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Emmanuel Adelakun @ogbenishyna44 (1757) 6 Apr

Oracle has thrown many employees and their families into distress recently when the company decided to fire 3000 staff. The rise in the use of AI was blamed for the sack but it appears the company is struggling financially....

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A snap decision

Judy Evans @JudyEv (382412) • Rockingham, Australia 16 Jul

We have two sons. One lives in Ireland and is coming to visit us late July for two weeks. The older ‘boy’ is 53 and lives in Melbourne. The company he worked for closed up over a year ago and he hasn’t been able to find work...

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Microsoft lays off employee; Wants AI to handle the tasks

MeMoneyAndLove @abhi_bangal (7679) • Ahmednagar, India 16 Jul

There's no doubt that AI has been wrecking havoc in the digital world. The technology is getting better day by day and it is feared that it will replace humans when it comes to performing various kinds of tasks. In one of the...

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Ever heard of the Backer System?

May Day @HaruLoid (1592) • Philippines 15 May 24

Our country has been having troubles with the increase in unemployment, but many of the unemployed believes that the root cause of the unemployment is the practice of the Backer System. The Backer System refers to the...

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Unemployment is the cause of homelessness

Anindita Sengupta @aninditasen (18202) • Raurkela, India 30 Mar 24

My country is facing this situation and I don't know if your country is experiencing the same scenario. There's lot of unemployment in India the result is there are lot of people sleeping on the streets dying of hunger. The old...

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Things have gotten worse

Wendy @jerzgirl (9384) • United States 18 Sep 23

Two Fridays ago, my daughter was laid off, after only being back to work for two weeks. They offered her a month's severance, so we thought we'd be good to go once unemployment kicked in. Midway through the next week, the old job...

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Reduced work hours at 2nd job and unemployment woes

Jenifer Huff @sickofbeingick22 (117) • United States 10 May 23

I am very anxious and frustrated right now because my 2nd job at the hotel cut my hours, a lot of the time I only get 8 hours a week. I should be getting 16 to 29 hours and I rarely get more than 24 if I am extremely lucky. I was...

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Looking for a Virtual Assistant job

Luis Asuncion @luisga814 (7138) • Quezon City, Philippines 5 Mar 23

Good morning from here from the Philippines. It's already Monday morning here at 8:18am. I don't if I can consider this as good morning from me. Today and tomorrow will be my rest days. Yesterday, I had a workshift. And not a...

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Wednesday, 8 Dec 21

Bensen32 @Bensen32 (28658) • United States 8 Dec 21

Good day to you all, Just another day and one day closer to the weekend. I came home and just chilled out for the evening and now getting ready for bed but thought I would say hello to you all. Picked up a few groceries on the...

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Walking out on your job

Bensen32 @Bensen32 (28658) • United States 13 Oct 21

An odd statistic that was recently released from the federal Jobs Opening and Labor Turnover Summary. It states that since the beginning of September till October 10th that approximately 4.3 million workers have walked off the...

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Friday, 10 Sept 21 - Fire us all

Bensen32 @Bensen32 (28658) • United States 10 Sep 21

Good day to you all. Well, Biden is talking about mandating that all workers of companies of a 100 or more people must get vaccinated. There goes more of our freedom or so he believes. If this actually happens, I guess I will be...

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Are humans going to be replaced by robots

Kawasaki @Kawasaki01 (692) 10 Aug 21

In many parts of world robots are encouraged to be made because it not only perform calculations at high speed but also reduces man power. It can perform each and every tasks that humans can do except thinking skill. The only...

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Coronavirus Lessened the Crime Rate: Really?!?

Shavkat @Shavkat (141905) • Philippines 25 May 21

In my country, I noticed the crime rate lessened due to this virus. It seems they are scared of being infected. However, the criminals committed crimes because they do not have the means to survive. Most of the locals are...

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making money online

honesty and loyalty @Merliva (3540) • San Marino 25 Mar 21

is there any website someone on here on mylot can share with me so i could make some type of income from home, i have sent out over 200vacancies and am still unemployed because nearly half the country is out of a job right now and...

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Unemployment is increasing

didik wijanarko @Babale (1874) • Semarang, Indonesia 24 Jan 21

I believe that no one in the world is willing to be unemployed. Has no permanent job and has very little money. Especially when the Corona Covid-19 pandemic hit like now, many people have been forced to lose their jobs and be...

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I have not paid attention

Heather Echola @GardenGerty (169556) • United States 19 Jan 21

All year our payroll department has issued warnings that there are false unemployment claims being filed against some of our accounts. I have read the warnings. I have read the process Patty the paycheck lady has set up for us to...

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Our Friend Thought He's Got The Job...

Raine38 @Raine38 (12387) • United States 8 Dec 20

A few weeks ago, I posted on here about a friend of ours (actually my husband's friend) who lost his job and his girlfriend around the same time. And in this very difficult time, he is having a hard time coping with everything...

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When the Fed Reserve Calls for UBI...

Kimberly Forsythe @NewWorldOptimist (184) 19 Nov 20

Ok, perhaps not an outright call for UBI. But, when the Chairman of the Fed says the economy will never be the same due to accelerated automation and continued stimulus is needed, even the most diehard anti-UBI person should...

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Are you for or against Universal Basic Income (UBI)?

Kimberly Forsythe @NewWorldOptimist (184) 15 Nov 20

What are your thoughts on Universal Basic Income (UBI) to help us transition through mass unemployment from technological automation?

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How Are You?

celticeagle @celticeagle (189957) • Boise, Idaho 9 Oct 20

I have been in a funk long enough. I decided, while waiting for my annual check-up to come up, to get back to life. I have been laying here watching tv and playing games on my cell until I am ready to jump out the window. Bored?...

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