What the hell is going on I feel like half the country is getting laid off

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I am very happy in my role at MRHM Co Westmeath 😊...Clerical Officer Grade 3 😁

AI happened. We’re in the midst of the 3rd massive employment shift that’s happened in my lifetime and while there are rosy predictions that AI will create new jobs categories that we can’t predict now, all of us consultants should feel like secretaries did in 1997. Time to figure out a new gig and ways to thrive.

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Some of you weren't born in time to enjoy the 2008 financial crisis and it shows.

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Thank you for mentioning this. In the early 2000s layoffs we're cyclical and quite common.

This statement is not true. It’s your algorithm and your news feed feeding you layoff content over and over again.

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Post-work society is happening

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And the story will continue long after half of the professionals are unemployed – “AI is not a threat to employment”. And they will keep telling you that after we all are sitting on our asses, wondering what to do with ourselves.

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This is what happens when the republicans run the government. Usually it takes a few years to kick in but 2025 was like 4 years of bad policies rolled into one year.

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Last time we had a surplus was a democrat president and its been downhill from there bc of Bush. But sure let’s spend trillions more in the military and billions on trucks ICE dosn’t even use all in the name of “fiscal conservatism”.

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This is what happens when we allow an orange clown to run our country..

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Get ready to create ai agents bro

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Ppl

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Jobs data would not suggest this is true.

Blackrock report shows job growth at -374,000 ex Healthcare over Trump's 2nd term. There's a couple of harsh realities - AI is starting to impact, tariffs didn't create mfg jobs, healthcare - which includes low-wage caretaker - isn't a great lead.

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