U.S. employers have announced more than 892,000 job cuts so far in 2025

[supermike80 2,021]

4 hours ago, Cdub100 said:

https://www.reuters.com/world/us/us-job-growth-through-march-expected-be-revised-down-sharply-2025-09-09/

WASHINGTON, Sept 9 (Reuters) - The level of U.S. employment for the 12 months through March could be slashed by as many as one million jobs when the government publishes its preliminary nonfarm payrolls benchmark estimate on Tuesday, economists predicted.

 

Once again, AI is coming for everyone's job. I'm going to keep saying it.

Thank GOD I have about 3.5 years left in the job market.  And if I lost my job tomorrow, I would be fine.

Pays to save I guess

[seafoam1 3,244]

3 minutes ago, Sandy Loam said:

Not really.

I like what I do. No boss. No set hours. Unlimited vacation time. Work from anywhere. Make as much money as I want. Work 20-25 hours a week.

This almost feels like retirement. No reason to stop.

 

 

Princess sandy took 20 hours of surveys online this week. Made a whole $12 worth of coupons towards her favorite cosmetics. 

[Fnord 2,370]

1 hour ago, HellToupee said:

That sucks . I graduated from college and had 2 employers and took an early retirement. 

You are definitely in the tiny minority. Congrats! 

I'll get my 25 years in where I'm at just before I turn 65. I'm hoping to scale back to part time and arrange my schedule such that I can take a week off or more at a time without using PTO. I don't care about working as long as I still have time for all the other crap I wanna do. 

[Cdub100 3,978]

1 hour ago, supermike80 said:

Thank GOD I have about 3.5 years left in the job market.  And if I lost my job tomorrow, I would be fine.

Pays to save I guess

I worry for my children. I know I'm earlier than most people about AI taking over, but it is coming. 

Most jobs are going away. The only thing left will be service/teaching jobs. A skill that people will want from another human. Some of those jobs IMO are

Personal Trainer

Martial arts instructor

Massage therapist

Hair dresser

Everything else is gone. Construction, home improvement, accounting, coding. Blue and white collar jobs alike. 

 

[supermike80 2,021]

3 minutes ago, Cdub100 said:

I worry for my children. I know I'm earlier than most people about AI taking over, but it is coming. 

Most jobs are going away. The only thing left will be service/teaching jobs. A skill that people will want from another human. Some of those jobs IMO are

Personal Trainer

Martial arts instructor

Massage therapist

Hair dresser

Everything else is gone. Construction, home improvement, accounting, coding. Blue and white collar jobs alike. 

 

Yeah......It's gonna get really tough out there.   This AI thing is somewhat out of control.   Seeing it way too much.   Maybe there will be a little pushback..but can't say for sure yet

[Ron_Artest 1,852]

6 minutes ago, Cdub100 said:

I worry for my children. I know I'm earlier than most people about AI taking over, but it is coming. 

Most jobs are going away. The only thing left will be service/teaching jobs. A skill that people will want from another human. Some of those jobs IMO are

Personal Trainer

Martial arts instructor

Massage therapist

Hair dresser

Everything else is gone. Construction, home improvement, accounting, coding. Blue and white collar jobs alike. 

 

How is AI gonna install a new toilet?

[MDC 7,650]

5 minutes ago, Ron_Artest said:

How is AI gonna install a new toilet?

Robot plumbers. Duh.

[Cdub100 3,978]

24 minutes ago, Ron_Artest said:

How is AI gonna install a new toilet?

This was 3 months ago. AI is learning at an extremely fast rate. Installing a toilet isn't hard. Hell, Plumber robot AI will do it faster, better and cheaper since it can be designed with all the tools needed.

 

[Hardcore troubadour 15,700]

lol. Idiots think Biden didn’t sign any EO’s when he was installed. Good job Mooney! And Rusty with the assist !

[iam90sbaby 2,696]

3 minutes ago, Cdub100 said:

This was 3 months ago. AI is learning at an extremely fast rate. Installing a toilet isn't hard. Hell, Plumber robot AI will do it faster, better and cheaper since it can be designed with all the tools needed.

