Dear Whys Guy: How Do I Tell My Husband He Needs a New Job?

How do I tell my husband it's not the interoffice politics getting him down; it's his whole job?

Q: "What's the best response when my husband gets upset about the politics at work? How can I make him feel better on a daily basis when the only thing that will TRULY make him feel better is a huge raise or a new job?"

A: Here's my advice: Go out and get him a copy of last month's Atlantic Monthly Magazine. There is a terrific article about the new American workforce and why we're shedding jobs even though we're still the number one or number two exporter of goods in the world. The article is titled "Making It In America" by Adam Davidson. If neither of you have time to read the article, I'll give you the extremely condensed CliffsNotes (yeah, it's one word now) version: Basically, we're being replaced by robots. That's right, you heard me, ROBOTS!

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