New grads anxious about Bay Area jobs market

As tech companies slash their workforce, new college graduates fret they may not be able to stay in the Bay Area. Shawn Chitnis reports. (5-11-23)

[aeromtb]

happened in 2000, 2008 and now. no industry is immune to a downturn.

[rickandmortyfan]

It’s survival at this rate. I worked at Target prior to starting my career. I was embarrassed, but it paid my bills. Be humble.

[giftedgreen]

Imagine having student loan debt and watching tech companies lay people off...must be so depressing.

[anonymoushuman]

Imagine going to school for 4 years and going into debt just to work in retail or food industry

[AKAAAK]

Yep, hiring at McD, home depot, Walmart, etc are all needing fresh grads.

[redjetsen]

More school and more debt...maybe a PHD so they'll have to call you doctor...then wait for the government to cancel the debt. Is that a plan?

[ralphw]

I’m super excited. I’m 37 and i just got a full scholarship to a UC for agriculture. I also have about 4 paid internships lined up to do near the end of my program. The only thing I’m struggling with is rent or finding something affordable. Even though I am working, trying to do classes full time, I’m exhausted.

Ugh that’s my problem. I might just end up homeless again and i don’t want to go back. But I’m thankful for the scholarship.

[julial]

What do you do with a communication's major. I don't even know.. we need majors for communicating? :D

[BDee]

So sad to see that these grads unable to find a job and make six figures plus bonuses😢😢

[ryanbarker]

i'd like to know what that mayor did, or thinks he did, or is pretending he did, to be able to make these claims. what exactly did he and his administration do to attract employers?

[anonymous_person_smith]

When I graduated near the financial crisis, my industry was basically nuked and the jobs dried up. So I went to grad school for a year and learned a new skill, and came back in a different industry. It sucks but this is what happens when the economy nukes your industry.

[cheeveka]

Don’t understand why stay in place if people feel uncertain doesn’t make sense to me 🤔

[mgt]

Huh, Communications major? So she wants to be a Starbucks barista eh?

[Tewthpaste]

*just switch your career into a Criminal Career you be rich. i change my college degree to a criminal degree and i never look back.*

[logbiak]

no sherlock, not everyone can be a tech genius.

[deandynamite]

They do need more workers to clean up the feces and discarded needles in San Francisco.

[NaKoroGamer]

r.i.p to no bueno Communication Major .. good luck lady

[tomfinland]

Advice to new Grads.. leave your woke liberal censoring ideologies at the door.. not wanted any more.. keep your political views private and don't expect all the freebies that once existed.. you're there to work and not be coddled or babysat.

[meatpopsicle]

What? There are fewer barista and restaurant server positions for all those women's studies, critical race theory, Neo-Marxism political major, and modern dance liberal arts graduates this year? That's awful!

[pedrobetancourt]

You voted for a clowns expect the circus