Is getting into Harvard easier than landing a job in America?
America’s labour market has entered a crippling “Great Freeze,” where landing a job now carries odds slimmer than gaining admission to Harvard—or even NASA’s astronaut corps. With hundreds of applicants chasing each vacancy, employers are overwhelmed, workers cling to stability, and AI-fuelled volume distorts the system. The result is a stagnant, fear-driven landscape where opportunity feels increasingly out of reach.
America’s labour market has entered a crippling “Great Freeze,” where landing a job now carries odds slimmer than gaining admission to Harvard—or even NASA’s astronaut corps. With hundreds of applicants chasing each vacancy, employers are overwhelmed, workers cling to stability, and AI-fuelled volume distorts the system. The result is a stagnant, fear-driven landscape where opportunity feels increasingly out of reach.
