“A Resume.org survey of 1,000 hiring managers found that 59% say they emphasize AI’s role in layoffs because it “is viewed more favorably by stakeholders than saying layoffs or hiring freezes are driven by financial constraints.”
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“A Resume.org survey of 1,000 hiring managers found that 59% say they emphasize AI’s role in layoffs because it “is viewed more favorably by stakeholders than saying layoffs or hiring freezes are driven by financial constraints.” Only 9% said AI had fully replaced any roles. This is not a technology story; it’s a management honesty story that happens to involve technology.”
https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2026-03-13/the-ai-washing-of-job-cuts-is-corrosive-and-confusing@acdha look maybe I’m an idiot, but isn’t this straight up lying to investors and any listed companies should be investigated?
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@acdha The article goes on to add, tellingly:
“We’re restructuring around AI” is a growth signal. “We over-hired during the pandemic and revenue softened” is an accountability signal.
Translation: the "AI is coming for your jobs" narrative is mostly based on a misreading of (lying) press releases about job cuts caused by an oncoming recession.
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“A Resume.org survey of 1,000 hiring managers found that 59% say they emphasize AI’s role in layoffs because it “is viewed more favorably by stakeholders than saying layoffs or hiring freezes are driven by financial constraints.” Only 9% said AI had fully replaced any roles. This is not a technology story; it’s a management honesty story that happens to involve technology.”
https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2026-03-13/the-ai-washing-of-job-cuts-is-corrosive-and-confusing@acdha normally management are constrained from firing - because it looks like a result of financial constraints
Right now they can get away with firing people while still claiming to be growing - using AI as cover - whether it is true or not.
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“A Resume.org survey of 1,000 hiring managers found that 59% say they emphasize AI’s role in layoffs because it “is viewed more favorably by stakeholders than saying layoffs or hiring freezes are driven by financial constraints.” Only 9% said AI had fully replaced any roles. This is not a technology story; it’s a management honesty story that happens to involve technology.”
https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2026-03-13/the-ai-washing-of-job-cuts-is-corrosive-and-confusing@acdha if only there were rules about management lying.
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@acdha The article goes on to add, tellingly:
“We’re restructuring around AI” is a growth signal. “We over-hired during the pandemic and revenue softened” is an accountability signal.
Translation: the "AI is coming for your jobs" narrative is mostly based on a misreading of (lying) press releases about job cuts caused by an oncoming recession.
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@acdha The article goes on to add, tellingly:
“We’re restructuring around AI” is a growth signal. “We over-hired during the pandemic and revenue softened” is an accountability signal.
Translation: the "AI is coming for your jobs" narrative is mostly based on a misreading of (lying) press releases about job cuts caused by an oncoming recession.
@cstross odd how this kind of thing rarely translates into claims that shareholder value was squandered, as it always seems to for treating workers or the environment better.
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@lispi314 @cstross yes: the money flowing around then lead to a peak around 2021-2022. It’s been consistently downhill since.
https://www.visualcapitalist.com/charted-the-decline-of-u-s-software-developer-jobs/
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“A Resume.org survey of 1,000 hiring managers found that 59% say they emphasize AI’s role in layoffs because it “is viewed more favorably by stakeholders than saying layoffs or hiring freezes are driven by financial constraints.” Only 9% said AI had fully replaced any roles. This is not a technology story; it’s a management honesty story that happens to involve technology.”
https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2026-03-13/the-ai-washing-of-job-cuts-is-corrosive-and-confusing@acdha Whenever I see a domain like resume.org, I want to find its opposite at pause.org.
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@acdha The article goes on to add, tellingly:
“We’re restructuring around AI” is a growth signal. “We over-hired during the pandemic and revenue softened” is an accountability signal.
Translation: the "AI is coming for your jobs" narrative is mostly based on a misreading of (lying) press releases about job cuts caused by an oncoming recession.
@cstross the "over-hired" part is also total lies, and always has been. Everyone at the orgs KNOWS it's a total lie and they're still desperately understaffed and almost none of them hired ANYONE for any position.
It's all just bullshit excuses to try and pretend the train didn't leave the rails 15 months ago and there's absolutely no hope of getting it back on them.
One contact said their company is internally forecasting at 2x worse than 2008. Which I said is still laughably optimistic. -
@cstross the "over-hired" part is also total lies, and always has been. Everyone at the orgs KNOWS it's a total lie and they're still desperately understaffed and almost none of them hired ANYONE for any position.
It's all just bullshit excuses to try and pretend the train didn't leave the rails 15 months ago and there's absolutely no hope of getting it back on them.
One contact said their company is internally forecasting at 2x worse than 2008. Which I said is still laughably optimistic. -
“A Resume.org survey of 1,000 hiring managers found that 59% say they emphasize AI’s role in layoffs because it “is viewed more favorably by stakeholders than saying layoffs or hiring freezes are driven by financial constraints.” Only 9% said AI had fully replaced any roles. This is not a technology story; it’s a management honesty story that happens to involve technology.”
https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2026-03-13/the-ai-washing-of-job-cuts-is-corrosive-and-confusing@acdha When I see "AI" as a reason for layoffs, I assume the company lost so much money on AI that they can't afford employees and are in serious trouble.
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@cstross the "over-hired" part is also total lies, and always has been. Everyone at the orgs KNOWS it's a total lie and they're still desperately understaffed and almost none of them hired ANYONE for any position.
It's all just bullshit excuses to try and pretend the train didn't leave the rails 15 months ago and there's absolutely no hope of getting it back on them.
One contact said their company is internally forecasting at 2x worse than 2008. Which I said is still laughably optimistic.The interconnectedness of all things is real like momentum and gravity and the absence of mercy. No amount of narrative about good or bad or reasons renders it subject to narrative, and a certain minimum sanity on the part of those making large decisions turns out to have been load-bearing for the entire system.
This is going to be a lamentable time.
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