My friend's marketing team just cut 8 people because their new AI tool does the work now.

I mean, part of me gets it because the company saves money, but the other part sees real people with bills who just got replaced by a program, so what are we supposed to do, just learn to code or something?

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foster.jordan18d ago

Man, that's rough. My buddy's wife was a paralegal for ten years, and her whole department got phased out by some legal review software last year. She had just bought a house, too. The company sent a memo about "future-proofing your skills" like it was no big deal. It just feels so cold, you know? Like we're all just costs to be cut now.

jana_black18d ago

Remember when they laid off the whole mailroom at my friend's office? They gave them these cheap water bottles with the company logo as a "thank you for your service." His buddy had worked there for twenty years. They acted like a water bottle made up for losing your job. It's just so fake nice, you know? Like the memo is bad, but the cheap gift feels even worse.

laura_chen4118d ago

What are we supposed to do, just learn to code until the AI learns that too? It's a dead end. The cheap gifts and fake nice memos just show they know how bad it is. Feels like we're all just waiting for our turn to be replaced.