I saw a report that said almost 100k people were laid off in the month of February. It’s crazy to think that when I do not know anyone impacted. What industry do you think were most of the layoffs?

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My wife works for Amazon, so unfortunately we know a lot of people who were impacted. Many, many people. It's very unfortunate and I think tech is one of the biggest industries that was impacted.

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Yes tech has had it super tough.

I don’t know this go round but I think we’re gonna see some in the AI fields since that bubble is getting ready to pop

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Tends to be tech, even in normal times. AI is being used to replace a lot of roles, even though AI is probably not smart enough yet to be an adequate replacement. Time will tell

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See this is how I feel. AI is not there yet but when it does get there we’re screwed

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Tech and retail, off the top of my head. Those two always seem to be axing people left and right. I feel so badly for all of them, especially the retail employees since they most likely don't have nearly as much cushion to fall back on.

Yes I feel so so bad

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