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Employers are optimizing for labor cost control. As long as the enterprise continues to function and is profitable, the behavior continues. We cannot say it doe
by toomuchtodo 2mo ago
Employers are optimizing for labor cost control. As long as the enterprise continues to function and is profitable, the behavior continues. We cannot say it doesn’t work as long as it continues to work.
Some have said job hop, I’d say unionizing can also work.
- toomuchtodo 2mo agoExample: Michigan Insurance Giant Blames "AI" for Layoffs–But Evidence Points Overseas - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49365161 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49365161 - August 2026 > My investigation points to a far more conventional explanation: Acrisure is shifting work once performed by American employees to lower-cost operations in India, the Philippines, and Colombia. Labor cost controls, in this context via offshoring.