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March 2026 marked the worst month for tech layoffs in two years. Tech firms globally dismissed around 38,000 employees that month. Overall, 92,272 tech workers were laid off between January 1 and April 20. Oracle alone accounted for 30,000 of these job cuts. Meta also reduced its workforce by 200 employees.
https://www.gadgets360.com/ai/news/tech-companies-layoffs-worst-month-2026-report-11424428
We just heard that AI was used to generate an embedded software application that was previously written by a team of 10 software engineers. It took the team 8 months to create the embedded software.
AI completed the task in 22.6 hours. There was a 4.3% error rate that required manual correction. AI is getting better though...
Layoffs are coming especially for anyone that writes software by hand.
Layoffs continue across major industries, causing financial and emotional shock for many. Experts advise workers to focus on perspective, networking, and new tools to move forward. Monique Kelley emphasizes consistent networking, especially on LinkedIn, as a crucial strategy. She also suggests embracing artificial intelligence to strengthen job applications. Layoffs can also provide an opportunity to reevaluate career goals and pursue new paths.
https://abc7.com/post/got-laid-off-7-side-shares-top-tips-help-rebuild-confidence-find-new-job/18979231/
Artificial intelligence is creating a significant divide in the global workforce. Professionals with AI skills are seeing increased productivity and higher paychecks. Companies like Meta and Amazon are restructuring roles, with AI handling repetitive tasks. Human workers are left with high-order thinking, strategy, creativity, and empathy. This trend is leading to AI-related layoffs and job redefinition. Without proper reskilling efforts, this gap could become a major structural divide.
https://www.thehrdigest.com/ai-layoffs-are-creating-a-new-divide-in-the-workforce/
In a meeting about AI, (I am working on two Claude AI models now) it was slipped to myself and another by a market VP that they are looking deep into AI driven models to replaced human bodies. May is the month they will be collecting names of those that have not done all the AI training, looking to flat out replace them with AI driven models. The bottom line is this, on June 4th those that have just rejected AI and have not embraced AI will be removed from Verizon. Those that have embraced AI and have done all the training will still be employed on June 5th. That is the plan as it was told to me. On a side note our Claude code will replace many bodies in finance.
Meta just offered a glimpse at what it thinks the future of work looks like: training and supervising artificial-intelligence systems to do what used to be your job. And that’s if you still have a job at all.
The social-media company has been unusually aggressive, even by the standards of Silicon Valley, at pushing to incorporate AI into its employees’ workflows and using it to streamline and accelerate its operations. https://on.wsj.com/4sY3ovU
Already this year, it has started grading employees in performance reviews on their AI use; created ultra flat teams with almost no managers; and begun to develop a so-called CEO agent to assist Chief Executive Officer Mark Zuckerberg in performing his job.
On Thursday, the company said it planned to lay off 10% of its workforce, or about 8,000 people, on May 20.
Earlier in the week, an internal memo notified employees of a new software tool that would record their keystrokes, mouse movements and click locations to teach “the next generation of our AI models to use computers.”
It is all part of the tech company’s plans to become “AI native” and transform the way its teams and employees do their jobs as it seeks to spend up to $135 billion on AI infrastructure this year and build what it calls personal superintelligence for its 3.5 billion daily users.
The moves have left some staff filled with anxiety and wondering: Am I helping automate my own job away?
https://on.wsj.com/4sY3ovU
SD just told me that on May 7th there will be a RIF and it will be 10% across all markets and bands, AI driven. I will be out on sort term for 60 days and wanted to know if I will have a job to come back to. My SD said I am good but their will be a 10% RIF on May 7th and a few co-workers might not make it so not to be alarmed when I come back. Good luck all, and May the force be with you all!
It begins. More big layoffs due to AI.
https://www.dailymail.com/yourmoney/article-15760081/meta-zuckerberg-axes-jobs-ai.html
Is it actually causing layoffs? Is it really being used productively anywhere? I'm not talking about CoPilot, but rather focused projects with a specific purpose. Would be interested in hearing from people involved with or affected by such endeavors, rather than the usual PR fluff that gets spewed by leadership.
Lake Mary will close the 2nd and 3rd floors. Probably be told to work from home and then rifs after that.
Between Ai and Ai and TMI we it’s coming to a close.
Thanks for your candor.
Is the AI hype just a bubble, or is it a legitimate threat to our jobs? Curious to hear if you think it’s just a proof of concept or if we should actually be worried about workforce disruption.
We all see the massive cost, lack of efficiency, and the lack of ROI.
AI is massively subsidized by companies burning money to prop it up. For every dollar we spend the AI company loses $3-8, SERIOUSLY LOOK IT UP! At some point they will need to turn a profit. If that was today it would mean increasing the cost 300-800%. The hope is making it more efficient, but can they really make it 300-800% more efficient in the near future? Open AI burns 100 BILLION DOLLARS a year, without making a dollar. Even if they make it 200% more efficient, they will still need to more than double the price to make any money.
With how leadership is "adopting" the AI future, AI won't replace jobs, the massive unstoppable loss will.
