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Re:Amazon axes 16,000 jobs as it pushes AI and efficiency by speleding on Thursday January 29, 2026 @04:30AM (#46807774)
> management ... literally just status updates and asking when things are going to be finished.

True. But there are many people whose productivity slumps unless they are asked for progress updates every day. You have to offset this against the people whose productivity slumps BECAUSE they are asked for updates every day. In large orgs with unknown quality of people I guess it's not impossible that middle managers add value.

Re:Amazon axes 16,000 jobs as it pushes AI and efficiency by booleandilemma on Thursday January 29, 2026 @04:58AM (#46807978)
Sounds like something an LLM on a timer could do.