Just 88,000 jobs were created in March, well below economists' expectations for 190,000.
The unemployment rate fell to 7.6 percent.
This time around analysts say companies slowed down the pace of hiring because of the impact of they payroll tax hike.
But mass layoffs in the past year have also weighed on employment.
We drew on Bloomberg data to highlight the 18 biggest layoff announcements since April of last year.