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LA Times: ‘Brutal’: A growing tribe of jobless techies is lost in Silicon Valley’s new reality

"...Battered by years of mass layoffs, California tech workers were hoping the job market would rebound this year. But things are getting worse.

Now, many are redrawing their career paths.

Artificial intelligence has triggered fierce competition for top talent and is also fueling tens of thousands of layoffs this year. The class divide is widening in Silicon Valley as a tiny group of employees is landing unprecedented packages for AI skills, while many others struggle to find work. ..."

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latimes.com/business/story/202…

#ai #layoffs #economy #jobs



"Intuit is reportedly cutting about 3,000 jobs, or 17% of its workforce, as it restructures around AI and simplifies its corporate organization. TechCrunch reports: "

slashdot.org/story/26/05/20/20…

#intuit #layoffs #jobs #employment #ai #economy


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Wired:

Meta’s New Reality: Record High Profits. Record Low Morale

BY PARESH DAVE, LAUREN GOODE, STEVEN LEVY, AND ZOË SCHIFFER | 7-MINUTE READ

Next week, Meta is cutting about 10 percent of its staff. WIRED spoke with more than a dozen current and former employees about what it's like inside a company where "everyone is unhappy."

"... “Everyone is unhappy; the only people who are not unhappy are, literally, executives,” says an employee who works on Instagram...."

wired.com/story/meta-layoffs-b…

#meta #ai #layoffs




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LinkedIn: The only post where CEOs wax philosophical while everyone else posts about losing their jobs.

Metroid Dread developer MercurySteam announces layoffs - Engadget

engadget.com/2171294/metroid-d…

#MetroidDread #MercurySteam #Labor #Layoffs #Gaming



Key words in this sentence? “Have said”.
“Meta & Microsoft have said they're shedding staff explicitly to free up cash flow to invest in AI”🤥
Now fast becoming a fashionable excuse for need to cut staff because line went down. 😐
So sorry for all the people who believed in the good things & values. Hope you all get better work with better employers. 🙏🏻

#Meta #Microslop #downsizing #layoffs #AIAsAnExcuse #US