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US lost 105,000 jobs in October and added 64,000 in November, according to delayed data
(www.theguardian.com)
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Raise your hand if you actually trust any of this data though. I know my hand isn't up.
If anything, my guess is that number is way higher. I'd imagine they'd rather just lie and say that jobs are actually going up. If they can't even say that I imagine the numbers are beyond fucked.
I saw a breakdown the other day postulating that the true unemployment rate is masked by the gig economy, because people are more likely to drive Uber than file for unemployment
If Uber and the other gigs didn’t exist the unemployment rate would probably be at least double what it is now, then again would something else have taken over in its place? Different conversation but kinda does highlight the power of these gig companies. Uber for example would be like these third largest US employer behind Walmart and Amazon if they did employ most the people who do it as the same equivalence of a part or full time job.
Here, I found the video
It's youtube because I couldn't find it anywhere else. But I think it addresses some of your points. The biggest point it makes is that at the same time that the greater economy lost 3 million jobs (or had that many layoffs), the gig economy gained roughly the same number of people.
Yeah I saw Atriocs reaction video to that. It’s very true in places like Florida, that’s where I was when dealing with both layoffs as well as the extended job search while rent went up at the same time. Ended up leaving a month before the election back north closer to where I grew up and have been better. I’m so glad to have left cause now uber has a planner where you have to schedule your time to work the gig, widely talked about on their subreddit as well as the market got so flooded with drivers this year while less people are riding that none of them make much money anymore
It’s absolutely terrible news… So I’m inclined to believe it’s more likely than not to be accurate.
But, considering the massive cuts and layoffs in government agencies, I believe there is also a reason to question how accurate that might be based on that. But I don’t think we’re being intentionally lied to to, because if they wanted to lie to us they’d tell us something much better than us.
Came here to say this.