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TexasTowelie

(122,799 posts)
Tue Sep 2, 2025, 04:22 PM Tuesday

A new trend emerges in the economy. What is 'job hugging?' - CNN



CNN senior reporter Matt Egan explains “job hugging,” a new trend where workers are staying on their jobs longer due to worries about losing their jobs and are less confident about new employment.
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A new trend emerges in the economy. What is 'job hugging?' - CNN (Original Post) TexasTowelie Tuesday OP
NEW TREND? That's been the American way of life since I was born in 1951. BamaRefugee Tuesday #1
Yup SheltieLover Tuesday #2
Nope. . . . nt Bernardo de La Paz Tuesday #3
Exactly Farmer-Rick Tuesday #4
Pejorative term for a society that rewards downsizing wolfie001 Tuesday #5
Job hugging; euphemism for desperation. Corporate America must be ecstatic. alwaysinasnit Tuesday #6
"...worries about losing their jobs..." J_William_Ryan Tuesday #7
LOL OC375 Tuesday #8
You wanna know what a "NEW TREND" would be? "Surveys show that the vast majority of American workers are BamaRefugee Wednesday #9

Farmer-Rick

(12,022 posts)
4. Exactly
Tue Sep 2, 2025, 04:53 PM
Tuesday

You stay as long as you can stand the idiocy, shitty pay and constant harassment by management. Then you move on to another awful job. Each time you change jobs you get a bit more pay.

It's as if these corporate tools think they are doing us a favor by giving us yet another shitty job. You still got to work excessive hours with stupid bosses and little or no appreciation.

wolfie001

(6,021 posts)
5. Pejorative term for a society that rewards downsizing
Tue Sep 2, 2025, 05:23 PM
Tuesday

I think they're preparing Americans for some unsettling economic realities with the fat orange imbecile leading the way to another republican downturn (I think it started a couple months ago).

J_William_Ryan

(2,962 posts)
7. "...worries about losing their jobs..."
Tue Sep 2, 2025, 05:54 PM
Tuesday

If you’re subject to layoffs/cutbacks/downsizing, you’re going to lose your job anyway, regardless of how hard you hug.

BamaRefugee

(3,827 posts)
9. You wanna know what a "NEW TREND" would be? "Surveys show that the vast majority of American workers are
Wed Sep 3, 2025, 01:52 PM
Wednesday

extremely satisfied with their jobs, are finding immense personal gratification for having found their *life's calling* and expressed hope that they could work forever and ever there."

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