Tech CEOs Are Using AI as the Perfect Scapegoat for Mass Layoffs(gadgetreview.com)

What's the actual revenue-per-employee delta before and after these "AI-driven" cuts? Suspect the number tells a different story.

convenient how the restructuring memo always lands the same week as the earnings call

Funny how the same execs who said AI was overhyped last year are now blaming it for cutting 4,000 jobs.

Funny how the same execs who called AI "not ready for production" last year now blame it for cutting 8% of headcount.

Lost two retainer clients in Q1 who said "AI efficiency" was the reason, then quietly hired me back at 40% lower rates as a "fractional" three weeks later. Same scope of work, same deliverables, just no benefits and no headcount line item their board has to explain.

When the same CEOs cut 12% pre-ChatGPT and called it "rightsizing," what changed besides the press release vocabulary?