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Thousands of Software Engineers Say the Job Market Is Getting Much Worse (www.vice.com)
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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.

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[–] 12 points 2 years ago (1 child)

Although this surely does not completely explain the situation, I also have a feeling these sorts of hires surely account for a substantial number of layoffs.

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  • [–] 2 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    Yeah for sure. Especially with wfh. It’s easy to fire a remote worker. It’s harder to fire them in person. A good attitude in the office does go a long way. (I’m not arguing against wfh)

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  • [–] 5 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    As if the people making the firing decisions knew the people they fired and their "good attitude" before COVID.

    This is plainly just the financial class pushing back against recent advances in wages by inducing a recession.

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  • [–] 2 points 2 years ago

    In the case of a mass layoff where an entire department is cut, then yes. But often times the manager from each department is asked to provide a list of “expendable” people.

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