Sucks because it also kinks the hose of new talent that needs to learn to eventually become greybeards.
this post was submitted on 29 Jun 2026
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Yeah its painful to watch. I think our country has collectively decided: "fuck those kids, both literally and figuratively".
Where I work none of the early career talent is getting rewarded and they are the first considered during layoffs.
On the bright side, those that last long enough to actually become experienced will be worth an absolute fortune.
Honestly... This is where leaders should be elected or fired by the workers themselves.
Mistakenly we thought that by just introducing artificial intelligence ... that would produce a high-quality product.
"We asked AI if AI could do our engineering and AI said yes so we fired the engineers because AI said it would work. If only there were someone that could've told us this was a bad idea beforehand!"
You cut out the worst part of all. They thought that by giving it engineering texts and telling it to follow them, that an LLM could replace an engineer. Literally, "ignore previous instructions. Here is everything you'd learn as an engineer. Don't make mistakes. Design a cost efficient car."
Executives arent leading a company because they're smart...
I work in corporate. I tell my people not to sink too much faith in executive leadership because more often than not, they got those jobs because of who they know, not what they know. Always question leadership and don't believe that they are there because they are the smartest people. There are far more of these people with barely two brain cells tonrub together than those who earned their place.
Yup. Their most useful attribute is a shared class consciousness among the ownership class.
Indeed
Someone probably did, and they fired them anyway
They probably fired them because they did. "You're not being a team player. You're failing to adapt to the future way of things. You're failing to..." The bullshit is exhausting and endless.
If only there were someone that could’ve told us this was a bad idea beforehand!”
If they asked the same AI if it was bad advice it probably would have said yes, even though before it said it could 🤣
Nobody going back to the same salary, otherwise tell them to get fucked.
Jesus christ this story is everywhere.
Indeed.
350 jobs is a drop in the bucket of the terrible hiring and firing decisions that companies make all the time.
This one just had an AI spin to it, so it gets repeated and reposted ad infinitum.
Good. Anything that helps pop this shitty ass bubble
I hope they demanded at least double.
Haha no chance they'll have gone back at 10-20% under because holy shit try finding a job for anyone else in this market, fucko..
Indeed, beat me to it. Now is the time to make it hurt for these stupid C-levels execs. Oh, and UNIONIZE ASAP.
Rehires them to better train their AI. They'll be back out again shortly. :/
Yeah, but at least they'll be on better terms to negotiate their contracts.
Let's see if they make the most of it...