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U.S. Tech Layoffs Hit Two-Decade High in October (thefivepost.com)
submitted 11 months ago by to c/technology@lemmy.world
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[–] 19 points 11 months ago (11 children)

Should I give up on finding a tech job? Surely my resume won't stack against all these laid of people. I mean, it's not bad, and I've scored great jobs before it was as stacked as it is today. Been unemployed for over a year and a half, haven't looked too much.

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  • [–] 19 points 11 months ago (9 children)

    It's probably worth it to look into changing fields entirely, but honestly so many industries in the US are hurting right now, IDK which ones would even be a good option...

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  • [–] 24 points 11 months ago (3 children)

    I just finished my associates in something called "industrial maintenance." A degree that is a little bit of electrical, HVAC, Circuits, & machining. I have not been accepted to the 20 "entry" level jobs I found (also went to a career fair). And everywhere I look for related fields or anything people say there's too many people in the business. It's like every job field has "too many people"

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  • [–] 7 points 11 months ago

    I switched careers from logistics (office) to IT a couple of years ago. Logistics was notoriously badly paid and it was hard to find a job that's not temporary for a year amd then they throw you out. Everybody kept telling us for years to go to IT, because that's where the money and the non-temporary contracts are.... But that's only true for people who've worked there for decades.

    It really does feel like no field is left where you can have a stable career. Accounting, sales, hospital, no matter where you ask, it's temp contracts and shitty wages.

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  • [–] 1 point 11 months ago

    As long as the market grows, it's gonna take people to do the work implied by the growth.

    When growth stops, jobs vanish. It's like the market is the wind and jobs are the kinetic energy. When the wind stops blowing, the kinetic energy disappears.

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  • [–] 11 points 11 months ago (4 children)

    Any chance you're good at making guillotines? One can hope they become high demand.

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  • [–] 9 points 11 months ago (3 children)

    Man, I'm not good at anything except making an occasionally funny snarky comment

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  • [–] 3 points 11 months ago

    Do you mean you’re trying to get into tech? If yes then it’s a terrible time for that. No harm in trying but it is not the rapidly expanding field it once was, sucking up people from all other industries left and right…

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