. Underneath the headline, hiring has narrowed to three sectors and the quit rate has fallen to a level last seen a decade ago.
Internal reviews at three departments found that vacancies are being filled by contractors at a higher hourly cost, and that the exemption process consumes about a fifth of one agency’s HR capacity.
A three-year study of eleven distribution centers found automation moved workers between tasks far more than it removed them — and made the remaining jobs harder to fill.
