Glassdoor Economic Research has released its Worklife Trends report for 2026. A key theme highlighted throughout is the growing disconnect between workers and their leaders.

A notable contributing factor is that smaller, regular layoffs—which the report dubs as “forever layoffs”—are becoming more common than less frequent mass layoffs.

Rolling layoffs are among several reasons why many employees feel anxious and less secure in the workplace. Let’s review the report findings.

‘Forever layoffs’ are becoming the norm

Layoffs are back to pre-pandemic levels. And smaller, more frequent job cuts are now common.

Glassdoor refers to these mini, rolling layoffs as “forever layoffs.”

Glassdoor reviewed Bureau of Labor Statistics Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey (JOLTS) data from 2015 to

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