Thousands of Software Engineers Say the Job Market Is Getting Much Worse::9,388 engineers polled by Motherboard and Blind said AI will lead to less hiring. Only 6% were confident they’d get another job with the same pay.

  • The Dark Lord ☑️@lemmy.ca
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    10 months ago

    I was laid off last year. Got a job after a while and just survived another layoff today. I agree with this assessment.

    It’s all post-pandemic stuff. Executives thought growth would continue, and it didn’t. Then they had to take account for their decisions and make others suffer for them.

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      10 months ago

      That’s the funny thing. Common sense says things go back to a sense of normal. Executives lack common sense or foresight.

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        10 months ago

        Normality. That would be nice. Where the rich and powerful… (checks history books)… use their riches and power to get more riches and power.

        In all honesty, yes, things will go back to normal. Layoffs shouldn’t be as common in the future, it’s just still post-pandemic stuff we have to get through. Executives will always be cold, but hopefully they won’t expect massive growth in the future and then not get it.

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      10 months ago

      Its not even about the growth, publicly traded companies do layoffs because it makes the stock price go up.

      You should be worried when small and midsized comapanies do layoffs that are not publicly traded