So two factors that affected this report:

1. Kaiser Permanente healthcare strike sidelined 28,000 workers. The strike ended on February 23rd.

2. The severe weather resulting in two major snow storms made it so that lots of businesses were simply closed for a few days. This meant they couldn’t be properly surveyed.

It still is not good, but the magnitude of how not good is worsened by specific one-time circumstances. Make of that what you will.

I can’t see the FT article but this one. Talks a bit about these circumstances: https://www.cnbc.com/2026/03/06/february-2026-jobs-report.ht...

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alephnerd 2 hours ago | parent [-]

The FT article brings it up as well - most HNers never read the articles.

	▲	g947o 14 minutes ago \| parent \| next [-]
		Most HNers don't have access to the article. Not sure why this source was used. There are plenty of other sources that are more accessible/available (that are already shared and discussed here).
	▲	righthand an hour ago \| parent \| prev [-]
		Does that matter if the headline is conclusive of the article result? Financial Times is a costly subscription. Furthermore those details, while interesting, do not change the outcome of the article.