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INCREDIBLY DEPRESSING WSJ article: White collar work is done here

The nation’s largest employers have a new message for ...
flatulent home
  10/29/25
What’s the problem? This just the Free Market and Amer...
contagious native
  10/29/25
why don't these people just buy stocks?
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  10/29/25
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hyperactive big institution
  10/29/25
it's fucked. desperation is setting in. applying to 1000 job...
flatulent home
  10/29/25
some bullshit networking that wont amount to anything
hyperactive big institution
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Prob used AI to apply for the jobs
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  10/29/25
AI is the cover story IMO, i agree with the top two comments...
flatulent home
  10/29/25
right. a lot of these tech companies seemed bloated. AI is p...
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almost no one has integrated AI yet at scale this is lite...
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they aren't replacing them with anyone for the most part. it...
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Date: October 29th, 2025 12:08 PM
Author: flatulent home

The nation’s largest employers have a new message for office workers: help not wanted.

Amazon.com said this week that it would cut 14,000 corporate jobs, with plans to eliminate as much as 10% of its white-collar workforce eventually. United Parcel Service UPS 0.99%increase; green up pointing triangle said Tuesday that it had reduced its management workforce by about 14,000 positions over the past 22 months, days after the retailer Target said it would cut 1,800 corporate roles.

Earlier in October, white-collar workers from companies including Rivian Automotive, Molson Coors TAP -2.34%decrease; red down pointing triangle, Booz Allen Hamilton and General Motors received pink slips—or learned that they would come soon. Added up, tens of thousands of newly laid off white-collar workers in America are entering a stagnant job market with seemingly no place for them.

At 5:30 a.m. on Tuesday, Kelly Williamson woke up to an alarming text from her employer, Amazon’s Whole Foods Market, urging her to check her email.

“Review asap and stay home from work today,” the message said. Williamson’s role on the asset-protection team was being eliminated. The badge and laptop for the 55-year-old from Austin, Texas, were deactivated. She was given 90 days to look for another job at the company. She said her personal belongings are being mailed to her.

A text message from Whole Foods Market instructing employees to check their email about their role and stay home from work.

Amazon sent messages to Whole Foods Market employees, instructing them to check their emails ‘about your role.’

A leaner new normal for employment in the U.S. is emerging. Large employers are retrenching, making deep cuts to white-collar positions and leaving fewer opportunities for experienced and new workers who had counted on well-paying office work to support families and fund retirements. Nearly two million people in the U.S. have been without a job for 27 weeks or more, according to recent federal data.

Behind the wave of white-collar layoffs, in part, is the embrace by companies of artificial intelligence, which executives hope can handle more of the work that well-compensated white-collar workers have been doing. Investors have pushed the C-suite to work more efficiently with fewer employees. Factors driving slower hiring include political uncertainty and higher costs.

Altogether, these factors are remaking what office work looks like in the U.S., leaving the managers that remain with more workers to supervise and less time to meet with them, while saddling the employees fortunate enough to have jobs with heavier workloads.

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The cascade of restructurings has created a precarious feeling for managers and staff alike. It is also tightening the options for those who are looking for employment. Around 20% of Americans surveyed by WSJ-NORC this year said they were very or extremely confident that they could find a good job if they wanted to, lower than in past years.

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Meanwhile, opportunities for front-line, blue-collar or specialized workers are growing. Companies describe shortages of trade, healthcare, hospitality and construction employees, while pausing hiring for consultants and managers, laying off staff in retail and finance, and deploying AI to do work in accounting and fraud monitoring.

“The system just feels like it’s messed up,” said Chris Reed, 33, who was laid off a year ago from his job in technology sales, his field of more than a decade.

Reed, in New Braunfels, Texas, recently took a job selling Toyotas after spending 10 months looking for work. Reed supports his three children, ages 10, 8 and 6, and his wife, a stay-at-home mom and student. “In tech, I’m qualified, I have the experience,” Reed said. “I didn’t get any of those jobs.”

