Layoffs hit highest level for the month since 2003
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Layoffs hit highest level for the month since 2003
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#2Just the last 4-6 weeks I've started noticing a marked uptick in desperation in reposted linkedin "looking for work" posts. One was "I'll take ANY job to feed my kids" and another was talking about how they've been out of work 10 months and were about to lose their house. Another was saying they were about to get evicted and moving back in with their parents in the midwest. Things feel ominous out there.
If it helps anyone who is looking- when I was laid off 4 years ago, I took a seasonal Oct-Jan delivery job with UPS just to get out of the house, get some income and keep busy. They call them PWDs and it's $46 an hour, you use your own car and do package delivery. Your car and clothes get DISGUSTING - turns out packages are completely filthy- definitely put a tarp down - and you will be dog tired at the end of the day, I was doing 200-285 packages per shift- but it was good income and kept me busy. Also they offered to convert me to full-time warehouse after the holiday season but by then I had placed back into an industry job.
I think they call them SSDs now but same thing: https://www.jobs-ups.com/us/en/seasonal-support-driver
Re: Layoffs hit highest level for the month since 2003
#3This was an interesting short post, but was disappointed by the lack of links to the sources.
Re: Layoffs hit highest level for the month since 2003
#4Just the last 4-6 weeks I've started noticing a marked uptick in desperation in reposted linkedin "looking for work" posts. One was "I'll take ANY job to feed my kids" and another was talking about how they've been out of work 10 months and were about to lose their house. Another was saying they were about to get evicted and moving back in with their parents in the midwest. Things feel ominous out there. If it helps…
If tech folks are laid off who is renting that insanely expensive housing in the coastal cities?
Re: Layoffs hit highest level for the month since 2003
#5Just the last 4-6 weeks I've started noticing a marked uptick in desperation in reposted linkedin "looking for work" posts. One was "I'll take ANY job to feed my kids" and another was talking about how they've been out of work 10 months and were about to lose their house. Another was saying they were about to get evicted and moving back in with their parents in the midwest. Things feel ominous out there. If it helps…
Interesting suggestion - thanks for sharing.
Is the pay location dependent or has it just gone way down? That link shows three near me, but only paying a rather paltry $23/hr.
That's not much more than something like Walmart, which is likely a much less strenuous job with way less wear and tear on your vehicle(and body).
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Re: Layoffs hit highest level for the month since 2003
#7Just the last 4-6 weeks I've started noticing a marked uptick in desperation in reposted linkedin "looking for work" posts. One was "I'll take ANY job to feed my kids" and another was talking about how they've been out of work 10 months and were about to lose their house. Another was saying they were about to get evicted and moving back in with their parents in the midwest. Things feel ominous out there. If it helps…
Just looked and they are $23.00/hour in my area (SW Michigan)
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#8MCMA: Make classwarfare MAD again
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#9this post is filled with ads and is a low effort rewrite of the OP post: https://www.challengergray.com/blog/october-challenger-repor...
which has more info and did the original work. suggest swapping link for this post. would also pay some money to never see this awful site again on HN. by the time you scroll to paragraph 3 the screen is 50% filled with shoe ads and other random shit
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#10Just the last 4-6 weeks I've started noticing a marked uptick in desperation in reposted linkedin "looking for work" posts. One was "I'll take ANY job to feed my kids" and another was talking about how they've been out of work 10 months and were about to lose their house. Another was saying they were about to get evicted and moving back in with their parents in the midwest. Things feel ominous out there. If it helps…
If tech folks are laid off who is renting that insanely expensive housing in the coastal cities?
It’s paid for with RSU’s