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Re:The 'white-collar bloodbath' is all part of the AI hype m... by PeterStuer on Friday May 30, 2025 @11:39AM (#44137300)
"Hiring someone gave my VP more headcount and therefore more clout"

Which is the sole reason automation will not make most people obsolete until the VP level themselves are automated.

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Re:The 'white-collar bloodbath' is all part of the AI hype m... by dlivingston on Friday May 30, 2025 @04:37PM (#44139664)
No, not if the metric by which VPs get clout changes.
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Re:The 'white-collar bloodbath' is all part of the AI hype m... by monkeyelite on Friday May 30, 2025 @06:42PM (#44140469)
That metric is evaluated deep in the human psyche.
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Re:The 'white-collar bloodbath' is all part of the AI hype m... by thfuran on Friday May 30, 2025 @06:12PM (#44140317)
The more cloud spend the better. Take 10% of it as a bonus?
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Re:The 'white-collar bloodbath' is all part of the AI hype m... by 0xpgm on Saturday May 31, 2025 @12:24AM (#44141856)
It's about to change to doing more with less headcount and higher AI spend
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Re:The 'white-collar bloodbath' is all part of the AI hype m... by Nasrudith on Saturday May 31, 2025 @12:57AM (#44141929)
Automation is just one form of "face a sufficiently competitive marketplace such that the company can no longer tolerate the dead-weight loss of their egos".
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