Spanish news programs today celebrate an employment record that was already reached in 2018. This data invites an uncomfortable reflection: if we were at the same figures seven years ago, subsequent management has not served to advance, only to recover lost ground. The labor market seems to be running on a treadmill.
Technology and automation: the jobs being created are not the ones being destroyed 🤖
While precariousness becomes normalized, the technology sector advances at a different pace. Automation and AI are eliminating administrative and manufacturing jobs, but the creation of skilled employment in Spain remains hampered by a lack of investment in R&D and digital training. Quantitative records are discussed, but the average quality of employment (temporary contracts, low wages) does not reflect this progress. The market adapts to technology, but labor policy does not.
The record that arrives late and poorly: like a bus that comes every seven years 🚌
It is as if a bus came every seven years and when it is seen again at the stop, it is announced as an achievement of public transport. Yes, it has arrived, but it has not moved an inch since the last time. Meanwhile, the passengers (the workers) continue to pay the same fare, but with more uncomfortable seats and longer journeys. Good thing we celebrate it.