Die Zahl der Entlassungen im Technologiebereich hat im Jahr 2026 bereits die 100.000-Marke überschritten, da die Branche Arbeitsplätze abbaut, um KI zu finanzieren
https://www.techspot.com/news/112493-tech-layoffs-pass-100000-2026-tracker-points-ai.html
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firing 100,000 people to fund the thing that’s supposed to replace the next 100,000. really inspiring stuff
> Meanwhile, Intuit cut 3,000 jobs – 17% of its global workforce – to streamline its operations as it adopts AI, though it claims the layoffs are „not about AI.“
Intuit didn’t get the memo to toe the line.
They’re firing people because the economy is imploding. They’re just using ai as a convenient excuse
Its not just Ai there is no new big platform 2008-2020 was web and phone expansion that close to all business needed and at the crypto experiments.
There hasn’t been anything that is expansive since then. Ai is contractive since its for efficiency
Trump’s administration slashed and burned the foundations of the US economy.
AI is the excuse floundering companies are giving in public.
The reality is, big tech backed Trump – and it backfired.
They assume AI is cheaper on the long run, no vacation, sick leave. Or retirement.
You’ve played yourselves.
Maybe it’s time we ditch tech.
Why the fuck am I so addicted to this damn “phone” anyway?
Maybe go back to PC only. Dedicated GPS. Voice cell.
AI was a massive bait and switch.
Today’s layoffs are part of AI Washing. AI washing is when companies tell us their product, service, or strategy is AI-powered even when it uses little, no, or very basic artificial intelligence.
Today’s layoffs help boost the stock price, which increase profits, which increase CEO and shareholder wealth.
AI is the scapegoat which allows companies to get away with massive layoffs.
“*You’ve been promoted to customer!*”…
🤦🏻♂️
This gives me so much anxiety. It used to be that people got fired but another company could absorbe some of those layoffs to gain skills. Now people expect 1 worker to do work of 2 or 3 or 5 people with AI.
Do companies not understand that capitalism only works if a vast majority of people can participate in it with disposable income. It’s a consumption economy.
The consolidation of these companies, the massive data centers, population collapse, off shoring and climate change all coming together for something major in the horizon.
Meanwhile, H1Bs are HOT HOT HOT 🔥
I already lost my job (career too probably) to AI.
No, AI wasn’t doing my job.
But our new PE-chosen CEO came in and declared that the remaing devs and a couple product managers will now also do all:
– QA
– architecture
– security
– project management
– documentation
– training
– UI / usability
How?
„Just use AI for all that“.
Then he laid off everyone who did that work up until now, including my whole team.
This is at a company that has about $50 mil ARR from making and selling their software – software that can easily take down customer systems big time if it fuks up…
He only kept some developers (all in India) and a few North American product managers.
The good news is that he’s also been able to hire a ton of his friends into high level roles. So, you know… huge success all around.
Ah, fund AI. Like the companies that already exhausted their annual token budgets.
The irony of this being some are coming out and saying it’s more expensive to run AI than it would be to just hire and pay people.
This is all a fascinating time to watch from a historical perspective, but I’m not thrilled to be living it.
It’s definitely wayyyyyyy more than whatever number they are reporting. My previous company has laid off hundreds of employees within the last 2 years, but when I search the “ laid off databases”, the name never shows up.
there it is, the real reason lol
Hell yea let’s add some more competition to an already thin job market
They aren’t cutting jobs to fund AI. They are funding AI because they couldn’t pay jobs because the economy minus AI investments is bad.
That many layoffs isn’t very unusual. They just blamed it on other things before.
I work for a large tech company and everyone is taking on the work of the people who were laid off. The people left are suffering from severe burn out. Everyone is exhausted but too scared to say anything in fear of losing their job.
Funny how it’s it fund AI and not because of productivity improvements.
Big difference.
Tech companies also way over hired…. However, the C-suite that made those decisions don’t face the same consequences. They give themselves a ridiculously bonus and salary.
They don’t face the consequences, which is the issue.