HexesofVexes

I can’t comment about anywhere else, but the UK job market broke down pre-COVID.

Post-COVID it has gotten even worse as even more skills are automated. About the only job sectors actively recruiting are the NHS (primarily nurses), STEM teachers (primary/secondary), retail, and hospitality.

They’re all high stress with a comparatively low wage - the latter 2 tend not to pay living wages and also tend to be “shift work” (i.e. 0 hour contracts).

For those of us holding other jobs, this market has led to wage squeezes and a sharp decline in working conditions. Most folks have taken an effective pay cut, and workload models are squeezing more tasks into each role.

Overall, it’s a clusterfuck of epic proportions.

We need a new sub for “data is horrifying”.

Is that dataset up anywhere as a CSV?

I’d really love to build a lesson around it!

Darkest dungeon - though you need to make it to the ending to find out why you’re evil.

In 1969, the cold war filled the hearts of the world with dread. Today, we live in times that echo this sentiment.

The launch of 1969 was made with the hope of a better future, and though we cocked it up a drainpipe the first time, maybe we’ll take the right path and echo the sentiment “for all mankind”.