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by soonnow 2218 days ago
I don't think jobs will disappear or be created, because of covid-19. I do see a few shifts though. There is a trend towards isolation on a macro and micro level. So it is clear that the US of 2020 is moving in a isolationist direction. I mean it was one of the reasons why Trump was voted in by a large percentage of Americans. Other countries too, focus on the inside and not on the outside. Look at the countries of the European Union. Borders went up, each country cared only about itself. But also on a smaller scale, the trend towards work from home, quarantine projects is some form of isolation (quite literally for a lot of people). I don't think this will go away after a vaccine is found. So jobs that can see an uptick is everything remote. Maybe a remote worker manager job will emerge. Support for remote workers. Deliveries and home office suppliers. Second move is going to see a constriction of spending. At some point there will be less money to go around. This is probably not going to affect real luxury too much. Lamborghini salesmen will be ok, I think. But the affordable luxury segment is gonna suffer. I mean basically all luxury brands sold in a mall. So Tiffanies, or Bulgari sales person will be hit hard.