This is from his government, so it’s probably way worse:
New data from the US Bureau of Labor Statistics released on Tuesday continued to show weakness in the American jobs market.
The latest Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey (JOLTS) shows that the number of new hires in February decreased to 4.8 million, which was roughly 400,000 fewer hires than were recorded in February 2025.
The report also shows that the US hiring rate in February fell to just 3.1%, which is the lowest rate since April 2020, when the economy was shut down due to the global Covid-19 pandemic.
I believe it’s artificial. Companies have laid off workers to drive down wages. They’re willing to make their current employees work even harder to accomplish this goal. Suffering all around. It’s one part of the AI push; to make it seem even more like the workers aren’t needed.
Yeah so the key is, hit all the stupid benchmarks they follow, and don’t spend time on anything else. Simultaneously give them the best metrics they could hope for, and the worst operational outcomes.
It’s artificial for sure, but I’m pretty convinced it’s part of the tech bros attempting to create their feudal states. I think they’re convinced they just need a bit longer to get AI to be able to replace most workers and overplayed their hands too early this time.
In reality, they created a large force of people who want to tear down the current model where most current jobs (which are just pushing money back and forth or supporting buying and selling in some way but not creating anything) will go away anyway. Only, they’re going to keep their autonomy and power and the tech bros will have none.
This is from his government, so it’s probably way worse:
I believe it’s artificial. Companies have laid off workers to drive down wages. They’re willing to make their current employees work even harder to accomplish this goal. Suffering all around. It’s one part of the AI push; to make it seem even more like the workers aren’t needed.
Yeah so the key is, hit all the stupid benchmarks they follow, and don’t spend time on anything else. Simultaneously give them the best metrics they could hope for, and the worst operational outcomes.
malicious compliance
Work to rule.
It’s artificial for sure, but I’m pretty convinced it’s part of the tech bros attempting to create their feudal states. I think they’re convinced they just need a bit longer to get AI to be able to replace most workers and overplayed their hands too early this time.
In reality, they created a large force of people who want to tear down the current model where most current jobs (which are just pushing money back and forth or supporting buying and selling in some way but not creating anything) will go away anyway. Only, they’re going to keep their autonomy and power and the tech bros will have none.