 

This tech is still far away from mass adoption. It’s progressed fast and it’s very impressive. But that last 5% which takes it from something cool in a lab to actual in world use is far away. Drones of a version of them have been around since WW2, it took almost another 100 years for adoption by civilians and we still don’t have automated drone deliveries on a mass scale. 

Honestly, just like any tech it will ultimately create more jobs but it will displace the older workforce. Either way, this is still 30-50+ years out. Maybe more.

[Cdub100 3,978]

10 minutes ago, iam90sbaby said:

This tech is still far away from mass adoption. It’s progressed fast and it’s very impressive. But that last 5% which takes it from something cool in a lab to actual in world use is far away. Drones of a version of them have been around since WW2, it took almost another 100 years for adoption by civilians and we still don’t have automated drone deliveries on a mass scale. 

Honestly, just like any tech it will ultimately create more jobs but it will displace the older workforce. Either way, this is still 30-50+ years out. Maybe more.

People can order an autonomous car to their house and take them to their destination. I would argue it's much closer than people realize.

That last 5% isn't so far when the learning doubles every year.

[seafoam1 3,244]

2 minutes ago, Cdub100 said:

People can order an autonomous car to their house and take them to their destination. I would argue it's much closer than people realize.

That last 5% isn't so far when the learning doubles every year.

No robot will be fixing plumbing issues anytime soon. If you are talking about installing a toilet only. That takes a human about 20 minutes. 

[Cdub100 3,978]

9 minutes ago, seafoam1 said:

No robot will be fixing plumbing issues anytime soon. If you are talking about installing a toilet only. That takes a human about 20 minutes. 

In 10 years, they will.

[Horseman 2,683]

4 hours ago, Sandy Loam said:

The longest I've ever been with a company is this one for 11 years, and I prolly won't ever retire.

We know.

[Sandy Loam 291]

Just now, Horseman said:

We know.

No one cares that you're "rich" and "retired."

You just look lame spending all day here.

[Horseman 2,683]

2 hours ago, Fnord said:

I'll get my 25 years in where I'm at just before I turn 65. 

Ouch!

[jonnyutah 425]

7 minutes ago, Cdub100 said:

In 10 years, they will.

Yeah. Ok. Cars will fly too.

[Cdub100 3,978]

1 minute ago, jonnyutah said:

Yeah. Ok. Cars will fly too.

They currently drive themselves through traffic with other human drivers, but you don't think an AI can unscrew some bolts and lay a bead of caulk?

[Horseman 2,683]

2 minutes ago, Sandy Loam said:

No one cares that you're "rich" and "retired."

You just look lame spending all day here.

Come again?  I have 9 posts today all after 4pm. 

[jonnyutah 425]

55 minutes ago, Cdub100 said:

They currently drive themselves through traffic with other human drivers, but you don't think an AI can unscrew some bolts and lay a bead of caulk?

I presume you can drive a car 

I know you cant replace a toilet. 

[edjr 6,730]

14 hours ago, Cdub100 said:

They currently drive themselves through traffic with other human drivers, but you don't think an AI can unscrew some bolts and lay a bead of caulk?

Did someone say caulk?

[Cdub100 3,978]

1 hour ago, edjr said:

Did someone say caulk?

Big white caulk squirting its warm bead around the head 

[Fnord 2,370]

14 hours ago, jonnyutah said:

I presume you can drive a car 

I know you cant replace a toilet. 

Are you under the impression that replacing a toilet is somehow difficult? It really isn't.

[Sean Mooney 2,014]

18 hours ago, Sandy Loam said:

That and tariffs, tariffs, tariffs.

I'm not really being glib. I may disagree with @Cdub100 on a lot of things politically but he is closer to right on the AI stuff. We as a society are basically training robots to take our jobs from us and everything.

The issue will become then that the job need will change and you won't have enough people to fill those needs which will lead to more robots and innovation. I'm not saying it will happen in my lifetime per se but it is coming and it is permeating more sectors of society than people want to admit at this point. 

