White collar jobs most at risk in the coming recession.

[the other mike]

You might want to think twice about attending-- or sending your kids to --college after you read this.

Unlike recent recessions, office jobs are most at risk of layoffs in the coming economic downturn

Remote-friendly firms fared the best as the US fell into lockdown. Now it's the "pajama-pants occupations" that face the greatest risk of layoffs.

www.businessinsider.com

The economic pain in the next downturn will be completely different from that of the coronavirus recession. White-collar office workers should be worried.

A growing number of economists expect at least a mild recession to materialize in 2023, and signs point to it resembling the downturn of the early 1990s. That slump saw white-collar — or high-income office workers — face a heightened risk of job loss while those in blue-collar sectors like mining and manufacturing generally fared much better than in previous recessions.

 

[initforme]

Yes keep them uneducated so they can aspire to $15 per hour for the long term. Good gawd.

 

[braalian]

Good. There’s too many white collar workers getting paid to do next to nothing.

 

[1srelluc]

Well there are far fewer people in manufacturing and mining than there used to be.....White collar middle managers are a dime a dozen. To be honest it's been a long time coming. The .gov needs to shed a bunch of them too.

I worked for Dupont (making automotive paint) in the from '83 to 2002 and we went from six first and second line supervisors per shit (four shifts) to one first line supervisor per shift in just three years.

We were paid very well (no union), worked hard, and got raises and a bonus every year I was there.

Any personnel issues that came up were handled by the workers.....If you were sorry, missed too much time, or a asshole you did not last long.

 

[braalian]

One good thing to come out of the exaggerated response to COVID and the lock-downs was that it showed jut how completely unnecessary a lot of white collar office jobs are

 

[jbrownson0831]

Good. There’s too many white collar workers getting paid to do next to nothing.

Really just the ones working from home.

 

[Harpy Eagle]

One good thing to come out of the exaggerated response to COVID and the lock-downs was that it showed jut how completely unnecessary a lot of white collar office jobs are

Those jobs did not go away, they just were not doing them in an office but at home.