Another Fine Mess You've Gotten Us Into
The Big Picture
The blue line is the average path of employment before and after each recession since World War II, centered at and normalized to 100 at peak employment before each recession hit.
The red line is the path of employment measured in the same units for the current recession. The number of employed now compared to the number of employed before this recession hit is about 8% less than it was at this point after other recessions.
I find this seriously disturbing.