“This category was down by 0.2% from May of 2024 to May of 2025, a tiny drop, but one made more notable by employment in general trending up 0.8% in the same time period.”
So it just dropped enough for the people deploying ai to realize it sucks and people are cheaper and better. Jeez media really likes to write the headline that keep the advertisers happy.
Actually most job growth has been in Healthcare, a field that is very resistant to AI right now. So if you remove that I think the trend is even less significant (and probably not anything that holds up to much scrutiny).
You’re forgetting that people don’t like disruption in their lives. Seeking short term profits ends up causing disruptions, so employee-owned companies are disincentivised to seek short-term gains, though it’s still technically possible.
Another thing to note is that most employee-owned companies have a disbursement periods where it takes years for an employee to have a full stake in the company.
Having a mix of beneficial strategies would be best imo. Co-ops are better for servicing a single community, while employee-owned can scale up better.
“This category was down by 0.2% from May of 2024 to May of 2025, a tiny drop, but one made more notable by employment in general trending up 0.8% in the same time period.”
So it just dropped enough for the people deploying ai to realize it sucks and people are cheaper and better. Jeez media really likes to write the headline that keep the advertisers happy.
Actually most job growth has been in Healthcare, a field that is very resistant to AI right now. So if you remove that I think the trend is even less significant (and probably not anything that holds up to much scrutiny).
All of capitalism is keeping advertisers happy. Advertisers and shareholders.
Maybe we should switch to co-ops and employee-owned companies to fix that bullshit
Worker owned means the employees are the shareholders. Might not do layoffs but still plenty of reason to chase excessive profit in other ways.
Co-ops might work. Consumers as the owners.
You’re forgetting that people don’t like disruption in their lives. Seeking short term profits ends up causing disruptions, so employee-owned companies are disincentivised to seek short-term gains, though it’s still technically possible.
Another thing to note is that most employee-owned companies have a disbursement periods where it takes years for an employee to have a full stake in the company.
Having a mix of beneficial strategies would be best imo. Co-ops are better for servicing a single community, while employee-owned can scale up better.