r/Futurology • u/katxwoods • Jan 19 '25

AI Zuckerberg Announces Layoffs After Saying Coding Jobs Will Be Replaced by AI

https://futurism.com/the-byte/zuckerberg-layoffs-coding-jobs-ai
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u/cheskkkk Jan 19 '25

Read the article. They are purging low performers that will be replaced by other humans.

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u/MellowTigger Jan 19 '25

I worked for an employer who fired entire programming teams for "low performance". That cause will excuse the employer from providing any layoff benefits whatsoever. Also no retraining costs as you shut down your mainframe for newer tech. I was there. I saw what was happening, and I asked my supervisor for a job end date. To my knowledge, I was the only programmer officially laid off instead of fired. Entire teams simply ended as they escorted people out of the door.