Makes me wonder if they are using AI as an excuse to lay off employees who cost more due to longevity, so they can quietly hire replacements who are cheaper. That’s probably a factor. But I don’t know to what degree.
I could see it being possible that some of these AI layoffs that end in rehire just shed a lot of weight and only hire back the ones they actually need. If a company lays off 100 people and hires back 50 at a higher wage, that isn’t using AI as a pretext to hire new people at lower wages but that doesn’t mean it’s not shady still.
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Makes me wonder if they are using AI as an excuse to lay off employees who cost more due to longevity, so they can quietly hire replacements who are cheaper. That’s probably a factor. But I don’t know to what degree.
The linked article specifically claims that salaries for the same positions have gone up
I could see it being possible that some of these AI layoffs that end in rehire just shed a lot of weight and only hire back the ones they actually need. If a company lays off 100 people and hires back 50 at a higher wage, that isn’t using AI as a pretext to hire new people at lower wages but that doesn’t mean it’s not shady still.