Re:Payroll employment rises by 353K in January; unemployment...
by tcbawo on Friday February 02, 2024 @09:34AM
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I get the sense that many Americans feel like they are personally doing well, but are convinced that on average, Americans are not doing well. It’s hard to tell when many numbers are used to spin/promote an ideology or attract eyeballs with sensationalist viewpoint.
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Re:Payroll employment rises by 353K in January; unemployment...
by scruple on Friday February 02, 2024 @10:21AM
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> It’s hard to tell when many numbers are used to spin/promote an ideology or attract eyeballs with sensationalist viewpoint.
Lies, damned lies, and statistics.
It's hard to find data about how your peers are doing. Anecdotally, I know a lot of tech employees who are out of work right now and/or have been out of work for 6-12 months. I know more tech workers than I ever have before in my life, that's obviously going to come with 20 years of experience, but I've never seen such a large share of them struggling to find income -- to the point that a small number of them are moving out of the industry against their wishes.
Re:Payroll employment rises by 353K in January; unemployment...
by ghaff on Friday February 02, 2024 @10:35AM
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>a small number of them are moving out of the industry against their wishes
And a larger number of which did so in the wake of dot-bomb. At least the meme that you could walk out of a job by Friday, and have 3 offers by the end of the following week just wasn't/isn't the norm in any other skilled labor profession.