#us workforce

They claimed the usual “reduction of workforce” which is nice in that I got (one! whole! month! of) severance and can file for unemployment, but it’s complete and utter bullshit. My role is being eliminated but a new role is opening up with a different title that does nearly all the things I was doing. However, that role’s gonna be making $16k less, and will have to be a hybrid in office three days vs. my one day.

>_>

Not at all suspect, right. Not at all a way to save a cool $16k a year, and exert control over their workforce by forcing more people into the office more.

Nooo, definitely just a “reduction in workforce.”

Anyway, in a fabulous show of karma, the CEO, who made the call on my job, was canned by the shareholding company today.

…on Education and the Workforce. 1) The U.S. will need over 5 million additional workers who have at least some postsecondary education by 2032, according to a report released Tuesday by Georgetown University’s Center on Education and the Workforce. 2) Of that total, 4.5 million will need at least a bachelor’s degree, according to the report. Degree-requiring positions facing “critical skills shortages” include nurses, teachers and engineers, it said. 3) Without intervention, the shortfall in skilled labor would be spurred by retirements outpacing similarly qualified workers entering the labor force and the creation of almost 700,000 new jobs requiring postsecondary education

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I wouldn't be surprised to find they think AI will replace that particular demographic, i.e. people with higher education. Why else the cuts in the US Dept of Education?