Jobpocalypse

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Jobpocalypse is a neologism coined in 2025 by the Financial Times describing the widespread technological unemployment expected to caused by advances in AI use in the workplace. [1] [2] [3]

According to the Financial Times , entry-level job offers in the U.S. and U.K. have dropped by 33%. Unemployment among university graduates hit a record high, reaching higher than the general unemployment rate for the first time. [2] In the US, the unemployment rate for college graduates was about 5.8% in 2025, a jump of about 30% since 2022. [4] In a survey of more than 850 business leaders across the UK, US, France, Germany, Australia, China and Japan, 41% of bosses reported that AI was allowing them to cut staffing at their firms. [5]

In Australia 49% of larger firms and 37% of Small and Medium Enterprises have cut roles as a result of AI. [6]

Controversy

The American Enterprise Institute argued that the jobpocalypse did not exist. [7]

References

  1. Wearden, Graeme. "Entry-level workers face AI 'job-pocalypse'; US probes Tesla's self-driving system – as it happened". The Guardian.
  2. 1 2 "The graduate 'jobpocalypse': Where have all the entry-level jobs gone?". Financial Times. September 29, 2025.
  3. Roose, Kevin; Newton, Casey (May 30, 2025). "The A.I. Jobpocalypse". New York Times.
  4. "The A.I. Jobpocalypse, Building at Anthropic with Mike Krieger and Hard Fork Crimes Division". Hard Fork. The New York Times. May 30, 2025.
  5. Partridge, Joanna (9 October 2025). "Gen Z faces 'job-pocalypse' as global firms prioritise AI over new hires, report says". The Guardian.
  6. Gen Z warned on how to avoid AI 'jobpocalypse' as young Aussies use tech to get ahead Stewart Perrie, Yahoo Lifestyle, 14 November 2025
  7. The AI Revolution: Still No Reason to Fear a ‘Jobpocalypse’ James Pethokoukis, American Enterprise Institute, April 9, 2024


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