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The original was posted on /r/antiwork by /u/Spiritual-Bug4521 on 2026-08-16 01:26:15+00:00.

hybrid and remote jobs are going away. they are automating the roles that us disabled and chronically ill people can do to participate in the US economy. i see things getting much, much worse. PE is buying up small mom and pops and turning smaller companies with more flexibility into sweat shops, churn and burn.

if you factor in disability, retired people, mentally ill / institutionalized, the young the true labor force participation rate is less than 60% in the US, and the "true" unemployment rate is closer to 15-20%. its very bad out there.

i don't see it ever getting better. and a lot of the jobs are going away. we are moving to a post work economy, post human capital economy with 0 guardrails. the powers that be want us disabled to die. on top of that, the corp overlords are forcing remote-ready jobs back to in-person, automation, offshoring, and the move to bring back factory work. we are going to become a 2nd world economy. we arent going to be the thought leader economy, we will be factory worker based, AI data center based, service labor based, not white collar. this is already in action and a done deal. the white collar thought leaders and idea jobs are gone, because the capitalist playbook involves getting the skills at the cheapest cost even if it means offshoring all of those positions. if you can work remote, you're replaceable. period.

i worked closely with AI and automation in corp environment and its coming for every field. and fast. most people who do not work closely with agentic AI actually have no idea how advanced it is and how entire enterprise level systems can operate skeleton crews with the additional processing power of non-disabled 24/7 artificial intelligence.