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After his layoff, he said he applied to more than 1,000 jobs. To make ends meet, covering food, gas, utilities and two car payments, Reed said he emptied his 401(k) and sold stocks, cryptocurrency and the Pokémon cards he collected with his son. His home was put into foreclosure when he couldn’t make mortgage payments, he said.

This summer, a friend referred him to the dealership job. He commutes two hours or more each day and often hustles on the floor from the store’s 8:30 a.m. opening to its 9 p.m. close. On Tuesday, he was weighing whether to drive in on his day off.

Workers at a construction site.

Companies say construction workers are still in demand. Michael Nagle/Bloomberg News

He is feeling the strain from a poor work-life balance several months into the job. Sometimes, he goes days without seeing his children; he wakes up before they go to school and returns home after bedtime. On the evenings, he tucks his kids into bed, his daughter refuses to let him go.

“She thinks I’m not going to see her the next day,” he said. “It’s greatly impacted my home life.”

The white-collar jobs on the chopping block have been roles that many American workers aspired to secure. They paid up for college credentials to qualify for an interview, then landed comfortable jobs such as human-resource managers and midlevel engineers.

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Now what was once a stable position feels like a ticking time bomb, with employees who worked their way up the corporate ladder awaiting their turn for a video call announcing their last day.

Jobs that are higher-paying and require a bachelor’s degree are more exposed to AI than other positions, economists at the Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia found.

Even as the economy grows, hiring has weakened, with economists expecting slower job-creation this fall. In such an environment, companies are becoming choosier—and both experienced white-collar workers and new college graduates seeking their first jobs are getting squeezed.

Recruiters and job seekers interacting at a job fair.

A June job fair in the Chicago area. Jamie Kelter Davis/Bloomberg News

Mo Toueg, who runs a recruiting firm, said he has seen the number of 40-year-olds in search of work surge in the past year. “They’re telling me they can’t keep up with the technology that’s out there as much,” said Toueg, of Gobu Associates. “Tech is outpacing their skill set.”

Job applicants said they are getting rejected in favor of candidates who have almost identical work experience to the job posting. Companies can now hire employees that match their exact, desired qualifications, said Melissa Marcus, an Austin-based managing director for an employment-consulting firm.

“The companies that have money to spend right now on head count are asking for the moon and the stars,” she said.

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That dynamic is helping to squeeze entry-level hiring. The class of 2025 submitted more job applications than the class of 2024, while receiving a smaller number of offers, according to the National Association of Colleges and Employers.

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“I felt like I was putting a lot of work into getting myself into the job market, and the ladder had been pulled out from under me,” said Kobe Baker, 23, who began looking for a job in January, shortly after he graduated from Baylor University. “Nobody was there to really answer what I could do to improve, to do better on my next application. It was just radio silence.”

Baker, now based in Bloomfield, N.J., had hoped to break into the New York City job market after graduation. He widened his search before landing a job in customer service in late September. He said many young people want to be independent but can’t find a foothold in the job market.

Mike Hoffman, chief executive of the growth advisory consulting firm SBI, said in the past six months he has cut his software-development team by 80% while productivity has surged. “We have someone managing clusters of agents that are doing coding,” he said. “Our AI writes its own Python.”

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Investors are pressuring companies to streamline operations, Hoffman said, seeking head-count reductions as steep as 30%. Executives should ask themselves whether they can do so and whether it is the right thing to do, he said.

On Monday, the online-learning company Chegg said it would cut 388 jobs globally, about 45% of the workforce, as it pivots to an AI model that automatically answers students’ questions.

https://www.wsj.com/economy/jobs/white-collar-jobs-ai-324b749c?mod=hp_lead_pos2

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Date: October 29th, 2025 12:14 PM
Author: contagious native

What’s the problem? This just the Free Market and American Exceptionalism. You’re not some kind of Communist are you?

This country was founded on increasing shareholder value so fat retarded old people can watch cable news for years longer, if you don’t like it then you can just giiiiiiiiiiiiiit out 👉

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Date: October 29th, 2025 12:17 PM
Author: Razzle-dazzle quadroon

why don't these people just buy stocks?

