The layoff loop: Employers rehiring roles within months

Another 35% said 26% to 50% of the roles they laid off were refilled within a year, while 12% stated that 51% to 75% of laid-off roles returned within the same period.

“Rehiring so soon after layoffs suggests not a return to stability, but a misalignment between quick fixes and lasting solutions,” the report read.

Serial layoffs on the rise

Additionally, the report discovered that “serial layoffs” have become the new normal as nearly 78% of the respondents admit that their company carried out multiple rounds of layoffs in the past year.

“According to our survey, layoffs are not only recurring but happening in rapid succession,” it read.

Four in 10 HR leaders reported that their layoffs occurred quarterly, while nine per cent said they occurred less than one month apart.