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/r/conservative discuss steel tariffs. "I may be out of a job, lol" (lemmy.world)

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[–] [email protected] 24 points 22 hours ago (1 children)

Millennial here, 100% agree. I'm very good at what I do in my field and have a chonky resume of experience. I used to get job offers unprompted on practically a weekly basis. Years ago my apply-to-interview-to-offer % was like 70%+.

In the last couple of years this has shifted dramatically. I do not receive job offers unprompted, because they simply aren't there. The number of listed jobs has tanked, the ones worth applying for i typically don't hear anything back from, not even a rejection. One the other day I was told it wasn't a real position that was open and was simply posted for some HR reason or some crap.

Layoffs across the board are on the rise so there are more people than ever looking and less jobs available.

It took my friend ~1yr to find a job after his last layoff.

This person is in for a world of hurt...and frankly, I have zero sympathy for them specifically.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 19 hours ago (1 children)

Regarding sympathy - he is no different than the others who voted for this. These kinds of people aren't ready to have been wrong. So they claim they expected it. His reply is nothing but an attempt to cope with his bad choices.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 17 hours ago

It's absolutely a person speaking out loud to justify everything and avoid thinking about hardship. Humans are great at that.