Americans are the most pessimistic they've been in years about their chances of finding a new job if they lost their current one, a survey suggests.
  • Flying Squid@lemmy.world
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    4 months ago

    I had to quit my job last year both for health reasons and because we decided to put our daughter in online school.

    I was a video editor before all of this. I was already unable to find a job in my field for a few years because everyone marketing person’s boss told them to download a free editing app and just shoot it all on their iPhone. Doesn’t matter if it sucks, it’s cheaper. And by the time I’m back on the job market, they’ll use AI to do it. And it will still suck compared to what I can do, but they won’t care because it’s cheaper.

    I’m turning 48 next month. I feel like I’m basically doomed to work shit jobs that I hate until I die.

    • Shyfer@ttrpg.network
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      4 months ago

      That’s the thing about all these articles on how well the job market is doing, while simultaneously there are tons of articles on layoffs and bankruptcies that they never acknowledge that all - the new jobs always feel like they are in gig and crap work.

      • thesporkeffect@lemmy.world
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        4 months ago

        It’s part of a concerted effort by the upper echelons of Capital to break the middle class - they own the media and use it to strategically time news to either move the market, influence legislation and policy, all while keeping people disillusioned and fearful.

  • neuracnu@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
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    4 months ago

    I have no earthly clue what world economists are living in where the labor market is great.

    I’ve been looking for a job for over a year (in tech, over a dozen years as an SDE, a dozen more as a TPM, lead role in both titles). Whenever I can get an employer to actually respond to the hundreds of applications I send, their salary offerings are a joke.

    Are people just out there taking 20% - 30% haircuts on what they make?

    • Habahnow@sh.itjust.works
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      4 months ago

      What industry? I’m more of less in the same boat as you. I’m in tech, and this articles assessment seems pretty spot on from my perspective.

      • neuracnu@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
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        4 months ago

        Yeah, tech. Updated my original comment to clarify.

        Honestly, the bit from the article that rang most accurate was this:

        Lastly, it’s possible that many Americans think the Bureau of Labor Statistics’s job opening figures are overstated. For example, some job seekers have reported encountering “ghost jobs” — listings on job platforms that companies are no longer actively hiring for.

        I’ve been keeping track of the roles I’ve gone after (well within qualification for) and I’m seeing a lot of re-listings for roles that closed out my application (with no outreach) and just relisted the req after a few weeks, over and over again.

        I’m not saying the listings are fake, but if they were fake, this is pretty much what it would look like from the outside.