Many firms are now slashing their number of new hires.
Yes. This sucks.
The main cause of this is artificial intelligence
Unlikely.
The main cause for a chill in hiring tends to be uncertainty about the future. And we know that folks are feeling high uncertainty about the future, right now. (Gestures broadly at current headlines in general and “Not The Onion”, in particular.)
Historically, uncertainty about the future is particularly high when the people have low confidence that existing and new laws will be applied in a predictable manner.
I’ll leave exactly what changed on that front as a thought exercise.
AI is interesting, but it is not the primary cause of the chill in hiring new graduates.
My company transitioned to using contractors for low experienced new hires. Our only reqs being approved by management are 10+ YOE.
Sorry kids, time to apply to a few more places.
I was looking for this comment. This is it—not AI.
just need to change your name to “AI” and suddenly every company will want you
More lifehacks next time
Make sure you don’t put “Al” by mistake though. You’ll only get offers to be part of “bodyguard/long-lost pal” collaborations with people called Betty.
but why am I soft in the middle? The rest of my life is so hard!
Remember the meme about everyone could have a 32 hour work week and three-day weekends (and a productivity boost) but the billionaires are opposed?
Well everyone could have post-scarcity communism but the billionaires are opposed.
graduating is not daunting. not by any stretch. in fact, that’s the point where life peaks. everything after is a steep downhill ride.
yes, ai adoption has turned that downhill run into a cliff. but if someone thinks graduation is even remotely daunting, then they would struggle even in the most non-ai of worlds.
Graduation is the peak of life…? In what metric is that supposed to be the case? Number of graduations per year?
I don’t have a degree, so I never peaked 🥳
Unpopular opinion: Younger hires are garbage workers. Entitled. Cannot accept criticism. Quit the moment things get too hard. Incompetent. Argumentative with supervisors. On phones too much. And late all of the damned time.
Now add shitty workers with CEO’s cutting billionaires and AI and yep, job market sucks.
I think the younger generation might be the first one that can’t buy into the bullshit society sells you at the labor market.
And that’s why the younger generation is overwhelmingly underemployed and overwhelmingly voted for Trump further supporting my belief in their lack of quality judgement.
It reeks of shitty boss. I’ve heard the same bullshit from old folks 20 years ago that couldn’t use their computers to save their live.
When everyone’s an asshole, the common factor is you.
Okay, bro.
