Submitted by moxyte t3_z28t2p in technology
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TeleBrief6431 t1_ixfrzc1 wrote
I always feel terrible for layed off employees that didn't deserve it. Here's hoping they find new, better jobs soon.
pipopapupupewebghost t1_ixgzbac wrote
This trend sucks ass
Hopefully the next one will be better
BuckyDuster t1_ixh095l wrote
Engineers are treated like disposable resources. It is extremely dehumanizing and demeaning.
More than that, it is unsustainable and the industry (if it continues to do this sort of thing) will find itself WITHOUT any engineers because nobody in their right mind will be willing to enter into that field anymore, there’s no future in it.
In the last 10 years there has been a 90% decline in EE enrollment in universities. If there is no feed stock, there will be no working stock. Short sighted economics are cutting off the very branch on which the are sitting, and they don’t even see it.
moxyte OP t1_ixhc2u4 wrote
> In the last 10 years there has been a 90% decline in EE enrollment in universities
I call bullshit on this, sounds too ridiculous
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BuckyDuster t1_ixilqhb wrote
From what I gather in the USA it is true. Might be different in other countries.
I probably got it from something from this:
simbian t1_ixjumoj wrote
>sounds too ridiculous
I think it depends on how far deindustrialisation has occurred in your locale.
I live in a locale (Singapore) where this is true - most traditional engineering (civil, mechanical, electrical) folks I know don't work in their fields anymore - they actually work in finance, software engineering.
But then we are unique - a small tiny island.
supaloopar t1_ixfkix8 wrote
We all live in a global society 🤷🏻♂️