Nearly 300,000 tech employees have been laid off since last year, data shows.

It’s a dark time to be a tech worker right now::Nearly 300,000 tech employees have been laid off since last year, data shows.

  • EatATaco@lemm.eeEnglish
    3·
    9 months ago

    One thing I’ve learned in my time of DIY is that plumbing could never be a back up plan. Man I hate it and it stinks and cramped. Not easy work.

    • KevonLooney@lemm.eeEnglish
      6·
      9 months ago

      That’s why it pays well. Garbage person jobs pay well too. Few people want to wake up early and smell like garbage all day.

      • olympicyes@lemmy.worldEnglish
        2·
        9 months ago

        I know a guy who works at a dump in LA county. He’s retiring with pension in his early 50’s. I’m kind of jealous.

      • aesthelete@lemmy.worldEnglish
        1·
        9 months ago

        This sounds intuitive but these “dirty jobs” aren’t nearly as available and profitable as people believe. Relatedly, Mike Rowe is an asshole.

      • nintendiator@feddit.clEnglish
        1·
        9 months ago

        That’s why it pays well.

        Care to back it up with numbers? Because it’s been like 4.6 Gy since I last saw a garbage disposal person or a plumber driving their SUV out of their 3-floor house.