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Manager stunned when we explain that we fear for our jobs
Serious office worker with a defeated look on his face
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employee sitting tensely in a bright office
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This is a cyclical business. Temps just got axed across the sector. AI is creeping into every role. Outsourcing has happened before. Pay raises get denied because there is not enough money. The job market is brutal. Minimum wage jobs require three interviews, and one of them is with a chatbot. Inflation keeps climbing. People in the company work two jobs, skip meds, drop insurance, and avoid healthcare entirely.
Every single day feels like a countdown. The expectation is simple. You make too much money. You can be easily replaced. The axe could drop at any moment. The manager hears all this and looks stunned. They reiterate that layoffs are not happening. The words do not change the feeling.
This is the disconnect that defines modern work. Managers act like job security is a given because they have never lived without it. Employees act like every meeting could be their last because they have lived that reality too many times. The gap between those two perspectives is a canyon.
The manager probably thinks this was a routine update. The employees think this was a life-changing experience. Both are right in their own way. One side sees stability. The other side sees survival. The truth sits somewhere in the middle, but nobody is comfortable admitting it.
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