What Is Up With Tech?

With the regular public becoming more and more tech savvy, companies feel they no longer need specialists to explain new tech as it comes out for sale so salespeople for technology are being "let go". People already know what to expect and don't need anyone to explain the differences in the different items anymore. That's my assumption based on what was happening when I still worked at Walmart in their Electronics Department.

I have no idea why technology jobs are being lost, i would thought there would be more hiring.

Supply and demand would be my best guess. The demand is lower, or companies are finding applicants willing to work for less pay. As technology advances, you need less manpower than you did ten years ago. Or, even a year ago. And, don't get me started on right to repair. That's another can of worms.

I cannot help you understand it Popsicle as I sure don't either.

The corporate officers are laying people off to reduce expenses, driver profits, inflate stock prices, and enrich themselves with bonuses.

I don't know why this would be. Perhaps computers don't break down as often as they used to although that doesn't seem right.

I think it is all part of the recession.

I remember when I started out in the working world, I went to school to be a keypunch operator and it was a good position for about 15 years but tech changed and suddenly there were desktop computers everywhere which required a different kind of skill so I had to adapt to the new rules and try to find a place within it, keypunch operators weren't required anymore. When it comes to technology things are constantly changing with businesses being the ones to 'wait and see' before getting on board with any new tech but once they do they have to find the employees who understand that new tech which also means either retraining current employees or hiring someone already trained.

I read someone’s family member here losing a tech job

I have no idea, I'm so stupid about tech.

It's nothing but a trick to employ tech savvy professionals at a cheaper. When there are so many IT officials searching for jobs, the employers will play their Trump card. That's how management professionals lost their value. Now management professionals are paid less than IT professionals.

A guess there are no safe jobs nowadays.

Greed. Pure and simple, greed. I think the technology job market is pretty saturated, especially in the area where I live. Also, with fewer people being needed to come into the office, fewer people are needed to work as custodial, cafeteria workers, security guards, valets, shuttle drivers, etc. Other people are going to lose their jobs in the next month or so, we're just not going to hear about them as much because they're the "little people".

Many tech jobs are being replaced with computers.

Perhaps because more people are becoming tech-savvy themselves, so they no longer need someone to work for them.

They might need less people working in each department as the machines can do more of the work now.

Yes, it's true that now a lot of big companies are laying off their employees maybe because technology has now been replaced by machines