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> Finding AI talent, which more and more companies are going to need, is already a search for the proverbial needle in a haystack. Adding strict RTO policies to
by gravescale 2y ago
> Finding AI talent, which more and more companies are going to need, is already a search for the proverbial needle in a haystack. Adding strict RTO policies to that scenario won’t make the talent search easier.
Putting that question-begging aside, cynically, for a company on an AI kick it could be intentionally designed to make clearing out the old guard who aren't all in on AI easier and without severance.
In fact, it stands even without the everything-is-now-about-AI journalism gloss. The expensive, grumpy seniors with the pointed questions in meetings are largely the ones who feel most able to risk jumping ship in 2024 and treating them like naughty children or unreliable juniors really winds them up.
The wisdom of driving out senior staff, well, that depends on who you're asking and what are their metrics for success!
- coldtea 2y agoBuilding their business offerings on AI would mean two things: (a) their business is comoditized, so they're just making their companies obsolete (b) they will go down (or pivot to the next thing) as the AI hype hits its peak and tapers off
- gravescale 2y agoWhich also means that if a hypothetical company is indeed pivoting to AI, an AI-skeptical senior might be considering moving on anyway about now and a blunt-force RTO is one of the straws.
- animuchan 2y agoIf they sell before that, mission accomplished. Many startups don't plan ahead too far, they know they aren't exactly the next Amazon. Large, established companies is ofc a different story.
- supertrope 2y ago>AI talent This has the energy of wanting candidates with five years of experience on a two year old framework.