Comment by bdcravens Comment by bdcravens 5 hours ago 5 replies Copy Link View on Hacker News > down 38,000 jobs since the start of the year, according to the Bureau of Labor StatisticsThat's 0.3%.
Copy Link some_guy_nobel 5 hours ago Next Collapse Comment - You can show any number in isolation and it can mean anything.Now try presenting it the distribution of typical job gains/losses! Reply View | 0 replies
Copy Link jimt1234 5 hours ago Prev Next Collapse Comment - Feels like Milton from Office Space: I was told there would be a manufacturing boom. Reply View | 1 reply Copy Link bluGill 4 hours ago Parent Collapse Comment - There might have been. Labor in manufacturing is way down - a trend going back to the 1950s. However manufacturing in the US has been booming all along. What used to take 2000 people in manufacturing now takes less than 200. Reply View | 0 replies
Copy Link bluGill 4 hours ago Parent Collapse Comment - There might have been. Labor in manufacturing is way down - a trend going back to the 1950s. However manufacturing in the US has been booming all along. What used to take 2000 people in manufacturing now takes less than 200. Reply View | 0 replies
You can show any number in isolation and it can mean anything.
Now try presenting it the distribution of typical job gains/losses!