#learntoweld

It's amusing that there people (@lxi+1jQ4zdVT) who are too simple-minded to debate an idea (or history itself) without substance so they troll.
Reality is going to hit people hard in 2023.

@1xdp+1jQ4zdVT "skilled trades"
To be honest, no one is safe. But I agree about people with skilled trades. Many more will be cut in IT (especially), lower/middle management, business functions and engineering. Can't weld or assemble from a remote laptop in Brazil!
The IT folks are in quite the pickle. They went from threatening to quit and work remote somewhere else (tantrums) to having the oh-sh1t moment as tens of thousands of other IT workers were getting laid off. Too much competition to avoid having to say, "would you like to upgrade to a value meal?" #learntoweld

@3fgm+1jCEf5VN
Point is, more and more companies are calling folks back to the office and laying weak performers off.
The employees bitch1ng on Yammer put a target on themselves. Can’t be undone now.
The game is over. Tantrums will not reap anything but unemployment. Time to pay the fiddler.
#learntoweld #wouldyoulikefrieswiththat

There's another context for RTO failing. While many GM tech workers make idle threats to leave for greener WFH pastures, mass layoffs are occurring that primarily affect tech workers. Facebook announced 11,000 layoffs today. We've seen other mass layoff announcements from other tech companies, including Peleton, Stripe, Twitter, PayPal, HelloFresh, Hyperloop, Coinbase, Robinhood and more. The same people threatening to leave GM are now going to be in direct competition with tens of thousands of freshly laid off people with the same skill sets.
WFH being 'the norm' also means that tech workers are more threatened by low cost offshore labor than ever before. Once the mass layoffs die down, there's nothing stopping these companies from hiring outsourced labor. We will see tens of thousands of tech workers displaced, looking for paying work. Remember #learntocode? The new slogan will be #learntoweld
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