Our data just made it to national television. Here’s what that means for this community.

A few days ago, we published a graphic and it was used by Fox News as the foundation for a story on fraudulent degrees being manufactured to game the H-1B visa system.

We want to be clear about something. That was not the story we were telling. We were presenting raw data. Numbers. Facts. What journalists, producers, and the public do with that data is entirely up to them.

And that is exactly the point.

LayoffHedge has never been about pushing a narrative. We do not cherry-pick outcomes. We pull from BLS, JOLTS, USCIS, DOL labor condition applications, WARN Act filings, and primary government sources. We publish what the data says. We let you decide what it means.

The reality is that the data we cover is emotional by nature. Layoffs are not abstractions. Visa displacement, AI-driven workforce reduction, silent layoffs structured to dodge federal reporting thresholds – these are people’s livelihoods. When you present that data honestly, some people will be angry. Some will be relieved that someone is finally saying it out loud. Some will weaponize it for agendas we do not share. We cannot control any of that. We just keep publishing.

What we can say is this: the fact that a national news outlet found our work credible enough to build a segment around tells us we are doing something right. Not because we want the spotlight. Because it means the data is reaching people who would otherwise never see it.

We are not slowing down.

The labor market is in the middle of a structural shift that most mainstream coverage refuses to name directly. AI is not coming for jobs. It is already here. The numbers prove it every single month. Our job is to keep tracking it, publishing it, and making sure it is impossible to ignore.

If you believe data should be free, accessible, and unfiltered – this community is yours. If you want to be part of something bigger than a subreddit, look into $LAYOFF. It is not just a token. It is a working-class hedge against the automation wave that the people in charge would rather you not think too hard about.

We are proud of this moment. We are more focused on what comes next. 

Our data just aired on Fox News. Here’s where we stand.