jobpocalypse noun2 •The widespread technological unemployment expected to be caused by advances in artificial intelligence.But if a generative AI-driven "jobpocalypse" for computer science graduates doesn't seem to explain the graduate male malaise, what does? — 2025 •(informal, humorous) A period of high unemployment or job losses.When the nation first went through high rates of unemployment recently, it wasn’t just a job crisis; it was a jobpocalypse or a hiring-pocalypse. — 2012 formsjobpocalypses