This Was A Real Job?

[is this really what you wanted to do with your only life anyway?]

Outsourcing. Headcount reduction. Automation. AI. Let’s face it…your job is next.

This Was A Real Job takes a clear-eyed look at labor-class realities in a post-labor future. What are the jobs of tomorrow? Is retirement so last century? Where and when does the Battle of Blair Mountain get a big-budget remake? Let’s find out together.

Find Something New

Worried your workplace will soon no longer have a place for you? You should be! Confirm your suspicions with a clearer understanding of recurring trends in labor and stay informed on the latest developments at workplaces around the world.

Build Back Better

Anyone paying attention knows it without a doubt: the old ways are gone, never to return. What can any of us do to future-proof our career paths? Not a damn thing!

…which should be good news, right?

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AJ Freeman

@cosmiccoffee9

Human Writer, PoliSci Major, Inevitably Unemployed