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🎬 What you’ll learn in this episode
What a “zombie job” really is, why it matters, and if you have one.
Brand-new 2025 data showing 20-50 % collapses in freelance demand for writing, translation & more
The 3 big buckets of roles already shambling (Writing-as-a-Service, Mass-Produced Creative, On-the-Cusp Video)
A simple 4-point “Spot-the-Pattern” framework to test your own role (text-dominant, repetitive, low-context, low-stakes)
The IEC game-plan (Interest → Education → Community) to future-proof yourself
⏱️ CHAPTERS
0:00 – Cold-open & intro
1:07 – Defining a “Zombie Job” (travel-agent analogy)
3:10 – Why we’re making this series
6:28 – NEW January-2025 study: freelance demand down 20-50 %
9:40 – Resume-writing demand falls 30 % (Reddit anecdote)
11:55 – 2024-25 tech-layoff timeline (Dropbox ➜ IBM ➜ Duolingo …)
17:45 – Bucket #1: Writing-as-a-Service 📝
22:35 – Bucket #2: Mass-Produced Creative (stock photos, voice-over, elevator music) 🎨
27:20 – Bucket #3: On-the-Cusp Video & wage pressure 🎥
30:35 – The 4 zombie-job attributes (text-dominant, repetitive, low-context, low-stakes)
38:00 – IEC Survival Framework: Interest • Education • Community
42:50 – What’s coming in our deep-dive series & free checklist PDF
44:30 – ChatGPT-written outro 😂
46:05 – Final thoughts & community shout-out
📄 Resources & references
TechCrunch 2025 Layoff Tracker (updated weekly)
https://techcrunch.com/2025/04/18/tech-layoffs-2025-list/
“Winners and Losers of Generative AI: Early Evidence from Freelancer Demand” – working paper, Jan 2025
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0167268124004591
World Economic Forum “Future of Jobs” report (data-entry roles)
https://www.weforum.org/publications/the-future-of-jobs-report-2025/
Dropbox 2023 layoff memo citing AI focus
https://blog.dropbox.com/topics/company/a-message-from-drew
💡 FREE DOWNLOAD
Grab our “Is My Job a Zombie?” Checklist (PDF) – a 2-minute self-audit you can share with coworkers → https://bit.ly/3YYbRmv
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By Not Replaced Yet🎬 What you’ll learn in this episode
What a “zombie job” really is, why it matters, and if you have one.
Brand-new 2025 data showing 20-50 % collapses in freelance demand for writing, translation & more
The 3 big buckets of roles already shambling (Writing-as-a-Service, Mass-Produced Creative, On-the-Cusp Video)
A simple 4-point “Spot-the-Pattern” framework to test your own role (text-dominant, repetitive, low-context, low-stakes)
The IEC game-plan (Interest → Education → Community) to future-proof yourself
⏱️ CHAPTERS
0:00 – Cold-open & intro
1:07 – Defining a “Zombie Job” (travel-agent analogy)
3:10 – Why we’re making this series
6:28 – NEW January-2025 study: freelance demand down 20-50 %
9:40 – Resume-writing demand falls 30 % (Reddit anecdote)
11:55 – 2024-25 tech-layoff timeline (Dropbox ➜ IBM ➜ Duolingo …)
17:45 – Bucket #1: Writing-as-a-Service 📝
22:35 – Bucket #2: Mass-Produced Creative (stock photos, voice-over, elevator music) 🎨
27:20 – Bucket #3: On-the-Cusp Video & wage pressure 🎥
30:35 – The 4 zombie-job attributes (text-dominant, repetitive, low-context, low-stakes)
38:00 – IEC Survival Framework: Interest • Education • Community
42:50 – What’s coming in our deep-dive series & free checklist PDF
44:30 – ChatGPT-written outro 😂
46:05 – Final thoughts & community shout-out
📄 Resources & references
TechCrunch 2025 Layoff Tracker (updated weekly)
https://techcrunch.com/2025/04/18/tech-layoffs-2025-list/
“Winners and Losers of Generative AI: Early Evidence from Freelancer Demand” – working paper, Jan 2025
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0167268124004591
World Economic Forum “Future of Jobs” report (data-entry roles)
https://www.weforum.org/publications/the-future-of-jobs-report-2025/
Dropbox 2023 layoff memo citing AI focus
https://blog.dropbox.com/topics/company/a-message-from-drew
💡 FREE DOWNLOAD
Grab our “Is My Job a Zombie?” Checklist (PDF) – a 2-minute self-audit you can share with coworkers → https://bit.ly/3YYbRmv
🙌 Join the Community
Subscribe & 🔔 so you don’t miss the deep-dive series
Comment: Which job do you think is secretly a zombie?
Share this episode with one friend who’s AI-curious or AI-anxious
Sign up to our newsletter now and get early subscriber perks! → notreplacedyet.ai
📲 Stay connected
YouTube • TikTok • IG • FB • X – @NotReplacedYet
🔖 Tags (help our fellow humans find this!)
AI jobs, zombie jobs, future of work, automation, generative AI, layoffs 2025, freelance economy, upskilling, prompt engineering, AI career advice, Not Replaced Yet