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Amazon is laying off 14,000 employees, including in India, as AI takes over their roles.
The cruel part is how fragile private sector “stability” is. You get a job, start earning, feel settled, plan a future, buy a house on EMI, and one fine morning the company decides to “downsize”. Suddenly, you’re jobless. If a new job doesn’t come quickly, those EMIs can destroy your peace and your life.
And the govt! While you earn, you must pay taxes. The moment you lose your job, you’re on your own. Farmers get compensation when crops fail, despite many paying zero income tax, but a taxpayer losing his job gets practically nothing.
Maybe it's time to introduce reforms like make EMI pauses for few months more liberal for those who lose their jobs, and providing a time-bound monthly allowance for few months from the govt, except for disciplinary cases of course. Ladla/Ladlis can get free money, free ration, free water and electricity, so why not support a worker who has been paying taxes and contributing? more
The cruel part is how fragile private sector “stability” is. You get a job, start earning, feel settled, plan a future, buy a house on EMI, and one fine morning the company decides to “downsize”. Suddenly, you’re jobless. If a new job doesn’t come quickly, those EMIs can destroy your peace and your life.
And the govt! While you earn, you must pay taxes. The moment you lose your job, you’re on your own. Farmers get compensation when crops fail, despite many paying zero income tax, but a taxpayer losing his job gets practically nothing.
Maybe it's time to introduce reforms like make EMI pauses for few months more liberal for those who lose their jobs, and providing a time-bound monthly allowance for few months from the govt, except for disciplinary cases of course. Ladla/Ladlis can get free money, free ration, free water and electricity, so why not support a worker who has been paying taxes and contributing? more
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Governments and regulators will need to address labour-displacement risks from AI/automation: reskilling programmes, safety nets, job transition frameworks. Taxpaying professionals expect their work to be valued; if many jobs disappear, public expectations (of tax returns via stability, consumption, pensions) may shift. The nature of work is evolving: jobs won’t just be lost but transformed. The “jobs of the future” may require different skills and mindsets. As an informed professional, this is time to adapt rather than wait. Organisations will increasingly bifurcate roles: “routine/automatable” vs “strategic/creative/human-centric”. If you land in the latter, you’re more secure. more
Nov 08
Govt must give some benefit to the Honest Tax Payers. When they are in emergency or after Retirement. more
Nov 06
Lay-offs expose a fundamental weakness in our system — the near-total absence of meaningful social security for working individuals. The government behaves like a silent partner when it comes to your income, taking its share through taxes, but when you face adversity, it disappears without trace. There is no cushioning mechanism for loss of livelihood, no structured retraining, and barely any unemployment support worth mentioning. For people above middle age, the situation becomes especially grim. The job market is increasingly biased toward youth and lower-cost resources, leaving experienced professionals sidelined. With rising inflation, surging healthcare costs, and mounting living expenses, the financial and emotional burden can be crushing. If one also happens to face health challenges, the system offers little empathy or assistance — just indifference masked as “policy”. This imbalance reflects a deeper structural unfairness. We have built an economy where capital gets rescued at every downturn, but labour is left to fend for itself. The scales are tilted so heavily in favour of capitalists that the social contract itself feels broken. When profit is the only metric of success, compassion and balance evaporate from the equation. Lay-offs then become not just a corporate decision but a societal failure — a symptom of a world that prioritises shareholder returns over human dignity. more
Nov 05
Sir First puchasing power income required not loans ? central govt has some responsibilty or not? RG On Thursday 30 October, 2025 at 02:42:45 pm IST, Sudesh Rai wrote: more
Nov 01
There should be unemployment compensation for a Fixed period of time based on the current salary with a maximum allowed monthly payment. This will help until you find another job. Also government can issue free food coupon for a Fixed period. EMI or any other commitment is between the lender and borrower. Government has no role in it. On a personal note one should have a savings of 6 months of salary set aside for emergencies. more
Nov 01
