Employers who laid off workers for AI are reversing their decisions

https://www.cnbc.com/2026/07/01/employers-who-laid-off-workers-for-ai-are-reversing-their-decisions.html

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jtrek@startrek.website · 41 pts · 48d (1 reply)

No shit.

The people who made the decision to fire for AI should be kicked out.

lukalix98@programming.dev · 9 pts · 48d

What do you mean CEOs are being massively kicked out of their own firms.

mynameisbob@lemmy.ml · 12 pts · 48d (1 reply)

hopefully the engineerturds realize now they need unions or are they STILL the suck asses like I have always known. Fuck all these corpos straight to hell

WhatAmLemmy@lemmy.world · 11 pts · 48d

Not gonna happen. The majority of software engineers — especially American — trend towards ignorant technofascist pseudo-libertarian.

pianoplant@lemmy.world · 10 pts · 48d

It's good to see IBM has realized the existential risk of eliminating the experience pipeline.

Malyca@lemmy.zip · 7 pts · 47d (1 reply)

Candidates should demand double pay to come back. If you throw me away that easily, you will pay for it.

ZDL@lazysoci.al · 4 pts · 47d

The people who got laid off that way should unionize and fight back. But they won't. They all think they're momentarily embarrassed multi-millionaires and unions would put a lie to that.