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500k tech workers have been laid off since ChatGPT was released
- spooneybarger 9mo ago500k tech workers have been laid off since accounting for expenses under Section 174 changed on January 1, 2022.
- cratermoon 9mo agoI think that excuse goes in the same bucket as "It was a Zero Interest Rate Phenomenon."
- toomuchtodo 9mo agoThey were laid for to optimize profits, replacement by offshore workers, and the aspirational promise of generative AI. Value discovery remains to be seen. Artificial Intelligence and the Labor Market [pdf] - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43235781 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43235781 - March 2025 (2 comments) HN Search: offshoring - https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=true&query=offshoring&sort=byDate&type=story https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=true&que... https://layoffs.fyi/ https://layoffs.fyi/
- toomuchtodo 9mo agoAI layoffs are looking more and more like corporate fiction that's masking dark - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46607454 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46607454 - January 2026