Re:No Recent Automation Revolution
by lotsofpulp on Tuesday June 09, 2020 @11:00PM
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Yes, all the unemployment/stock market value/income statistics all leave out the most important metric - the feeling of security, or insecurity I should say. Volatility is high, people can see it and feel it, and it shapes their decisions.
Volatility also open roads to predatory management. Last year I felt how job blackmail felt. It's near invisible, no one has to say a word. Your boss can just bully you and if you happen to like and need that job, you have to decide to harm your own daily life or suffer his ways.
> There's no guarantee that your next job will be
> 1. Fulfilling in itself
> 2. Provide the same income
>3. Provide the same secondary benefits (colleagues, hours, boss, etc)
Given how the job market is trending in favour of uber/postmates-style gig work (for people who aren't working in specific skilled trades) , I'd say it is guaranteed to be worse in all three aspects.
It's about stability. You carved a nice spot where you found joy and financial ... well .. stability. And now your life might go to the toilet. There's no guarantee that your next job will be
1. Fulfilling in itself
2. Provide the same income
3. Provide the same secondary benefits (colleagues, hours, boss, etc)
And.. automation is not even a guarantee that what your were producing is gonna improve (lots of chances it may but it can go the other way too: cheap commoditization)