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title: "WSJ Tracks “Who’s Hiring and Who’s Firing”"
url: https://burnaze.com/article/392e90da-35a0-44f6-b9fe-128d12477f46
source: "1851 Franchise"
original_url: https://1851franchise.com/wsj-tracks-whos-hiring-and-whos-firing-2712809
category: "General"
published: 2020-04-14T19:14:59.000Z
modified: 2026-11-01T02:28:02.763Z
image: https://newimage.1851franchise.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=85,format=webp,width=1280,height=720/story/featureImage/b52aceb05b283c7e836e56d03d2f43e95197.jpg
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# WSJ Tracks “Who’s Hiring and Who’s Firing”

**TL;DR:** The Wall Street Journal is tracking companies that are hiring and firing amid the pandemic, with some franchise brands like Yum! Brands and Dollar General hiring. Companies like Apache, Boeing, and Disney are cutting workers.

*originally published in 1851 Franchise on 2020-04-14. [Read the original](https://1851franchise.com/wsj-tracks-whos-hiring-and-whos-firing-2712809).*

## Story

**As the coronavirus pandemic continues to take** **a heavy toll on the world economy****, some businesses are faring better than others. While most industries are experiencing record-high layoffs, some companies have managed to avoid staff reductions and are even hiring.**

**The Wall Street Journal is** **tracking the world’s largest companies with an eye on who’s hiring, who’s firing, who’s adding or cutting benefits and who’s paying idle workers****.**

**The list may be encouraging for readers who had assumed businesses were making cuts across the board. Companies as diverse as CVS, FedEx and Qualcomm are all currently hiring new employees.**

**Two of the franchise brands represented on the list, Yum! Brands and Dollar General, are also hiring.**

**Apache, Boeing, Disney, Gap, General Electric, Marriott and Under Armour are all among the brands currently cutting work/workers.**

## Entities

- 1851 Franchise (publication)
- General (sector)
- Yum Brands (company)
- pandemic impact (topic)
- Disney (company)
- FedEx (company)
- franchise brands (topic)
- Gap (company)
- Boeing (company)
- Dollar General (company)
- layoffs (topic)
- hiring trends (topic)

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Originally reported by 1851 Franchise (https://1851franchise.com/wsj-tracks-whos-hiring-and-whos-firing-2712809). Summarized by Burnaze (https://burnaze.com/article/392e90da-35a0-44f6-b9fe-128d12477f46).