Anthropic and OpenAI are honey potting companies like BNY into building infrastructure supported by thier products and will lock us in to a massive bill we can't avoid.
https://www.businessinsider.com/amazon-employees-layoffs-artificial-intelligence-return-to-office-tech-jobs-2026-4
Several companies are announcing workforce reductions, citing artificial intelligence as a key factor. One report indicated AI was a factor in 8% of recent job cut plans. Some industry leaders question if this is always genuine or "AI washing." Despite cuts, some companies may rehire for new AI-related roles. This trend highlights AI's evolving impact on employment across various sectors.
https://www.businessinsider.com/list-companies-replacing-human-employees-with-ai-layoffs-workforce-reductions
https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/companies/10-companies-that-have-said-they-re-doing-ai-related-layoffs/ss-AA1RkQw8?ocid=msedgntp&pc=W099&cvid=b911c00093144e51d3f86416ea22c999&ei=37#image=7
The record keeping, filing, personnel data correlation yada yada….is nowhere near technically complicated as a majority of roles. If AI can’t manage that, then you can forget it being able to handle anything more than that.
So, start there. Let HR go and let AI run with it. I mean what do they do anyway other than ignore your question and never get back with you. Why pay someone to do that when you can have AI do that as well for no pay.
So you have to layoff, great, awesome whatever….start with HR. Let that role be your AI proving ground.
Wall Street Journal: 4/19/2026 #WSJ 📰
Verizon’s Dan Schulman is all in on AI, but he warns that it is time for business leaders to acknowledge its disruptive potential.
For a big-company CEO with big AI ambitions, Verizon's [vz0.24% v
Dan Schulman doesn't pull punches about the pain the technology could unleash on America's workforce.
Just months into the job, he has predicted 20% to 30% unemployment within the next two to five years. He warns that advancements in humanoid robots could upend the manual-labor jobs still seen as safe today. And he has pushed for more education and reskilling to help workers adapt to the intensifying tech disruption.
Couched in the blunt AT talk is a warning for other CEOs: Be candid about the coming disruption, or risk a public backlash. “It’s a very difficult time, and everyone knows it is,” Schulman said in an interview with The Wall Street Journal. “So I think being authentic, being realistic, telling the truth, as best you can” is key. That belief, he said, is why Verizon created a $20 million career-transition and retraining fund for the “age of AI” when the company began laying off 13,000 workers last year.
Schulman's big picture has also included sweeping job cuts. The 13,000 #layoffs he announced shortly after his appointment
as CEO in October were Verizon's largest ever —but necessary to make Verizon more efficient, he said. Altogether, he is seeking to cut $9 billion in costs. Verizon has said its #layoffs weren't related to AI.
The carrier was "too hierarchical, way too bureaucratic, way too process-oriented as opposed to outcomes-oriented," Schulman told investors at a Morgan Stanley (M5100% ) event last month.
In meetings, he has repeatedly told Verizon staff they must embrace AI, describing it as core to the company's future. He used it himself to comb through some He used it himself to comb through some 8,000 responses after asking employees how he could reduce bureaucracy, he said.
Schulman's embrace of Al goes deeper than cost-cutting. He envisions a company wholly reshaped by the technology, from improved customer service to more personalized options for
consumers.
And he has encouraged staffers to talk to their children about Al at the dinner
table. In one all-hands, Schulman recommended that staff ask Al to write their obituary to see how the technology works and how it frames their lives. He
has also invited staffers to experiment with AI by writing poems to their loved ones. (He said he has done the same for his wife.)
Some employees responded by using Al to write poems for Schulman-and they weren't bad, he said. ~
https://www.wsj.com/tech/ai/the-ceo-preaching-straight-talk-about-ai-and-job-losses-a3aaaaf1?
The Wall Street Journal
For a big-company CEO with big AI ambitions, Verizon’s Dan Schulman doesn’t pull punches about the pain the technology could unleash on America’s workforce.
https://on.wsj.com/4cwXDPw
Just months into the job, he has predicted 20% to 30% unemployment within the next two to five years. He warns that advancements in humanoid robots could upend the manual-labor jobs still seen as safe today. And he has pushed for more education and reskilling to help workers adapt to the intensifying tech disruption.
Couched in the blunt AI talk is a warning for other CEOs: Be candid about the coming disruption or risk a public backlash.
https://ca.finance.yahoo.com/news/oracle-layoff-reports-put-ai-140359566.html
Companies are laying off workers after adopting artificial intelligence. This trend is known as "AI boomerangs." These same companies later rehire staff. Leaders reassess AI capabilities and limitations. Robert Half expert Travis Laird discussed this phenomenon.
https://www.azfamily.com/video/2026/04/16/ai-boomerang-hiring-trend-why-companies-rehire-after-ai-layoffs-generation-ai/
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Ninety-five jobs were eliminated by Snap. These cuts occurred in Washington state. The company implemented broader layoffs. Snap seeks to increase automation. This strategy emphasizes AI-driven operational efficiency.
https://letsdatascience.com/news/snap-cuts-95-washington-state-jobs-for-ai-efficiency-72fad0d2
I’m hearing last week from two senior folks that department managers are being asked to sketch out AI efficiency workforce plans.
