{"id":5883,"date":"2025-08-13T16:26:04","date_gmt":"2025-08-13T21:26:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.employco.com\/blog\/?p=5883"},"modified":"2025-08-13T16:26:07","modified_gmt":"2025-08-13T21:26:07","slug":"hr-chat-w-employco-usa-small-businesses-brace-for-job-cuts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.employco.com\/blog\/2025\/08\/13\/hr-chat-w-employco-usa-small-businesses-brace-for-job-cuts\/","title":{"rendered":"HR Chat w\/Employco USA: Small Businesses Brace for Job Cuts"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"lyte-wrapper\" title=\"HR Chat w\/Employco USA: Small Businesses Brace for Job Cuts\" style=\"width:640px;max-width:100%;margin:5px auto;\"><div class=\"lyMe hidef\" id=\"WYL_-FRYV43TMGM\" itemprop=\"video\" itemscope itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/VideoObject\"><div><meta itemprop=\"thumbnailUrl\" content=\"https:\/\/www.employco.com\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-youtube-lyte\/lyteCache.php?origThumbUrl=https%3A%2F%2Fi.ytimg.com%2Fvi%2F-FRYV43TMGM%2Fmaxresdefault.jpg\" \/><meta itemprop=\"embedURL\" content=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/-FRYV43TMGM\" \/><meta itemprop=\"duration\" content=\"PT4M4S\" \/><meta itemprop=\"uploadDate\" content=\"2025-08-13T20:53:46Z\" \/><\/div><div id=\"lyte_-FRYV43TMGM\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.employco.com\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-youtube-lyte\/lyteCache.php?origThumbUrl=https%3A%2F%2Fi.ytimg.com%2Fvi%2F-FRYV43TMGM%2Fmaxresdefault.jpg\" class=\"pL\"><div class=\"tC\"><div class=\"tT\" itemprop=\"name\">HR Chat w\/Employco USA: Small Businesses Brace for Job Cuts<\/div><\/div><button tabindex=\"0\" class=\"play\"><\/button><div class=\"ctrl\"><div class=\"Lctrl\"><\/div><div class=\"Rctrl\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><noscript><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/-FRYV43TMGM\" rel=\"nofollow\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.employco.com\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-youtube-lyte\/lyteCache.php?origThumbUrl=https%3A%2F%2Fi.ytimg.com%2Fvi%2F-FRYV43TMGM%2F0.jpg\" alt=\"HR Chat w\/Employco USA: Small Businesses Brace for Job Cuts\" width=\"640\" height=\"340\" \/><br \/>Watch this video on YouTube<\/a><\/noscript><meta itemprop=\"description\" content=\"Small businesses are feeling the pressure \u2014 and many are preparing for tough staffing decisions ahead. 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