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The job market is so bad, workers now think they have worse odds of finding a role than during the pandemic (fortune.com)
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[–] davidagain@lemmy.world 11 points 6 hours ago

Turns out deporting a bunch of people with a different shade of skin or a different accent didn't make everyone left behind richer.

All the money still goes to the multinational corporations who don't pay their taxes, the CEOs who are shielded from taxes, the shareholders who pay less taxes and the private equity investors who borrow big to buy companies then somehow magically transfer that debt to the company, and who also get a big tax discount compared to those of us who earn our money.

Turns out it was never the immigrants making Americans poor in the first place. Who knew?!

[–] HexesofVexes@lemmy.world 16 points 7 hours ago (3 children)

I can't comment about anywhere else, but the UK job market broke down pre-COVID.

Post-COVID it has gotten even worse as even more skills are automated. About the only job sectors actively recruiting are the NHS (primarily nurses), STEM teachers (primary/secondary), retail, and hospitality.

They're all high stress with a comparatively low wage - the latter 2 tend not to pay living wages and also tend to be "shift work" (i.e. 0 hour contracts).

For those of us holding other jobs, this market has led to wage squeezes and a sharp decline in working conditions. Most folks have taken an effective pay cut, and workload models are squeezing more tasks into each role.

Overall, it's a clusterfuck of epic proportions.

[–] kinther@lemmy.world 3 points 2 hours ago

I have a friend in Edinburgh who has been out of work since last June. He is getting desperate.

[–] BarneyPiccolo@lemmy.today 4 points 4 hours ago (1 children)

But the wealthier get wealthier on profits they could share with their workers, or at least pay it to the government to pay for programs that could help people.

But that won't work because they need to build more bombs to build to kill foreign people that the workers don't have a beef with. How about kill fewer foreigners, and distribute the savings among the citizens?

[–] Dyskolos@lemmy.zip 2 points 3 hours ago (1 children)

But the wealthier get wealthier on profits they could share with their workers

Not everyone is that bad though. I shared with every employee. Everyone had a part in profits and a saying in procedure. Even the cleaning staff. Working time was just "on paper", everyone could come and go as they pleased (as long as agreed upon work was done). It wasn't even legal (how crazy is that...), but noone ratted me out 😁

My point? It's possible AND feasible. It's just greed that destroys everyone and Everything.

[–] BarneyPiccolo@lemmy.today 4 points 3 hours ago (1 children)

And your employees probably won't kill you and burn down your company.

That's how it's supposed to work, but at some point, the challenge became "Let's see how badly we can abuse them before they start killing us, then we'll back off a bit, and then proceed more slowly."

[–] Dyskolos@lemmy.zip 2 points 3 hours ago

Exactly like that. Sadly so. As if making money is only possible if you're a soulless piece of shit that would sell their own kid for 5 moneyz.

Disgusting....

[–] Dyskolos@lemmy.zip 2 points 3 hours ago

About the only job sectors actively recruiting are the NHS (primarily nurses), STEM teachers (primary/secondary), retail, and hospitality.

Same here (Germany) too. As far as I can judge from the "outside" though (never really worked).

Though the average salary of nurses went really up here, including many benefits never before seen. Just because noone wants it anymore. Shitty times, ungrateful horrible customers etc.

[–] Tollana1234567@lemmy.today 7 points 9 hours ago* (last edited 9 hours ago)

CS, physics, biotech, pretty much alot of stems have a hard time finding a job. before pandemic it was bad, during covid,and then with AI its now impossible.

pre pandemic, job sites had links to the company website, but they all use different softwares to immediately reject people, now its just done with AI, which has a higher "rate" of doing it.

[–] Doug@piefed.social 61 points 14 hours ago (2 children)

One thing I find kind of funny is how AI is flooding HR inboxes with trash, and how that now means the old boomer advice of showing up to a company and asking for a job in person seems a lot more considerable than it had before.

[–] Joeffect@lemmy.world 57 points 14 hours ago (1 children)

But 99% will still refuse and direct you to the online application

[–] Draegur@piefed.social 14 points 13 hours ago* (last edited 13 hours ago)

"AH! Glad you brought that up, because I have FANTASTIC news for you: I've already done it! Because I am productive and prepared. I get things done--and you could really use someone who shows up on time every time right about now. At this time, I'm still a mere potential customer of yours, but employers who accept me into a position also commence receiving the benefits of my following of instructions and due diligence effort to learn my role PLUS as a bonus total insulation from workplace drama: I know how to leave drama at home as well as neither create, nor amplify, nor reflect it in the workplace."

honestly bro if someone showed up in my office with that kind of energy I'd be emailing the owner of the company asking him to hire them right fucking now. people who know how to do the most basic shit AND ACTUALLY WILL DO IT are worth a lot more than any "highly skilled and experienced" diva who never answers their fucking phone when they're on call or totally flakes out from their scheduled shift once a week like clockwork.

[–] Tollana1234567@lemmy.today 5 points 9 hours ago* (last edited 9 hours ago) (1 children)

and the boomer assumption hasnt been true for like decades already. job sites just eliminated that "in person meeeting". the neat thing about the job sites pre-pademic is you can post, comment, review about certain jobs and industries, they largely eliminated the forums and reviews that are critical of companies because of what happened with glassdoor.