29-44% of employees admit to purposefully sabotaging AI rollouts at their companies.
https://fortune.com/2026/04/08/gen-z-workers-sabotage-ai-rollout-backlash/
Think before you use AI at hcsc. Dont help train an AI to take your job away. You dont need it! They are coming for any job Thats repetitive or low level at first. You think this huge move to remotely work is in your best interest? Think again. Use your head, ot AI.
Amazon: 16,000
UPS: Up to 30,000
CIti: 20,000
Oracle: 30,000
And now SNAP: 1,000
All aboard the layoff train with an 'investing in AI' lie. Instant stock boost with no real product or service delivery while the exec team lines their pockets while failing to perform.
Is this capitalism?
Article....
https://futurism.com/future-society/ai-enterprise-workers-survey
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Widespread layoffs are occurring in 2026 across many companies. AI automation is a primary driver, replacing middle-layer roles. Companies are trading permanent salaries for software subscriptions. This shift creates a high demand for specialized freelance talent. The future of work increasingly favors an agile, independent workforce.
https://www.thehrdigest.com/the-great-reset-layoffs-in-2026-and-the-rise-of-freelance-recruiting/
Kalshi operates a rapidly growing prediction market. This market focuses on the number of tech layoffs. It has already generated over $30 million in trading volume. The market predicts a high chance of increased layoffs in 2026. Trading volume for this market grows 20% weekly.
https://www.businessinsider.com/kalshi-market-tech-layoffs-mansour-lopes-lara-2026-4
CIO just want their metric shine by reducing ppl and showing off ai is working … let’s replace MD cto with AI
There is an AI assistant called Sherlock that is now handling the majority of customer cases. Instead of working directly with TAC engineers, customers are unknowingly interacting with this virtual assistant for most of their support experience.
TAC engineers have been instructed to “overwatch” — essentially to train and correct the AI model — with the expectation that a significant portion of AMER TAC will be laid off in FY27. After these reductions, customers will primarily be supported by cheap TAC teams in India and Mexico.
What’s most concerning is that TAC engineers have been explicitly told not to disclose any of this to customers. They are being directed to remain silent about how cases are actually being handled, leaving customers with the false impression that human engineers are actively working their issues when, in reality, the AI system is driving the process.
This lack of transparency means customers are being misled about the nature and quality of the support they are receiving.
Note: This should not concern you if you're a premium HTTS customer
Why Oracle is cutting so deep, so fast
The layoffs are directly tied to Oracle’s aggressive and debt-heavy expansion into artificial intelligence infrastructure. According to analysis from TD Cowen, the job cuts are expected to free up between $8 billion and $10 billion in cash flow — money the company urgently needs to fund a massive buildout of AI data centers.
This Layoff was entirely orchestrated through AI and ML tools inside Oracle. This is the first AI orchestrated layoff completely done end to end in IT industry. The mail were scheduled on time, the slack channel were turned off (Just like last time). but all the rest of orchestration like monitoring a person in his laptop, blocking all access, automated mail access removal and shut down of mail and finally laptop shutting down.
Automated Severance calculation and everything goes smooth.
But the way Layoff was conducted was totally InHuman and people who worked 15+, 20+ years or 30+ years deserve some respect and it could have been handled better. They were thrown like bread crumbs.
Copilot will do your job
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Layoffs are coming, not because AI has replaced any jobs, but because Jeremy Legg is simply not intelligent enough to implement AI in a cost effective manner. He has spent so much money attempting to implement something he knows nothing about that we will have to lay people off to save the balance sheet. R.I.P CDO, it was nice knowing you!
Stankey loves AI because it’s the only thing that tells him his ideas are good. We need more Dunning Kruger machines so we can make more incompetent business decisions to line the executives pockets, and we will spend billions to get there! Glory to Netanyahu!
Litigations will come for companies that adopt Ai aggressively.
Layoffs will continue after this round. This is first round of many. AI is here and all of us will be tasked to train it to replace us. 2026 will be a year of layoffs. Stock holders demand return for investment.
This right here. Everybody needs to prepare for a very long and very painful year.
So this was just a “let’s sell you on AI” meeting?
This spin is infuriating. Don’t pi-s on my leg and tell me it’s raining.
AI already took jobs. Just because they were taken first doesn’t mean AI didn’t replace them. In a way I guess it’s true because those who are still employed just have the additional burden of trying to get the job done - until AI can learn. But leadership will keep repeating that it’s not taking jobs. Maybe if we keep hearing it we will believe it?
And are we really bragging that 3 employees were “repurposed” so people start feeling safe?
Just stop. It’s insulting.
Here’s what you can start doing:
Be honest about what the vision is for this company and who has a true future with Canon. Give people the resources to develop marketable skills and move on if your long term plan does not include them. People have families to raise.