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[-] dragontamer@lemmy.world 15 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

The worker shortage continues today. We have record low unemployment, all my friends are working jobs (and some multiple jobs) because their boss doesn't care enough to check in on them because there's too much work to do.

The economy today is rather strong. But there's some headwinds that I'm seeing (ex: a somewhat isolated freight recession that's playing into this decline of gasoline prices). Some items in our economy can change rather quickly, so I'm not going to confidently state that everything's okay. There's a lot of shakiness here. But nothing suggests yet that we've entered a general recession (like say, China has, or some other countries).

Even my buddy at WeWork hasn't been fired yet, lol. I know there's been a lot of tech layoffs, but it seems like there's so much programming work everywhere, that everyone basically gets rehired instantly.

There's troubling signs in some sectors. I'm worried that spreads to the rest of the economy. But those numbers just aren't there for the "general economy" yet.

[-] Nudding@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago

We have record low unemployment, all my friends are working jobs (and some multiple jobs)

Try getting a third job, maybe that will help.

[-] Maggoty@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago

Lmao. Life is okay for you so fuck the statistics. That's why we can't get any economic reform in this country and y'all are going to be left wondering why the bottom fell out one of these days.

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