"But for the rest of us, the era of cushy jobs with healthy salaries and light responsibilities might be ending."<p>Wait. That was a thing? This article also mentions, "Last year saw the demise of middle managers." Is that all this article is talking about?<p>Because a more appropriate way of addressing this is probably talking about what market shift is currently happening, and how economies experience cycles of expansion and contraction because of industry growth and changes.
Looks pretty low on content, everything meaningful is in a linked article <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/hiring-slump-professional-white-collar-jobs-recession-high-salary-2024-4" rel="nofollow">https://www.businessinsider.com/hiring-slump-professional-wh...</a>
At my company I'm in it's 6th reorganization in 13 years. The term used here is golden handcuffs. Where you're paid very well but you're in a middle of nowhere facility so any position you apply for has to be just right or it's not worth it.