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Date: October 29th, 2025 12:14 PM
Author: burgundy cheese-eating sneaky criminal

180 how all the fake & gay skinnyfat "information/knowledge" worker fraud is ending rapidly

Hit the oil rig nigga

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Date: October 29th, 2025 4:20 PM
Author: domesticated hell



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Date: October 29th, 2025 12:17 PM
Author: hyperactive big institution

hey wagecucks, there's always MARCO RUBIO TOYOTA:

>Reed, in New Braunfels, Texas, recently took a job selling Toyotas after spending 10 months looking for work. Reed supports his three children, ages 10, 8 and 6, and his wife, a stay-at-home mom and student. “In tech, I’m qualified, I have the experience,” Reed said. “I didn’t get any of those jobs.”



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5791231&forum_id=2).#49384767)



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Date: October 29th, 2025 12:18 PM
Author: beady-eyed navy casino

he drives two hours each way. it's fucked.

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Date: October 29th, 2025 12:20 PM
Author: hyperactive big institution

get a job at MARCO RUBIO TOYOTA so you can put 4 hrs of wear and tear on your car all day and use your MARCO RUBIO TOYOTA salary to buy a new car at MARCO RUBIO TOYOTA!

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5791231&forum_id=2).#49384779)



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Date: October 29th, 2025 12:24 PM
Author: flatulent home

it's fucked. desperation is setting in. applying to 1000 jobs is flame, they make it too easy now and no one can get noticed, and there are too few jobs to begin with. what are people supposed to do?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5791231&forum_id=2).#49384799)



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Date: October 29th, 2025 12:29 PM
Author: hyperactive big institution

some bullshit networking that wont amount to anything

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5791231&forum_id=2).#49384820)



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Date: October 29th, 2025 12:43 PM
Author: Irradiated school cafeteria clown

Prob used AI to apply for the jobs

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5791231&forum_id=2).#49384866)



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Date: October 29th, 2025 12:43 PM
Author: 180 Space Goal In Life

be jewish and attend shabat. at kosher steakhouses they offer unemployed mid 20s modern orthodox jewish girls 150k+ jobs theyre totally unqualified for in the womens bathroom

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Date: October 29th, 2025 1:57 PM
Author: Coral Exciting Laser Beams

(guy who hangs out in women's bathrooms at kosher steakhouses)

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Date: October 29th, 2025 2:30 PM
Author: 180 Space Goal In Life

(guy who doesnt fuck religious jewesses)

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Date: October 29th, 2025 3:10 PM
Author: bat shit crazy awkward ticket booth

I’m a little confused by your syntax here. Are the jobs performed in the bathroom? Is the offeror the steakhouse or a customer being like “hey come be my lackey in a business where we drive blacks out of rent-stabilized buildings so we can overcharge their hipster replacements and keep a few units for friends/family/guys we owe a favor?”

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Date: October 30th, 2025 2:45 PM
Author: Glittery affirmative action shitlib

(Bryan Gardner)

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Date: October 29th, 2025 4:21 PM
Author: domesticated hell

Pound the pavement and get on the old horn. You can't get a job from a computer.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5791231&forum_id=2).#49385477)



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Date: October 29th, 2025 7:16 PM
Author: Talented dead friendly grandma



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Date: October 29th, 2025 12:20 PM
Author: frisky ladyboy idea he suggested

If any of this is news to you in 2025 you are a stupid NPC

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5791231&forum_id=2).#49384783)



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Date: October 29th, 2025 12:23 PM
Author: flatulent home

you seem like a happy person

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Date: October 29th, 2025 12:33 PM
Author: frisky ladyboy idea he suggested

Being intelligent and happy are now mutually exclusive

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Date: October 29th, 2025 12:35 PM
Author: hairraiser plaza gunner

think I saw this on a goth girls aim away message 20 years ago

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Date: October 29th, 2025 1:59 PM
Author: multi-colored demanding hall dragon



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Date: October 29th, 2025 2:06 PM
Author: citrine hairless lay



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Date: October 29th, 2025 2:06 PM
Author: flatulent home



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Date: October 29th, 2025 4:42 PM
Author: crawly business firm



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Date: October 30th, 2025 2:09 AM
Author: Histrionic Mewling Halford Hospital



