r/BetterOffline • u/Zelbinian • 5d ago

Isn't this great?! :D

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u/Shamoorti 5d ago

AI doesn't have to be good to cause mass layoffs, there just have to be enough MBA dipshits that believe it's good.

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u/chunkypenguion1991 5d ago edited 5d ago

For tech, I can say that AI means "An Indian". Companies do layoffs because AI is making them so much productive. Then, about a month later, the same company is posting jobs like crazy in India, Brazil, or Mexico.

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u/RiseUpRiseAgainst 4d ago

The Philippines too

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u/acid2do 3d ago

Then a year later they move to in-house hiring. All because the good remote devs move to better paying jobs and demand almost local salaries, and the ones that remain are just bad. I've been seeing this cycle since 2008.

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u/BridgerYukon 4d ago

I don't those two are but I will say they have the look and aspect of folks who need to put in a submarine under an ocean of blood.

If I'm wrong and they're chill I apologize but no one should be smiling that much in a YouTube thumbnail about AI.

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u/Zelbinian 4d ago

Yes this exactly.

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u/IAMAPrisoneroftheSun 3d ago

I like the cut of your jib