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US economy unexpectedly sheds 92k jobs in February

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Post by _Tev »

lurking_swe wrote: post #672
BeetleB wrote: post #633

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> In big tech the benefits are the same, Depends on which big tech. 15 days of vacation, BTW, doesn't even come close to comparing with much of Europe. And I didn't mention London. London is crap. Probably all of UK is. Most Europeans I know in certain countries travel a lot more than Americans at big tech.

What if i told you some big tech jobs let you earn $300k+ a year, while take 4 weeks+ time off, and working 40hrs a week? My first SWE job was at an older fortune 500 company where tech was not its main focus. You started with 14 days of vacation and slooooowly worked your way up to 4 weeks after like 20 years of service lol. My point is, in the U.S. your experience varies WILDLY based on your employer. Not saying th…

> while take 4 weeks+ time off

What if I told you, that even mentioning this shows how little free time people get in the US?

There is actually no SWE job (and I do mean actually 0 positions, I watch job postings way more than average person) in CZ that offers less than 5 weeks of paid vacation. When you look for companies that give actually nice benefits you can get 7-8 weeks, big chunk of it being sick days that you can claim whenever you want.

And that all is on top of MUCH longer parental leave, often shorter work week (lol @ 40h a week being noteworthy), much more leeway given to people with health issues and generally shorter commutes.

Not even mentioning difference in cost of living . . . The values are just different here.

Re: US economy unexpectedly sheds 92k jobs in February

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Post by oulu2006 »

JumpCrisscross wrote: post #422
Spivak wrote: post #360

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Because The DNC actually is what the Republican marketing pamphlet claims to be, a mildly right leaning pragmatic pro-business party.

> mildly right leaning This is nonsense even if we calibrate to North America and the EU (versus the American voting public). Within America, Democrats are center left. Internationally it’s a hodgepodge of left-wing social, centre right-wing foreign and across-the-board economic policy. It’s fine to say the part is right of your preferences. But it doesn’t help your argument to be delusional about where other America…

He's correct internationally, compared to real socialists in countries like Australia/NZ, US dems are definitely mildly center right.

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Post by kingkawn »

JumpCrisscross wrote: post #503
dragonwriter wrote: post #462

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A little under half of US healthcare spending is public programs, the President’s signature “One Big Beautiful Bill” made massive cuts to the federal component of that which started impacting in July of last year, consequently....

OBBA as the cause requires intermediate steps to show up in this jobs report versus last year. The other comment’s guess at strike effects seems more parsimonious.

No, the major healthcare employers are trying to adjust their staff sizes immediately to avoid later crisis caused by this draconian hack and slash approach to federal funding.

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Post by reactordev »

jjav wrote: post #743
saalweachter wrote: post #398

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It's probably just that it doesn't feel like there's much to "get" there. If you go south you get sun and beaches. The coastal regions of Canada will be comparable to the coastal regions of New England and the Pacific Northwest, so there's no need to go all the way there if that's the sort of beach you're looking for. Likewise your outdoors, your cities and restaurants and museums are all going to be about the same a…

> It's not really "exotic". I don't know about "exotic", but for anyone living in the northeast of the US, the easiest way to visit Europe (sort of) is to drive up to Montreal/Quebec.

Or they can go to St Augustine, New Orleans, or mid Manhattan to also get that Euro-Architecture feel (sort of).

Having been to Europe, no comparison.

Nothing prepares you for walking along a city street then “oh fuck, a castle…” and learning that it is now, the city’s government building. Cool… (Stuttgart, you’re awesome)

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Post by kranke155 »

downrightmike wrote: post #348
phkahler wrote: post #101

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>> If the government-approved numbers are this bad the real ones must be catastrophic. Sadly my first thought was not to trust this report. The article even notes further down: >> The US central bank would typically respond to a weakening labour market by cutting borrowing costs, in hopes of giving the economy a boost. Our fearless leader has put enormous pressure on the Fed to lower interest rates from day 1. They k…

They always revise the numbers later after the headlines fade.

Some of the biggest revisions on record.

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Post by groundzeros2015 »

forinti wrote: post #257
throw0101d wrote: post #249

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> I recently went back for a funeral, and I had to spend a moment reminding myself that it would be fine for me. Your passport does not matter, the colour of your skin does: "US citizens jailed in LA Ice raids speak out: ‘They came ready to attack’": * https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/aug/05/us-citizens-... "A U.S. citizen says ICE forced open the door to his Minnesota home and removed him in his underwear af…

This reminds me of an incident with a friend of mine. He flew to the US and entered through Texas. He is white with blond hair and he was wearing a t-shirt very reminiscent of the Confederate flag. A security guard picked up his bag from the carousel, handed it to him, and very emphatically said "Welcome home, sir!".

That’s actually not an example of someone with an American passport being prevented in because of their skin color.

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Post by [deleted] »

onion2k wrote: post #736
Luc wrote: post #491

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72% is just not a believable figure. I assume we're talking about TUI here, and they haven't announced anything about this 72% as far as I can tell.

TUI is German rather than UK-based, and they're not a package operator (although they do own several.)

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Post by groundzeros2015 »

hungryhobbit wrote: post #617
hyperpape wrote: post #415

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Don't put words in my mouth, don't say silly things. I'm well aware the color your skin matters a lot, but your passport also matters, especially at the border. You're better off with white skin and a US passport than with white skin and a British passport, but you're also better off with brown skin and a US passport than brown skin and a British passport and that's still better than brown skin and a third-world pass…

>You're better off with white skin and a US passport than with white skin and a British passport, but you're also better off with brown skin and a US passport than brown skin and a British passport and that's still better than brown skin and a third-world passport. Tell me you're not an American without telling me you're not an American. I hate to say it, but to many (racist) Americans, brown skin < anything else ...…

There is no evidence for any of this.

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Post by groundzeros2015 »

Rexxar wrote: post #419

Here is the official source: https://www.dol.gov/newsroom/economicdata/empsit_03062026.pd... Some of the main categories (page 8 of the pdf): - Construction: -11.0k - Manufacturing: -12.0k - Transportation and warehousing: -11.3k - Private education and health services: -34.0k - Information -11.0k - Leisure and hospitality -27.0k It seems to go down in lots of different sectors.

Wow but it’s hard to map this data from different sectors on to whatever political news story is top of mind.

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Post by groundzeros2015 »

mschuster91 wrote: post #476
yonaguska wrote: post #455

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My personal take is that it's just hit a breaking point where people have finally decided that it's not worth the money. Im not the only person I know with an uninsured wife, and only coverage for my kids. If it weren't for my kids, I wouldn't have enrolled in insurance either. The math just doesn't work out for someone relatively young and with no major health issues. And with the government cutting back spending, w…

> The math just doesn't work out for someone relatively young and with no major health issues. The thing is, bad and expensive health issues can literally come upon you over night. You can get hit by a vehicle or get beaten up with no perpetrator to be held accountable, you can develop an aneurysm, get food poisoning, get pregnant unexpectedly (with all the risk that comes with, including healthcare not being accessi…

All of that is true. But insurance agains that risk is not worth an infinite amount of money.
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