Wednesday, December 24, 2025

Tech Continues Downward Slide Amid Modest US Job Growth

Although the overall US economy added 64,000 jobs last month, the tech sector is softening when it comes to hiring.

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On this week's @onthemedia.bsky.social I spoke with Stephen Witt about how AI tycoons have tied our economy up in knots and are demanding that we let them do significant harm to our planet:

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... The US economy added 64,000 jobs in November, but the slide in tech jobs continued, with the telecom sector and computer systems design seeing declines.

The US Bureau of Labor Statistics said the number of people employed in November totaled 163.7 million, while the number of unemployed was 7.1 million.

The overall unemployment rate rose to 4.6%, up from 4.4% in September. (The BLS did not release a jobs report in October because of the government shutdown going on at the time.)

The telecom sector lost 600 jobs, with the number of people employed in November pegged at 598,800, down from 599,400 in the previous report, according to a sector-wise breakdown provided by BLS. The telecom sector employed 614,500 in November 2024.

The hardest-hit area involved computer systems design and related services, which lost 3,200 jobs. The number employed in that sector was 2,403,200 in November, declining from 2,406,400 previously. The employee count in that sector was 2,444,700 a year ago.

According to the US Census Bureau, these jobs include tech support, programming, and systems integration positions.
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#1 | Posted by LampLighter at 2025-12-23 01:51 AM

The US economy added 64,000 jobs in November, but the slide in tech jobs continued, with the telecom sector and computer systems design seeing declines.

#1 | Posted by LampLighter at 2025-12-23 01:51 AM

This is probably the good news, sugarcoated. For one, no one can now believe the counts of government offices, since the DOGE treatment and the laying off of those who insisted on accurate data. Between the lack of manpower to put people on the data collection and analysts of said data, there are gobs of uncounted data reflecting the actual counts and trends. The second reason it is likely sugarcoated is that it is well known that the initial data has to be adjusted later for late reporting and analysts resulting in readjusted outcomes in the month following for the previous month. The readjusted outcomes never get the splash attention that the first inaccurate release gets, especially if the trend is negative.

#2 | Posted by BBQ at 2025-12-23 01:18 PM

When the longtime administrator of the BLS is replaced with a partisan hack, then all pretenses that the numbers are not ginned up goes out the window.

Rigging the system is what Pedo47 does constantly that and cry about being the victim.

#3 | Posted by Nixon at 2025-12-24 11:02 AM

Don't worry about it! Billionaire AI bros say we're going to be living in a sci-fi fantasy utopia in just a few years!

IF they get billions of dollars in investments.

#4 | Posted by Derek_Wildstar at 2025-12-24 01:52 PM

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