https://minutesof.com/on/employment/ Everyone on the record about employment: 14 verbatim quotes from 6 people, March 2020 to August 2026, in one chronology, each with a timestamp and a link… en Sun, 30 Aug 2026 22:32:57 +0000 https://minutesof.com/q/5687a1c3-9f2f-4ede-bfaa-2117175d5e21/ https://minutesof.com/q/5687a1c3-9f2f-4ede-bfaa-2117175d5e21/ “We created more than 29,000 new jobs in the sector in 2026 so far, reversing years of decline in manufacturing employment.” — JD Vance, Forbes Breaking News Fri, 21 Aug 2026 19:15:28 +0000 employment https://minutesof.com/q/d3e0a9dc-f761-49df-a642-48ba5bab3f4f/ https://minutesof.com/q/d3e0a9dc-f761-49df-a642-48ba5bab3f4f/ “factory construction employment has exploded. We've added 83,000 factory construction jobs just since inauguration day.” — JD Vance, Forbes Breaking News Fri, 21 Aug 2026 19:15:28 +0000 employment https://minutesof.com/q/f5741cb6-70f3-4781-9b64-e6ab061e6386/ https://minutesof.com/q/f5741cb6-70f3-4781-9b64-e6ab061e6386/ “I think there was someone at TED talking about the fact that the number of radiologists has gone up, not down, despite the fact that you can read these things so much faster.” — Bill Gurley, Forbes Tue, 21 Apr 2026 23:11:11 +0000 employment https://minutesof.com/q/a31ebbcc-002e-48d4-b85b-ce0d5d10650f/ https://minutesof.com/q/a31ebbcc-002e-48d4-b85b-ce0d5d10650f/ “There's still people working in banks today despite the fact that the ATM There've been studies that say there's more bank tellers today than there were like forty years ago.” — Bill Gurley, Mighty Pursuit Tue, 24 Mar 2026 15:49:15 +0000 employment https://minutesof.com/q/3a0a77f4-43be-4961-a551-ee04b6f7c481/ https://minutesof.com/q/3a0a77f4-43be-4961-a551-ee04b6f7c481/ “40% of the workforce gone in one day because AI could do the work cheaper and faster. So how many people in the world understand the potential import of that?” — Howard Marks, Bloomberg Television Wed, 18 Mar 2026 17:49:13 +0000 employment https://minutesof.com/q/50c0e087-0aca-4cdd-962b-e88b9dc320ef/ https://minutesof.com/q/50c0e087-0aca-4cdd-962b-e88b9dc320ef/ “Paralegals are already under threat, and I have talked to lawyers that have drastically reduced the size of their paralegal force. I've talked to them. That has already happened.” — Bill Gurley, Chris Williamson Sat, 14 Mar 2026 15:00:16 +0000 employment https://minutesof.com/q/9e5df2e7-0b2f-4ce5-9467-4812f1737ed0/ https://minutesof.com/q/9e5df2e7-0b2f-4ce5-9467-4812f1737ed0/ “And you we saw Friday block 10,000 employees, let 40%, 4,000 people let go in one go, who who aren't needed anymore because AI can do it better and cheaper and faster.” — Howard Marks, CNBC Television Thu, 05 Mar 2026 17:25:57 +0000 employment https://minutesof.com/q/1c5a430a-2728-46bb-bbf9-320c48ff85ad/ https://minutesof.com/q/1c5a430a-2728-46bb-bbf9-320c48ff85ad/ “Clearly, it can eliminate a a huge percentage of of knowledge work. And you we saw Friday block 10,000 employees, let 40%, 4,000 people let go” — Howard Marks, CNBC Television Thu, 05 Mar 2026 17:25:57 +0000 employment https://minutesof.com/q/1766defe-a210-445f-8840-64bca5ff19b0/ https://minutesof.com/q/1766defe-a210-445f-8840-64bca5ff19b0/ “And obviously if you can produce The US GDP and eliminate half the entry level jobs, it could be more profitable or certainly more productive.” — Howard Marks, The Investor’s Podcast Sat, 21 Feb 2026 22:45:03 +0000 employment https://minutesof.com/q/b8de4185-9587-4979-b30a-f431f5f7446d/ https://minutesof.com/q/b8de4185-9587-4979-b30a-f431f5f7446d/ “You say that AI has the ability to eliminate half of entry level jobs. That was the whole conversation because then they cut to something else. But the point is that may be true.” — Howard Marks, The Investor’s Podcast Sat, 21 Feb 2026 22:45:03 +0000 employment https://minutesof.com/q/b6e4a83f-9ef0-4590-891e-38a4f7bab26f/ https://minutesof.com/q/b6e4a83f-9ef0-4590-891e-38a4f7bab26f/ “Like, if you wanna bring the jobs back there by the time you get the jobs back, there may not be any jobs. Like like, at one Because of automation.” — Bill Gurley, BG2 Pod Thu, 28 Aug 2025 23:39:23 +0000 employment https://minutesof.com/q/9c257893-afa2-4426-9db0-30836fc40c91/ https://minutesof.com/q/9c257893-afa2-4426-9db0-30836fc40c91/ “we are not going to make sneakers in The US. We have 4% unemployment. We're building all these other things.” — Marc Rowan, CNBC Television Wed, 09 Apr 2025 13:27:57 +0000 employment https://minutesof.com/q/98b41d86-0707-4d67-8d91-cbd20f9a1d74/ https://minutesof.com/q/98b41d86-0707-4d67-8d91-cbd20f9a1d74/ “Never have has he seen or have I seen the ability for companies to take out 10,000 people and actually see customer satisfaction scores increase.” — Brad Gerstner, BG2 Pod Thu, 31 Oct 2024 17:46:51 +0000 employment https://minutesof.com/q/2554b7c4-38c3-497c-b9d4-3fba46349cd4/ https://minutesof.com/q/2554b7c4-38c3-497c-b9d4-3fba46349cd4/ “48% of all US employees work for a business that's got 10 or fewer employees. Now, these businesses are not only retail.” — David Friedberg, All-In Podcast Sun, 15 Mar 2020 02:04:09 +0000 employment