Just lost my job and it’s so depressing seeing stuff like this every single day. 400+ applications and you don’t even get a call anymore. Nothing from recruiters. When you do get an offer, its 20% lower pay than ever before, while cost of living goes up. So you have to engage in borderline indentured servitude just to eat and pay rent.

  • Queen HawlSera@lemm.eeEnglish
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    1 month ago

    At this point I’m glad I’m a janitor and AI doesn’t mop floors…

    And I feel sorry for anyone who take those “LeARn To CoDe” nutters seriously when they gave that as advice on how to leave poverty.

    Not in a “Haha, I’m bette than you cause I’m blue collar” sense, but in a…

    “I’m just grateful to have bread crumbs, the situation is dire, there are no easy solutions outside of revolting against our so-called masters.”

    • Canonical_Warlock@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
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      1 month ago

      Same here. I’m so glad I got out of IT and software dev right now. I’m a refrigeration tech and my job isn’t going anywhere. As long as people need to make things cold or hot in my area then I have a job.