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Date: October 30th, 2025 5:43 AM
Author: shivering brethren dopamine



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Date: October 29th, 2025 12:23 PM
Author: Provocative carnelian queen of the night

ljl at mentioning chegg in the article, which is one of the businesses most endangered by AI. it's a lot less clear that the other layoffs are indicative of a long-term trend. just a normal economic doom story that is always being written

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5791231&forum_id=2).#49384794)



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Date: October 29th, 2025 12:25 PM
Author: flatulent home

AI is the cover story IMO, i agree with the top two comments:

Ivaylo Ivanov

15 hours ago

Is it AI though or is AI just the cover story? Knowing the (rather limited) capabilities of LLMs, takeover of large number of white collar jobs makes no sense at all.

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Brett Canon

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Exactly. The economy is a house of cards built on a massive mountain of debt. The whole thing is about to come crashing down, which has little to do with ChatGPT or other LLM.

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Date: October 29th, 2025 12:29 PM
Author: Provocative carnelian queen of the night

right. a lot of these tech companies seemed bloated. AI is progressing but it's still only good at individual tasks and can't replace a worker in most roles.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5791231&forum_id=2).#49384821)



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Date: October 29th, 2025 1:56 PM
Author: Mahogany massive party of the first part forum

Cr

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Date: October 29th, 2025 12:31 PM
Author: citrine hairless lay

almost no one has integrated AI yet at scale

this is literally just indians at companies laying off americans and then replacing them with outsourced indians. that's all that's happening

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5791231&forum_id=2).#49384828)



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Date: October 29th, 2025 12:36 PM
Author: hairraiser plaza gunner

they aren't replacing them with anyone for the most part. it really is all downstream of the side effects of money printer going BRRRRRR

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5791231&forum_id=2).#49384842)



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Date: October 29th, 2025 12:41 PM
Author: citrine hairless lay

they are, you just gotta pay closer attention

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5791231&forum_id=2).#49384862)



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Date: October 29th, 2025 1:56 PM
Author: Mahogany massive party of the first part forum



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Date: October 29th, 2025 6:44 PM
Author: curious pervert

He's got the inquisitive monocle emoji in his name, what more do you want

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5791231&forum_id=2).#49385901)



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Date: October 29th, 2025 2:01 PM
Author: flatulent home

you've identified where the work is going and who is doing the layoffs but not who this is primarily benefiting. indians are hired hands, nothing else, you need to look upstream at the boards and investors and start asking tough questions about how we get out of this

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5791231&forum_id=2).#49385030)



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Date: October 29th, 2025 2:05 PM
Author: citrine hairless lay

it's benefiting indians. that is who it is benefiting

this is not some kind of 36-D chess. it's just psychopathic indians infiltrating our country and institutions and lying to c-suites and investors so that they can bring in more indians and infiltrate institutions further

it really is that simple

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5791231&forum_id=2).#49385054)



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Date: October 29th, 2025 3:51 PM
Author: Ultramarine Death Wish

who’s “we?”

not all of us are retards whose job can be replaced by a stupid computer

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5791231&forum_id=2).#49385417)



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Date: October 29th, 2025 12:24 PM
Author: Heady jet therapy

cr best for society in the long run - too many people working in the theoretical and virtual.

I'm currently winning annual contracts against 100+ teams rn with just ai tools and automation.



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5791231&forum_id=2).#49384801)



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Date: October 29th, 2025 12:30 PM
Author: citrine hairless lay

this is literally just indians. expel or kill all indians, make outsourcing illegal, etc

not worth discussing or worrying about beyond that. either these things happen or they don't

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5791231&forum_id=2).#49384826)



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Date: October 29th, 2025 3:01 PM
Author: Boyish sable pistol



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5791231&forum_id=2).#49385216)



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Date: October 29th, 2025 1:53 PM
Author: Boyish sable pistol

The writing has been on the wall for at least 20 years. The utter browning of america spares nobody. You should have been planning to be a NEET working through your backlog on remote acreage somewhere.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5791231&forum_id=2).#49385012)



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Date: October 29th, 2025 1:54 PM
Author: citrine hairless lay



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5791231&forum_id=2).#49385017)



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Date: October 29th, 2025 3:21 PM
Author: contagious native



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5791231&forum_id=2).#49385300)



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Date: October 30th, 2025 6:16 AM
Author: narrow-minded pink ape



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5791231&forum_id=2).#49387098)



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Date: October 29th, 2025 2:05 PM
Author: overrated prole

"On Monday, the online-learning company Chegg said it would cut 388 jobs globally, about 45% of the workforce, as it pivots to an AI model that automatically answers students’ questions."

