US workers seeking jobless aid near 40M
I&#x27;m not an economics nor employment expert so can someone who knows more about this explain to me what the projections are for the next 6 months?<p>Are the majority of these people expected to find work again at the same (or better) pay?<p>Are these lost jobs primarily &quot;low skill&quot; jobs? Or are there a lot of white collar jobs being lost as well?<p>Obviously I see the stories about some tech companies letting people go but the numbers are tiny compared to the numbers discussed in articles like this.<p>Just for clarification I am not American so I am asking as an outsider who is quite shocked when I see statements like &quot;a quarter of the US working age population&quot;.<p>Where I am, [redacted], there have been some job losses however nothing close to the numbers I see in America. My gut reaction to such numbers is worrying, perhaps even terrifying, but I know very little about how things work in America so is this a case of the media playing with the numbers when in reality that number will drop back to normal levels soon or is this a true unemployment disaster for the long term?