Xsolla fires 150 employees using analysis of chat and email activity

Re:Xsolla fires 150 employees using analysis of chat and ema... by sokoloff on Wednesday August 04, 2021 @10:24PM (#28069040)

Want to bet that there was a round of human review applied after the algorithm ran where, at a minimum, employees judged to be high-performing (or otherwise favored) were saved even though they were initially flagged by the AI/data analysis?

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Re:Xsolla fires 150 employees using analysis of chat and ema... by ComputerGuru on Wednesday August 04, 2021 @10:40PM (#28069168)

I mean, that’s better than no second, human round, no?

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Re:Xsolla fires 150 employees using analysis of chat and ema... by ari__ on Wednesday August 04, 2021 @11:45PM (#28069629)

I believe the implication there was that low-performers favored by upper management (for reasons like nepotism) were kept as opposed to productive employees whose performance is not reflected in "tick the box" KPIs.

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Re:Xsolla fires 150 employees using analysis of chat and ema... by x0x0 on Wednesday August 04, 2021 @11:48PM (#28069650)

I'd bet your right. This is close to a termination for cause. If someone fired my reports for cause (rather than a we need to lower burn layoff) without my signoff, I'd be right out the door with them.

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Re:Xsolla fires 150 employees using analysis of chat and ema... by MattGaiser on Wednesday August 04, 2021 @10:57PM (#28069279)

That would require management to be a lot more critical of metrics presented to them than I have ever seen.

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Re:Xsolla fires 150 employees using analysis of chat and ema... by dasil003 on Wednesday August 04, 2021 @11:45PM (#28069630)

I'm sorry you've only ever worked for incompetent management. I assure you that is not universally the case.

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