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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    1 month 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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      1 month 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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        1 month 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.