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.

  • @KevonLooney@lemm.eeEnglish
    6•5 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•4 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.

    • @nintendiator@feddit.clEnglish
      1•4 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.

    • @aesthelete@lemmy.worldEnglish
      0•4 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.