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applegrove

(132,445 posts) Tue Mar 31, 2026, 08:22 PM Mar 31

The U.S. is moving into a low hire-low fire equilibrium, which really hurts folks--the young, those (re-)entering the job [View all]

The labor market can be "roughly steady" with a lotta hiring matched by a lotta firing, or few fires matched by few hires. The U.S. is moving into a low hire-low fire equilibrium, which really hurts folksâ€”the young, those (re-)entering the job marketâ€”who need new opportunities
— Justin Wolfers (@justinwolfers.bsky.social) 2026-03-31T19:05:58.975Z

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The U.S. is moving into a low hire-low fire equilibrium, which really hurts folks--the young, those (re-)entering the job [View all] applegrove Mar 31 OP

Stick with the moron who doesn't know AI but knows your systems, OR bucolic_frolic Mar 31 #1

Could you be a bit clearer? applegrove Mar 31 #2

That's the choice hiring managers are faced with. bucolic_frolic Mar 31 #3

It could also be that hiring managers are just woefully incompetent themselves ck4829 Mar 31 #4

Thanks. applegrove Mar 31 #5

There is another moron in that equation fyi... ck4829 Apr 1 #9

People who made poor choice of voting for a bankrupt felon ALSO can't make good hiring choices? I'm shocked. ck4829 Mar 31 #6

It seems like high school students with jobs keeps going down... Mark.b2 Mar 31 #7

And here's why ck4829 Mar 31 #8