If the shift accelerates, we could see a generation trapped in low-paying, unstable work while wealth concentrates in fewer hands, and social unrest flares where hope disappears. The next decade could make 2008 look like a warm-up, and nobody is ready for the consequences already stacking in plain sight.
If you’re trying to compare today’s job market to 2008–2010… yeah, of course it’s different.
But the biggest difference?
Back then, we still had real jobs, and companies were hiring in the U.S.Where we’re heading now is a whole new world:
AI. Outsourcing. Offshoring.
We are…— Amanda Goodall (@thejobchick) October 2, 2025
Last month, TCS laid off nearly 60 employees in Jacksonville.
At the same time, TCS continues to petition for H-1B visas, despite rising U.S. tech unemployment.
That raised red flags with lawmakers. 2/16 🧵
— Amanda Goodall (@thejobchick) October 2, 2025
The letter also points to an EEOC investigation into TCS:
– allegations it replaced older American workers with younger H-1B hires.
That’s not a rumor… it’s officially referenced in the Senate’s documents. 5/16 🧵 pic.twitter.com/7hedpAzZQS
— Amanda Goodall (@thejobchick) October 2, 2025
Such a huge change from COVID 5-6 years ago.
It’s amazing how fast this flipped. https://t.co/MrZFV3lmot
— QE Infinity (@StealthQE4) October 2, 2025
If AI cuts jobs, the government will collect less tax revenue for social programs and safety nets. That could force the Fed to print more money, which would weaken the dollar. Gold will likely keep rising as a result.
Why is gold soaring?
Must be inflation or something. pic.twitter.com/sUqey6mnvS
— Jeffrey P. Snider (@JeffSnider_EDU) October 1, 2025
Fed fund futures now pricing in 100% chance of rate cut for October and 83% chance of cut in December.
— TT3 (@TradingThomas3) October 1, 2025
The Fed is too hawkish.
History shows they tighten into rising unemployment — exactly what we see now. Fed Funds remain well above inflation, keeping policy restrictive – right into a Recession
Ironically, their past dovishness (post-2008) fueled the "Everything Bubble".
Now?… pic.twitter.com/0tuXROQ6dz
— Henrik Zeberg (@HenrikZeberg) October 2, 2025
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