You can earn a solid paycheck, hold a respectable title, and still lie awake at 2 AM wondering if your job will exist in three years. That tension hums beneath the surface of middle-class life right now.
People who once felt stable now scroll job postings “just in case.” They polish résumés they hope they never have to send. They watch headlines about artificial intelligence, corporate restructuring, and mass layoffs and quietly ask themselves whether they still belong in the future of work.
