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Disappearing Jobs

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Kevin Wheeler
Mar 27, 2025
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telephone switchboard operator

The link below is from an article detailing the jobs common in the 1950s and 1960s that are entirely or mostly gone today. They were considered good jobs and paid reasonable salaries. Thousands depended on them. Some lasted longer than others, but the pace of change was relentless and neither union strikes nor laws slowed t…

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