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Honestly, how far is the AI-induced layoff? (Blind)

• dumpy: For junior, 2-3 years. Mid-level, 3-5 years. Senior, 5+ years. You’ll always need some high level engineers, those probably won’t go away.
• beastmode$: If AI can do any coding task, nothing is stopping the laid off people from creating competitors to the big names. We will see a startup boom.

Layoff due to AI (Blind)

• n0pants: AI is just an excuse. When they say they are letting go employees because of AI they are trying to fool the investors and reduce the head count at the same time.
• TKTf28: AI is the last desperate attempt at keeping surveillance capitalism going and more importantly stopping a revolution triggered by the implosion of the whole economic and political system. 2024 is the end of the road for US dollar and its reserve currency status. War and layoffs are their way of saying we are willing to stay in power at any cost. They do not want to give up control. Generative AI is.a joke and a distraction.

Tech industry lays off nearly 80,000 employees in the first quarter of 2026 — almost 50% of affected positions cut due to AI (r/technology)

• realteamme: almost 50% of affected positions CLAIMED TO BE cut due to AI
• DarthJDP: Due to failing data center investments sucking up cashflow and income. Economy is terrible due to tariffs, war, and other mismanagement. AI is replacing exactly no one. Slop is replacing workers and delivering worse results.

AI Leads All Reasons For U.S. Job Cuts In March, Report Says (r/technology)

• VincentNacon: No… Greed, greed is the real reason why they’re doing the layoff. They wanted to save money, so they valued that more than the person… and ironically, more than their products.
• Just-Install-Linux: I’m in IT and just don’t see AI really taking over at all. We use it, but not in a way that it replaces people. I think the economy just sucks and companies avoid tanking their stock by saying it’s due to the increased productivity of AI instead of the reality of hard times.

Oracle slashes 30,000 jobs with a cold 6 a.m. email (r/cscareerquestions)

• Outrageous_Duck3227: 30k gone in an email so corpos can massage debt numbers, and we’re all job hunting in hell
• thisisjustascreename: Sounds like Oracle management are to blame for the misallocation of capital.

‘Another internet is possible’: Norway rails against ‘enshittification’ (r/technology)

• emotional_program0: Considering how poorly Norwegian politicians have been doing when it comes to IT, AI, etc, I wouldn’t. This campaign is from Forbrukerrådet which is an absolutely amazing organization, but they don’t really have any power (sadly!).
• Dear_Chasey_La1n: I don’t think the inaction on AI is per se a sign of weakness, but possibly long term when it all comes down a saviour. Look at Meta, dumping hundreds of billions in AI to the point they need to reduce staffing to support their own absurdity. How can anyone sit back and think that makes sense, investing in tech that’s dated in 3 years from now. Think about it, 100 billion is worth 0 in 3 years. Yet at no point is any AI company (fuck that very term, they are LLM’s at best) actually really profitable or successful. For Europe and Norway with it, to spend time to safeguard the society against AI is for the better, we should praise them for taking it slowly. There is nothing to gain from AI, but countless companies, pension funds, banks will loose money it will make 2008 look like spongebob losing bikinibottom.