Its time that White Collar jobs unionize before we are all laid off. People like Darren will stop at nothing to lay us all off. We need to join together to fight!
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The term for masking layoffs with automation is called AI-washing. AI is just an excuse and companies, especially like EM find they are top heavy so they need to remove lots of overhead cost. Leave while you can to find another role. They do not want us here!
@cf did unions help our colleagues in Canada, Australia, UK, or Europe? Sure doesn’t seem like it other than they may have received more generous payouts. Didn’t stop them being replaced by BTC.
@bp you are so naive. Ignorance is bliss.
@ck And there’s also several F5+ stocks surging on the bubble. Yes, some big name stocks took a hit recently, but it wasn’t the same across the board. Also, take a look at the five-year trends. It’s chess, not checkers.
Some of the companies you named recently had to hire people back who were let go during the tech automation push. Insiders tell me it was just cover for outsourcing and resetting salaries.
@cg Incorrect, research the root cause why software companies (Salesforce, Microsoft, etc) took on a nose dive in the stock market last week.
@bn I see somebody went to the latest A.I. boot camp run by companies that build and sell LLMs.
My dude, LLMs (aka “artificial intelligence”) are nowhere near being able to replace workers at scale in any industry. More time is spent cleaning up the slop these chatbots generate than anything else.
What’s actually happening is that bosses are using automation as a cover for bad business decisions made during the pandemic. The PIPs/layoffs/salary freezes are just part of the typical recession cycle. The difference here is that the A.I. bubble is huge stock increases. Good news for your boss, bad news for you.
@OP People here don’t seem to like the idea of unions, even though it’s about the only thing that would check the abuse that’s constantly inflicted on them by their bosses.
I’d add that this a uniquely American problem. Every other English speaking country has strong unions, worker protections, and functioning public health systems. Not sure why Americas don’t want this.
@aq The only people who need to worry about layoffs are the ones who don’t contribute. I’m not worried. But you are very concerned about it. Ask yourself why you think you deserve a paycheck for doing nothing.
Most white collar jobs at EM will be replaced by AI. Vendor software products will become cheaper since EM will have all the tools to replace them. There will be plenty of one man team and business parties will be a thing of the past. Great headcount reduction in expense divisions like HR, revenue and accounting, legal, IT, etc. AI will rule.
@ak if you don’t understand why he wants to lay you off, then you should definitely be laid off, rather than just laid off for $hi ts and giggles.
Why would he want to lay us off?
… you are mad at the wrong people, its white collars driving ALL those decisions. Wake up people, only color that matters is green!
White collar jobs transferring to brown collar jobs.
I heard last week that brown collar workers are paid far less than 1/10th what white collar workers are paid. Very far less.