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2024-04-22 Economy

2024 will be 'toughest' labor market 'in our lifetime': Report

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Posted by Skidmark 2024-04-22 08:07|| E-Mail|| Front Page|| [187 views ] Top

#1 I wonder how survivors of The Great Depression will see it.

Posted by Skidmark 2024-04-22 10:14|| 2024-04-22 10:14|| Front Page Top

#2 Yea, well. The labor markets are shrinking whilst the AI replace office workers. Next step is automated factories destroying China/Asian tigers labor markets.

Posted by Grom the Reflective 2024-04-22 10:28|| 2024-04-22 10:28|| Front Page Top

#3 Companies are paying less and treating employees worse. White men are not getting hired, so many are walking away from corporate America altogether. Qualified applicants can go months to over a year without landing a job. Many job postings are not real. Have a look at /r/recruitnghell on Reddit. To the extent there is a crisis, it's manufactured.

Posted by Angstrom 2024-04-22 12:54|| 2024-04-22 12:54|| Front Page Top

#4 /\ White men are not getting hired

Next time you see the truck, check out the driver.

Posted by Besoeker 2024-04-22 13:01|| 2024-04-22 13:01|| Front Page Top

#5 ...My employers - demanding, tough, and absolutely looking out for me and taking care of me for the last 16 years -know full well that on April 15, 2027, I will be retiring. I'm lucky; between SSI, USAF pension, and my 401k, TRICARE/Medicare, I'll be fine - no world cruises, but fine. There have been a few discreet questions about me staying on past that, but it's not happening. I've been working since my 13th birthday and if I have anything to say about it, it's time to throttle back.

And quite honestly, if it's earlier it won't be because of the job proper or my coworkers, it'll be because of my customers. They are - and I do not exaggerate - getting worse on a daily basis. I spend a disturbing amount of time saving them from themselves, and at least one or two are still in business only because of our efforts to bail them out. I can only imagine the horrors of actually working there.

Mike

Posted by MikeKozlowski 2024-04-22 13:09|| 2024-04-22 13:09|| Front Page Top

#6 A friend about 88 at the time retired and had a bucket list. One effort was an e book. Last time we talked she had made $50,000. She exclaimed; I had no idea sex sold so well.

Posted by Dale 2024-04-22 13:27|| 2024-04-22 13:27|| Front Page Top

#7 If you have skills there's a market. I retired for the 3rd time last month. My 2nd lasted an hour and 15 minutes. They want me back around the end of the year for my "last" bridge construction project, once all permits are secured. I get bored easily.

Posted by Frank G 2024-04-22 13:43|| 2024-04-22 13:43|| Front Page Top

#8 Mr. Wife is similar, Frank G, though not back with his previous employer. After six years he is tying up that first round of post-retirement projects and thinking about what he wants to turn his hand to next.

Posted by trailing wife 2024-04-22 23:10|| 2024-04-22 23:10|| Front Page Top

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