[–] Niiru@feddit.org 5 points 8 hours ago (1 children)

What happened with glassdoor?

[–] IronBird@lemmy.world 3 points 3 hours ago

spammed with defamation lawsuits, do to the US's backwardaass legal system any resource like glassdoor always ends up in that scenario. they either get consumed by lawsuits or they turn their business model into allowing businesses to buy a good rating.

[–] Formfiller@lemmy.world 20 points 12 hours ago

It’s been bad for a long time the gaslighting is just not working. Homeless crisisis don’t happen in great job markets so yea it’s starting to look like guillotine thirty

[–] CapuccinoCoretto@lemmy.world 75 points 16 hours ago* (last edited 16 hours ago) (1 children)

Capitalists say the system is working as it should. The poor are civilization's crumple zone and air bags. They get destroyed in the event of a crash to protect the (rich) drivers.

[–] SeeMarkFly@lemmy.ml 9 points 16 hours ago (1 children)

I can get you a job working for Iran. The hours are flexible and the pay is good.

Capitalism, working as it should.

[–] Alcoholicorn@mander.xyz 6 points 14 hours ago (2 children)

What kind of position are you talking about?

[–] AngryCommieKender@lemmy.world 4 points 13 hours ago (1 children)

Human shield, but your beneficiaries get the full 42 years of salary, at 26,322,500,000.00 Iranian Rial per year. Paid out yearly over the remaining years.

[–] Alcoholicorn@mander.xyz 3 points 13 hours ago

That's not unattractive. I was waiting until after things calmed down to visit, but maybe I head over earlier.

Weather is getting a bit warm though, will the position still be open in 6 months or so?

[–] SeeMarkFly@lemmy.ml 0 points 7 hours ago

Working for America's enemy.

The danger in capitalism is if your enemy has more money than you...they win. You can't afford to defend yourself.

How ya gonna fix THAT?

My concern is it's not talent, skill, training, knowledge, or even luck. Just dirty old money. Oil does that.

[–] atomicbocks@sh.itjust.works 31 points 14 hours ago (1 children)

I’ve been unemployed since November… of 2024. The job market is the worst in which I have tried to find a job in the over 15 years I have had a full time job.

[–] Tollana1234567@lemmy.today 0 points 9 hours ago* (last edited 9 hours ago)

my bro who was in tech was unemployed during the first wave of layoffs in '23, just heard my other bro who works through tech, from a recruiting companies has been indefinitely sidelined from work.

although i dont think my older is trying too hard to find it, WFH is long been eliminated, he needs to consider In office at the point.

[–] lechekaflan@lemmy.world 15 points 12 hours ago

At the end of the day, it's always the fucking suits who get the most of the cake.

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[–] lemmyng@lemmy.world 28 points 15 hours ago (2 children)

You know it's pretty bad when you can't even find TEMP/CONTRACT jobs!

[–] Tollana1234567@lemmy.today 1 points 9 hours ago

one of my bro is contracted/recruited and he said projects have been stalled so there is no more work for him, but i believe he still being partially paid in tech. likely they know the AI BS is busting at some point.

[–] Fredselfish@lemmy.world 5 points 14 hours ago

I know the feeling yet I am about to quit one work from home job for another. Already got the computer ship to me and I have send the another one back. Guess getting my insurance license paid off. Because the new company reached out to me after seeing my resume on Monster. I also been getting hits on Indeed. But anything outside of insurance just not seeing any jobs. And I mean nothing not even temp. Gives me anxiety. Because though I have good paying jobs and plenty offers there all in a feild thought I would like but now hate. But now I am trapped.

[–] Dyskolos@lemmy.zip 30 points 16 hours ago

Really? And I thought capitalism gets better and better each year for the common people. Because, you know, higher productivity and progress and such.

/s...just incase

[–] UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 16 points 15 hours ago (3 children)

Is that backed up by statistics or just vibes?

COVID saw unemployment peak at 15%. I haven't seen anything remotely that bad.

[–] ExLisper@lemmy.curiana.net 1 points 6 hours ago

The article about vibes is based on vibes, yes.

[–] protist@retrofed.com 6 points 13 hours ago

Archived link: https://archive.ph/TEM72

There are a number of data points discussed in the article, including self-report surveys and BLS data. I would hesitate to riff off any title of a news article, though, they're often not written by the article's author and are purposefully written to drive engagement

[–] SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world 4 points 14 hours ago (2 children)

Try reading the article.

[–] Nurse_Robot@lemmy.world 6 points 14 hours ago (1 children)

(not who you're replying to) I read the beginning of the article, it seemed it was going off subjective information. "It feels worse". I tried to go back and got pay walled, so unfortunately I couldn't read it. What information are you suggesting they missed out on? They're asking for objective data, which is totally fair

[–] SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world 3 points 11 hours ago

The article is literally about workers' opinions based on conducted polls, so the title is accurate. Whether or not these agree with labor statistics collected by an increasingly dubious government is a different subject.