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You could look at this as a shifting of talent. Instead of those 2,400 people wasting their time managing short term office rentals for yuppies, perhaps they'll
by jbob2000 7y ago
You could look at this as a shifting of talent. Instead of those 2,400 people wasting their time managing short term office rentals for yuppies, perhaps they'll move on to more meaningful work! Some will start companies, some will join companies that provide more value to society, some will spend time with their families.
- brosinante 7y agoshifting of talent I hate this new reality.
- jbob2000 7y agoWhich new reality? The one where most of the population can read and write and where most hold degrees and diplomas? This isn’t the 1900s industrialization era, where employees were picked out of the farm fields to work in factories, having never gone to school. People are smart these days, layoffs aren’t as destructive as they used to be.
- slumdev 7y ago> layoffs aren’t as destructive as they used to be. Student loan debt cannot be discharged. Unsecured personal debt is at all-time highs. Nearly half of Americans have less than $1000 in savings. You are wrong.
- marcusverus 7y agoFederal student loans are eligible for deferment during periods of financial hardships, including unemployment, for up to three years. https://studentaid.ed.gov/sa/repay-loans/deferment-forbearance#deferment-eligibility https://studentaid.ed.gov/sa/repay-loans/deferment-forbearan...
- p1esk 7y agoYeah, no. I’ll take being laid off in 2019 over being laid off in 1919 any day!
- vorpalhex 7y ago> Unsecured personal debt is at all-time highs. > Nearly half of Americans have less than $1000 in savings. Those both sound like bad financial planning. Pumping more money into the equation won't solve that.
- Sohcahtoa82 7y agoThere's no money left for savings when rents double over 10 years while wages only go up $1-2/hr.
- brosinante 7y agoObviously the comparison should be between today and a society of serfs & slaves.
- turk73 7y agoI don't think most people are that smart. Out of the 50 or so I work around daily, one or two are truly smart. The rest are average or below, honestly.
- gilrain 7y agoI don't want my talent shifted. I want stability and peace of mind.
- stickfigure 7y agoYou can have that! I mean, I don't know you personally, but if those are your priorities, then there are plenty of big stable boring companies to work for. Maybe apply at one of those instead of wildly unprofitable startups with idiosyncratic founders? You have agency.
- rchaud 7y agoLife isn't Economics 101 where labour is perfectly mobile and comparative advantage can be activated instantaneously.
- flashman 7y agomaybe we could shift them some money from Adam Neumann's bank account