I suspect the #whitecollar #recession if it arrives will sharpen the need to rebuild the #birthrate
I say this because it's quite likely the majority of new #jobs will either require #strength and #fitness or extreme #adaptibility.
Specifically, they'll require the kind of attributes that put oldies like me at a disadvantage.
@csgraves @cleantext granted "#Ghettohacking" here means as in "#hacking with a hacksaw" and "dumpster-diving for parts" at an impoverished slum where people have to live off turning trash into something useable...
PS: "Rich People Ghettos" do also exist (even tho they call themselves "#GatedCommunity" because their exclusionism is self-imposed from inside and they don't want to admit to being classist if not openly racist Karens. Kinda like #WhiteCollar-#Migrants call themselves #Expats because they think they are better than those fleeing for existential reasons instead of following better job opportunities from a position of privilegue)…
The #WhiteCollar disruption is real as 5000 employees got dissed & discarded for robot #ArtificialIntelligence agents taking over once high flying prestigious consulting jobs.
World's top tier business #consulting firm #McKinsey unleashed #AI #bots to do same jobs that it's highest priced #executive level #consultants and teams of many minions once did to advise, plan and restructure biz for its high flying #corporate clients.
Über unsere heutigen Prinzen und Prinzessinnen
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Zm8_GwKTf8
#Aristokratie #Akademikerherrschaft #Gewaltarbeit #Externalsierung #Outsourcing #Welterfahrung #BlueCollar #WhiteCollar #StrukturelleVerdummung
“According to the latest revised data by the #BLS, the #IT #JobMarket shrank by 26,500 YTD," Janco CEO Victor Janulaitis said of the latest data. "That is after adjusting the May data down by 4,300, June data down by 7,800 jobs, and reporting that 10,300 #jobs were #lost in July."
For those keeping count, that's 20,300 more than the 6,200-job shortfall at the same point in 2024, and we're now in what tends to be the worst half of the year for #layoffs. “
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“Janulaitis blamed economic uncertainty for continuing to drag down IT hiring - a sentiment #CompTIA agreed on, though the firm noted that there were still some bright spots of demand.
CompTIA stated that, while staffing reductions were made in IT, custom #software services, cloud #infrastructure and telecom, other roles such as #developers and #SoftwareEngineers, system #architects, #support specialists, and #cybersecurity mavens are among those in demand.
Janco said that #unfilled IT-specific roles tend to be related to #AI, #LLMs, #Blockchain, and OmniCommerce technologies.
#WhiteCollar / #ZeroWorkHours / #USA / #economy <https://theregister.com/2025/08/04/it_job_market_july/>
“Several #CEOs of major #tech companies in the US have warned that AI will wipe out millions of white-collar and #EntryLevel #TechJobs by as early as 2030. Are we right to fear for the next generation of young people? I am a tech pessimist.
Not only will #AI make many relatively well-paying #MiddleClass #jobs redundant, but its rampant use during critical learning and developmental stages of life threatens to leave young people dependent on it as a tool for basic #research, #writing and #analysis, and ill-equipped to face the challenges of a changing and unstable world.
This is only amplified by the infiltration of #SocialMedia and #TechCompanies into every corner of #social and #cultural life, and with it the addiction-driven commodification of our #time and #attention, packaged into #data insights and #marketing opportunities for sale to #ThirdParties.”
#WhiteCollar / #ZeroHourWork <https://www.smh.com.au/national/the-first-generation-with-declining-standards-of-living-australia-s-faltering-economic-standing-20250618-p5m8k7.html> (paywall) / <https://archive.md/BkUQw>
@jasongorman @yacc143 The replacement of Engineering: <https://ioc.exchange/@peterrenshaw/114936102022731315>
Thats only one report, follow through #ZeroHourWork or #WhiteCollar to see the news reports I’ve collected.
“The #tech world is reeling as #layoffs in 2025 have crossed the staggering 100,000 mark, with leading companies like #Intel, #Microsoft, #Meta, and several others announcing sweeping job cuts. This wave of layoffs, the largest since the early 2020s, is reshaping the global #technology landscape and sending shockwaves through the #job #market.” “The rapid adoption of #AITools has made many roles redundant, especially in software engineering, support, and administrative functions. Companies are investing heavily in #automation to boost #efficiency and reduce #costs. The #hiring frenzy of 2020-2022, fueled by #RemoteWork and #DigitalTransformation, led to bloated workforces. As growth normalizes, companies are recalibrating their staffing needs.” #Engineers / #WhiteCollar / #designers / #SupportStaff / #sackings / #AI <https://www.thebridgechronicle.com/jobs/tech-layoffs-2025-intel-microsoft-meta-job-cuts>
Is The Man in the Pink Polo Shirt as unhappy as The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit was in the mid fifties?
“The #tech world is reeling as #layoffs in 2025 have crossed the staggering 100,000 mark, with leading companies like #Intel, #Microsoft, #Meta, and several others announcing sweeping job cuts.
This wave of layoffs, the largest since the early 2020s, is reshaping the global #technology landscape and sending shockwaves through the #job #market.”
“The rapid adoption of #AITools has made many roles redundant, especially in software engineering, support, and administrative functions. Companies are investing heavily in #automation to boost #efficiency and reduce #costs.
The #hiring frenzy of 2020-2022, fueled by #RemoteWork and #DigitalTransformation, led to bloated workforces.
As growth normalizes, companies are recalibrating their staffing needs.”
#Engineers / #WhiteCollar / #designers / #SupportStaff / #sackings / #AI <https://www.thebridgechronicle.com/jobs/tech-layoffs-2025-intel-microsoft-meta-job-cuts>
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