[Sandy Loam 291]

21 minutes ago, Sean Mooney said:

I'm not really being glib. I may disagree with @Cdub100 on a lot of things politically but he is closer to right on the AI stuff. We as a society are basically training robots to take our jobs from us and everything.

The issue will become then that the job need will change and you won't have enough people to fill those needs which will lead to more robots and innovation. I'm not saying it will happen in my lifetime per se but it is coming and it is permeating more sectors of society than people want to admit at this point. 

I don't disagree. I am just glad that I am at a point in life where all that will have little impact on me and perhaps my career field. I could see how it would be automated, but really relationships are at the center of everything.

[jonnyutah 425]

21 minutes ago, Fnord said:

Are you under the impression that replacing a toilet is somehow difficult? It really isn't.

Lol

Difficult if you know what you are doing? Nope.

Difficult if you are just a dumb internet jew hater? Yep.

Toilets are more than ten years away technology wise because you need something mobil with amazing limb dexterity that can work in super tight spaces and handle a super wide array of unseen variables. 

We will have toilets that clean your butt on voice command before we have robots replacing them. 

Now perhaps a company like hajoca that gets contracts for things like all brand new wal marts could get there for new construction because you have a wide open space and everything is new and super similar and they follow a pattern. But that isnt replacement. No sir, we are very far away from robots doing that. 

[Ron_Artest 1,852]

If you don't get that wax seal right, you're focked.  I would not trust that to a robot.  Fock you robot.

[edjr 6,730]

1 minute ago, Ron_Artest said:

If you don't get that wax seal right, you're focked.  I would not trust that to a robot.  Fock you robot.

Correct. 

[Fnord 2,370]

3 minutes ago, jonnyutah said:

Lol

Difficult if you know what you are doing? Nope.

Difficult if you are just a dumb internet jew hater? Yep.

Toilets are more than ten years away technology wise because you need something mobil with amazing limb dexterity that can work in super tight spaces and handle a super wide array of unseen variables. 

We will have toilets that clean your butt on voice command before we have robots replacing them. 

Now perhaps a company like hajoca that gets contracts for things like all brand new wal marts could get there for new construction because you have a wide open space and everything is new and super similar and they follow a pattern. But that isnt replacement. No sir, we are very far away from robots doing that. 

I hope you're right.

But I don't think you are.

[Fnord 2,370]

3 minutes ago, Ron_Artest said:

If you don't get that wax seal right, you're focked.  I would not trust that to a robot.  Fock you robot.

True. But normally, it's not that tough to get right, unless the old one has deteriorated to nothing and you get stuck with a mess removing the old potty. This is the reason I would not do it myself. My days of mucking around in that crap are done. Thankfully.

[jonnyutah 425]

2 minutes ago, Fnord said:

True. But normally, it's not that tough to get right, unless the old one has deteriorated to nothing and you get stuck with a mess removing the old potty. This is the reason I would not do it myself. My days of mucking around in that crap are done. Thankfully.

I see what you did there!

[Cdub100 3,978]

1 hour ago, Sean Mooney said:

I'm not really being glib. I may disagree with @Cdub100 on a lot of things politically but he is closer to right on the AI stuff. We as a society are basically training robots to take our jobs from us and everything.

The issue will become then that the job need will change and you won't have enough people to fill those needs which will lead to more robots and innovation. I'm not saying it will happen in my lifetime per se but it is coming and it is permeating more sectors of society than people want to admit at this point. 

When the Internet went public in the 90s and took off in the 2000 is most people had no idea what it would become as fast as it did. 

Then the mobile wave took over. We went from computers on a desk to computer in our pockets. 

We are now in the AI wave. The best AI we don't have access to has a super genius intelligence. 

Once AI figures out mobility past cars and planes things will really kick off for job loss. 

I watch the garbage man come every Friday. There is zero reason that won't be automated soon. 

I see it for everything. It's one reason I'm thinking about opening up a gym. That will be an AI proof business for now until the younger generation grows up used to AI and they won't mind learning from a machine.