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Re:Red Hat cutting hundreds of jobs, CEO says in letter to e... by jstarfish on Monday April 24, 2023 @01:01PM (#35690255)
AI is too nascent to be the sole reason for so many layoffs. Emulating HR is about all it can be trusted to do autonomously.

Old people (50+) and troublemakers (PIPs) comprised the entirety of my own company's most recent layoff round. They're not even trying to hide it anymore.

My hunch is that [America] is laying off domestic engineers so we can outsource more of the positions to India during the next hiring phase. If anything, AI is playing middleman in flattening a lot of the communication hurdles.

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Re:Red Hat cutting hundreds of jobs, CEO says in letter to e... by clambirty on Monday April 24, 2023 @01:57PM (#35690926)
Management in the Red Hat's Support organization said recently they were hiring new support engineers out of India to help alleviate burnout. A hiring freeze in all countries except India effectively is outsourcing.
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