• IrateAnteater@sh.itjust.works
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    3 hours ago

    Current tech layoffs are mostly a result of over hiring during the pandemic. Blaming AI is just the sales pitch to investors try to prove that the AI spending was worth it.

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      25 minutes ago

      I find this hard to believe, since I remember those pandemic layoffs already happening around 2023.

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        11 minutes ago

        Wasn’t this more related to the Trump era H1B limitations expiring under Biden around 2022? I may be misremembering the timeline since time after 2020 is fucked, but I swear I remember a greater uptick of H1B hires in tech around this time, as well as outsourcing teams to India.