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Say what you want about Elon Musk, but he was absolutely correct that Twitter was carrying a ton of needless employees. This reckoning was coming, and “AI” is just a convenient scapegoat.
Block Lays Off 4,000 (of 10,000) Employees
The average job opening last quarter received 242 applications, according to exclusive data from hiring-software provider Greenhouse. That means you have a 0.4% chance of getting the average job you apply for. Meanwhile, the acceptance rate for thatschool near Boston: 3.6%.
You're now more likely to get into Harvard than to find a job
Grateful to be employed. I suspect things are going to get a lot worse before they get better. I know quite a few people out of work and it’s definitely rough.