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> And the data indicating non remote work, possibly not performed on computers is widely available The initially reported jobs numbers each month always claim
by epicureanideal 3y ago
> And the data indicating non remote work, possibly not performed on computers is widely available
The initially reported jobs numbers each month always claim that, and then those numbers are consistently revised down over time so that jobs have been lost the whole time, and our perceptions were more accurate than the initially reported data.
- lotsofpulp 3y agoPresumably, this chart is using revised data, and it does not show any material upward movement in even the most expansive definition of unemployed for almost a year: https://www.macrotrends.net/1377/u6-unemployment-rate https://www.macrotrends.net/1377/u6-unemployment-rate
- epicureanideal 3y agoAfter 6 months people fall off the list, and also many people with high salaries don’t bother applying for the meager benefits. It also isn’t specific to tech so a slight decrease in unemployment outside of tech would mask tech unemployment.