Lol Chegg isn't cutting jobs as an AI strategy, they're doing layoffs because their company got decimated by ChatGPT

Just completely gaped

https://www.google.com/search?q=%24chgg

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5791231&forum_id=2).#49385052)



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Date: October 29th, 2025 9:20 PM
Author: vengeful at-the-ready base

cr. and hey, $10 billion market cap in 2021 - rough decline

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5791231&forum_id=2).#49386287)



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Date: October 29th, 2025 2:25 PM
Author: misanthropic green house

No sign in the data that AI is altering the labor market. Productivity growth has been growing faster than in the 2010's but this started in 2019-2020. The more likely culprit: boomers who required larger support staff and junior ranks below them retiring and more efficient gen xer's and millenials taking over. It explains the low UE rate as well.

https://budgetlab.yale.edu/research/evaluating-impact-ai-labor-market-current-state-affairs

https://www.bls.gov/productivity/

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5791231&forum_id=2).#49385112)



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Date: October 29th, 2025 2:26 PM
Author: Gaped parlour ratface

**Litigators chuckling**

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5791231&forum_id=2).#49385113)



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Date: October 29th, 2025 2:37 PM
Author: Amethyst floppy knife ceo

At the end of the world there'll just be cockroaches and a chuckling litigator left on the planet

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5791231&forum_id=2).#49385145)



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Date: October 29th, 2025 4:28 PM
Author: fighting khaki state



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5791231&forum_id=2).#49385506)



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Date: October 29th, 2025 6:39 PM
Author: motley indian lodge



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5791231&forum_id=2).#49385891)



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Date: October 29th, 2025 4:11 PM
Author: Passionate house-broken corn cake



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5791231&forum_id=2).#49385457)



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Date: October 29th, 2025 2:29 PM
Author: Soul-stirring Den

Covid did this

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5791231&forum_id=2).#49385123)



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Date: October 29th, 2025 3:22 PM
Author: Maroon Fanboi Chapel

green up pointing triangle said Tuesday that it had reduced its management workforce by about 14,000 positions

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5791231&forum_id=2).#49385305)



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Date: October 29th, 2025 3:47 PM
Author: beady-eyed navy casino

holographic AI green triangle on Teams telling you you're laid off

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5791231&forum_id=2).#49385405)



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Date: October 29th, 2025 3:47 PM
Author: brilliant place of business mexican

are both CPA and CFA work in trouble?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5791231&forum_id=2).#49385409)



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Date: October 29th, 2025 4:12 PM
Author: Razzle-dazzle quadroon

i would think accountants are near the top of the list for getting fucked by ai

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5791231&forum_id=2).#49385459)



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Date: October 29th, 2025 4:16 PM
Author: Shaky tanning salon selfie

entry level hiring is being reduced by 50% at certain Big 4 firms. in house Accounting and Finance functions are even more susceptible to automation as there is typically very little in house consulting being done. in short, i'm gay

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5791231&forum_id=2).#49385470)



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Date: October 29th, 2025 4:30 PM
Author: Razzle-dazzle quadroon

and unemployed

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5791231&forum_id=2).#49385508)



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Date: October 29th, 2025 4:31 PM
Author: Shaky tanning salon selfie

and retarded

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5791231&forum_id=2).#49385512)



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Date: October 29th, 2025 4:40 PM
Author: Razzle-dazzle quadroon

at least you have xo

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5791231&forum_id=2).#49385545)



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Date: October 29th, 2025 7:28 PM
Author: sapphire startled heaven

CPAs are done here lol.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5791231&forum_id=2).#49386013)



