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My wife quite literally lost her job (extremely high annual review scores for ten years) explicitly due to AI. A reorg happened and the new people said they we
by kridsdale1 10mo ago
My wife quite literally lost her job (extremely high annual review scores for ten years) explicitly due to AI.
A reorg happened and the new people said they were closing her whole department because they think Copilot can do it.
- paxys 10mo agoLayoffs are a symptom of our shit economy and rising interest rates. Companies have been doing constant rounds of layoffs since at least 2021. The only thing that has changed in the last ~year is that leadership includes "replaced with AI" in the layoff announcement so investors reward them for their "innovation" rather than penalize them for overhiring and missing targets, and employees direct blame to some faceless machine rather than actual people who screwed them over. The work is still being passed on to existing employees like always, and the $20/mo Copilot subscription they get is being immediately ignored.
- joquarky 10mo agoI go to various meetups and frequently meet people who have had their jobs taken by AI. Paxys is living in a privileged bubble. Journalism and transcription/translation jobs have been hit especially hard.