Amazon, UPS, and other major employers have made headlines with big layoff announcements — but this doesn’t necessarily spell trouble for the overall U.S. job market. According to Business Insider, while companies such as Amazon, UPS and Paramount Global have cut thousands of jobs recently, these moves are still isolated and haven’t triggered industry‑wide panic. The broader labour market remains in a “Great Freeze” — characterised by both low hiring and modest firing. Analysts say it would take around 20 more Amazon‑size layoffs in a single month to shift the framing toward a full‑blown collapse. Economists caution that headlines around prominent tech and logistics players can distort perceptions of the broader employment landscape.