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Date: October 29th, 2025 3:51 PM
Author: domesticated hell

It is a bad time to rely on a fake job where you don't do anything.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5791231&forum_id=2).#49385416)



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Date: October 29th, 2025 4:23 PM
Author: Canary wonderful hissy fit jap

It’s going to be hilarious when you get shitcanned you DEI hire faggot

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5791231&forum_id=2).#49385485)



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Date: October 29th, 2025 5:07 PM
Author: Ultramarine Death Wish



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5791231&forum_id=2).#49385614)



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Date: October 29th, 2025 6:40 PM
Author: motley indian lodge



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5791231&forum_id=2).#49385892)



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Date: October 30th, 2025 2:59 PM
Author: trip anal puppy station



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5791231&forum_id=2).#49388337)



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Date: October 29th, 2025 5:09 PM
Author: amber appetizing location

They can always pursue a legal career. They can't get rid of lawyers, if they tried, lawyers would make it illegal.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5791231&forum_id=2).#49385618)



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Date: October 29th, 2025 7:27 PM
Author: indecent turdskin

Why is this “depressing”? Oh noooooo think of all the useless bubble-inflating email jobs!!!

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5791231&forum_id=2).#49386012)



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Date: October 29th, 2025 9:17 PM
Author: aggressive mind-boggling center

cr, shouldn't we all be rejoicing?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5791231&forum_id=2).#49386277)



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Date: October 29th, 2025 9:15 PM
Author: slap-happy brunch

Terrible article.

Companies do massive layoffs this time of year every year. I'm doubtful any of this has anything to do with AI.

The one guy they interview is in software sales - literally one of the most AI-proof jobs.

Not that we aren't all fucked longterm, but this article isn't making the case for it.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5791231&forum_id=2).#49386273)



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Date: October 29th, 2025 9:20 PM
Author: vengeful at-the-ready base



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5791231&forum_id=2).#49386290)



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Date: October 29th, 2025 9:20 PM
Author: aggressive mind-boggling center

“Our AI writes its own Python.”

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5791231&forum_id=2).#49386291)



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Date: October 29th, 2025 9:55 PM
Author: high-end talking shrine dysfunction

Companies do layoffs this time of year. They don't want to do them around the holidays so basically you have to be gone by the end of October or it has to come in January after annual reviews are over.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5791231&forum_id=2).#49386401)



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Date: October 30th, 2025 6:20 AM
Author: Laughsome private investor

Mo Toueg, who runs a recruiting firm, said he has seen the number of 40-year-olds in search of work surge in the past year. “They’re telling me they can’t keep up with the technology that’s out there as much,” said Toueg, of Gobu Associates. “Tech is outpacing their skill set.”

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Can't keep up with tech at *40*? I kind of understand it when 60/70 year olds just give up, but c'mon man

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5791231&forum_id=2).#49387103)



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Date: October 30th, 2025 8:07 AM
Author: aggressive mind-boggling center

"Gobu Associates, Mo Toueg speaking"

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5791231&forum_id=2).#49387250)



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Date: October 30th, 2025 11:49 AM
Author: fragrant gas station



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5791231&forum_id=2).#49387762)



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Date: October 30th, 2025 8:10 AM
Author: contagious native

They are incompetent to begin with, the underlying and foundational concepts of “tech” don’t “change”.



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5791231&forum_id=2).#49387254)



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Date: October 30th, 2025 9:36 AM
Author: sinister twinkling theater stage gaping

Is it struggling with the technology or just frustration at how bad enterprise technology has become? There are all these poorly maintained, badly updated legacy technologies that businesses keep around that actively hinder your ability to work efficiently. What used to take one or two clicks or a handful of keystrokes 15 years ago now requires 8 or 9 clicks with a lag between each.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5791231&forum_id=2).#49387431)



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Date: October 30th, 2025 3:54 PM
Author: trip anal puppy station

Are you an Engineer

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5791231&forum_id=2).#49388447)



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Date: October 30th, 2025 9:38 AM
Author: sinister twinkling theater stage gaping

And yet Amazon has something like 56k H1b applications outstanding.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5791231&forum_id=2).#49387434)