Technologieunternehmen streichen Arbeitsplätze und setzen auf KI. Die Auszahlung ist alles andere als garantiert
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/apr/06/tech-layoffs-ai-work
Technologieunternehmen streichen Arbeitsplätze und setzen auf KI. Die Auszahlung ist alles andere als garantiert
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/apr/06/tech-layoffs-ai-work
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Let’s remember that when it doesn’t
Stories like this are popping up so often now that it’s easy to just scroll past them. Full disclosure, I work at Surfshark and in our [research study](https://surfshark.com/research/chart/ai-affecting-workers) we looked into AI-related work incidents through public data last year. Even back then the numbers were pretty eye-opening, we found over 700 documented cases globally where workers were affected, with nearly three out of four resulting in economic harm. The US alone accounted for almost a third of all cases.
And that’s only what actually made headlines. Hiring freezes, roles quietly disappearing, job postings that never go up, none of that gets counted. So the actual impact is probably much bigger than what any tracker can capture.
It’ll be really interesting to see how 2026 numbers compare, especially with agentic AI picking up steam and more companies openly tying their restructuring to automation. If the trend was already this visible last year, we’re probably only seeing the beginning of it.
Today, my coworkers are just laughing at what their LLM tools did. Just looping around.
Yesterday I was amazed at how efficient it was at NOT remembering important information.
Yeah, let’s the companies do their thing, we will be the ones charging them.
Before replacing headcount with AI, maybe run it as a copilot for 6 months first…companies skipping the pilot phase are basically gambling their institutional knowledge on a demo that looked good in a board meeting..
Will AI be able to buy these company’s services and products? Or, do we still need employed humans for that?
Tech companies know it’s not going to be as earth shattering as they are making it out to be. It’s just an excuse to layoff people in a time of uncertainty due to our current administration.
Here we go again
If they fail to replace people should shot for double the salary as before to clean up the mess!
Tech companies are cutting jobs, saying it’s for ai and betting they can quietly outsource said jobs to cheaper countries.
I hope they all suffer dearly. They won’t, but I can still hope.
They don’t care lay off expensive Us labor for ai. When it doesn’t work hire a bunch of h1bs or straight up offshore labor for cheap. Force existing us labor to work India hours, save money and get a kickback from both governments
It wont work. But their profits will say otherwise
Tech community should remember these times and get serious about forming some sort of international information/data/technology union. Tech workers are what created these realized profits to begin with.