The 10 Jobs Disappearing the Fastest (Thanks Automation)

[riverine]

https://www.governing.com/topics/mgmt/gov-automation-disappearing-jobs-cities.html

Telemarketers
2008-2018 U.S. Jobs Change: -52 percent

File Clerks
2008-2018 U.S. Jobs Change: -46 percent

Postal Service Mail Sorters, Processors and Machine Operators
2008-2018 U.S. Jobs Change: -44 percent

Data Entry Keyers
2008-2018 U.S. Jobs Change: -36 percent

Order Clerks
2008-2018 U.S. Jobs Change: -36 percent

Production Worker Helpers
2008-2018 U.S. Jobs Change: -30 percent

[No Vested Interest]

1. The telemarketers are not disappearing fast enough for me.

Dang phone calls at 8:10a. m., when I'm planning to sleep another 2+ hours.
Dang phone calls calling me from the bathroom to hear a lot of nonsense.

I finally bought a set of phones that display call # & place calling from.
Dang phone calls list places that are not valid locations.
Dang phone calls imitate phone numbers I have legitimally received.

New phones have a blocking mechanism, which I've been using liberally lately.
I don't know if I'm blocking any legitimate calls, and don't know how to unblock them if I am.

Dang telemarketers.....

[riverine]

2. Robocalls you are getting don't

have people dialing your number.

[leftyladyfrommo]

3. I keep my sound turned off.

If callers are legitimate they will leave a message and I call them back. Any calls from my contact list are answered.

Almost all my calls anymore are bogus. People who know me just text me.

[Merlot]

4. Me too. It's the only way to get any peace and quiet.

Sad that we're hiding from our phones.

[No Vested Interest]

5. The phone I'm referring to is a land line.

I feel I have to be available to a family member in a long-term care facility who is psychologically needy.
My cell phone is a flip phone; I don't text. (Suppose I could, but I don't care to.)

[Blue_true]

7. That is how I do it. Everyone in my family except maybe three people text

instead of call. With a text I can right away whether it is bogus, I ignore all phone calls from numbers that are not programmed in my phone's directory.

[Blue_true]

6. I counted 8 jobs. All but two were the victim of artificial intelligence, not automation.

But, I get your point. Some job classes are one step from extinction. The surprise is what jobs come next (hint, many pay well).