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The AI scam....ummm, black hole synopsis. How can current C suite execs be so gullible?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l0K4XPu3Qhg

The argument AGAINST any ER was that in the past too many senior people took them and lots of tribal knowledge walked out the door.

Now with the company focus on AI and that AI should have absorbed a good chunk of that knowledge is now finally the time to get rid of a lot of the expensive folks that have been around forever?

They will fire all engineers except AI (All Indians) engineers.

The AI bubble isn't a bubble, it' actually a black hole. All the threats from SAP to our customers about how they wont get access to AI without RISE and Grow, all the consternation and turning customers into enemies, was all for nothing.

"Functional AI agents "will take about a decade," he said"

https://www.businessinsider.com/andrej-karpathy-ai-agents-timelines-openai-2025-10

2025 in review: Headcount on the slide
Thousands more jobs disappeared from telco and vendor workforces in 2025 as company bosses blamed AI for cuts.
https://www.lightreading.com/ai-machine-learning/2025-in-review-headcount-on-the-slide

I received a request from management to investigate how AI could be used so that all the developers could be laid off. At the same time, there's a need to give management some levers to pull so they themselves can't be laid off, since they supposedly make important, high-impact decisions. Fu--ing muppets.

https://www.theregister.com/2025/12/23/oracles_new_aienhanced_support_portal/

Trust me
Not you

The article says the McKinsey layoffs are a warning for the whole consulting industry in the AI age. Consulting once depended on smart people and hard to find information, but AI now does much of that work faster and cheaper. Clients want firms that can use technology to actually make changes not just give advice, so traditional strategy firms must adapt or risk falling behind.

https://www.fastcompany.com/91463039/why-the-mckinsey-layoffs-are-a-warning-signal-for-consulting-in-the-ai-age-ai-layoffs-management-consulting

The new CEO, now in the role about 18 months, has a more down to earth style than Greed. He came in with lots of fanfare on transparency & to right the ship. Assets & Clients continue to bleed at record numbers & more is in the hopper. Employee sentiment is negative and many are - not feel - are - overworked and underpaid.

New revenue enhancers like managed accounts in group plan are non existent and the corporation is still an operational mess w/weak leaders overseeing sales & operations. Sales are down and automation upgrades cu-m at a snails pace.

PR wise, company is still taking it on the chin w/no real plan in place to boost public review sentiment.

One bright are the Lipper awards but company can't find a way to get this news in front of clients. On the dark side, CITs are not used & the investment line up changes every Haley's commet.

Website hasn't been updated in yrs, and AI and Omni channel communications w/clients is well behind competitors. Team CX really does Sucx.

Disastrous exit from Truspire, and fire sales of two property gems like 320 Park & 1150 Broken Sound were the only thing preventing NY DFS from some type of takeover and helping replenish the $500M in lost surplus since the Pandemic.

Rating Agencies have lowered ratings and lawsuits against former employees in an attempt to protect the bizness have been distractions and embarrassing.

The CEO ran on transparency and even in first public statements when Rich asked Janoffseky what surprised her the most, she went on the record and said "lack of transparency"

Board is invisible and old while being out of touch.

After 18 months, our grade is: D- (2 Star Rating) time for a performance improvement plan for him and his lackeys.

If leadership does, well, they’ll have to learn the hard way. And we’ll be the ones paying the price.

Divergence -

The U.S. economy, and the stock market; specifically the (AI) trade.

Paradox - AI (Valuations), and (Extreme) volatility; in the stock market.

Recent U.S. economic, and stock market observation(s) over the past week -

The AI trade is back (for now) after reporting from Micron (MU).

AI trade valuation(s) are (trying to make a run back) to the NASDAQ high on 10/29/25 whether justified (or not).

The U.S. economy is (still) moving towards a potential Major Recession in 2026.

The Unemployment rate has reached its' highest level since October 2021 with Corporate layoffs to resume Q1 2026 with claims following.

Q1 2026 is (currently) scheduled to have Major Downsizing in the Corporate world especially in the Technology sector.

ISM manufacturing, otherwise known as PMI; has been down for (9) consecutive month's; since Trump tariffs were enacted.

Finally, November Core CPI (Inflation) came in at 2.7% but was missing data from October due to the U.S. Government shutdown.

Inflation (actually) rose month-to-month.

Divergence -

The U.S. economy, and the stock market; specifically the (AI) trade.

Paradox - AI (Valuations), and (Extreme) volatility; in the stock market.

Recent U.S. economic, and stock market observation(s) over the past week -

The AI trade is back (for now) after reporting from Micron (MU).

AI trade valuation(s) are (trying to make a run back) to the NASDAQ high on 10/29/25 whether justified (or not).

The U.S. economy is (still) moving towards a potential Major Recession in 2026.

The Unemployment rate has reached its' highest level since October 2021 with Corporate layoffs to resume Q1 2026 with claims following.

Q1 2026 is (currently) scheduled to have Major Downsizing in the Corporate world especially in the Technology sector.

ISM manufacturing, otherwise known as PMI; has been down for (9) consecutive month's; since Trump tariffs were enacted.

Finally, November Core CPI (Inflation) came in at 2.7% but was missing data from October due to the U.S. Government shutdown.

Inflation (actually) rose month-to-month.

For immediate release: The last generation Cisco switch, built on a bedrock platform, features an ai powered T-Rex processor and a Jurassic ai capable port with half-duplex blow ho-n phy. Willmmaaaaaaa yabada badoooo

Dan foolishly believes A.I. will magically fix everything wrong with Verizon.

The only question is how much damage will he do before he leaves?

Anyone have any real insight on what AIP will be? Reposting this. Those without real information need not respond as most of what I’ve seen on this site is total bs. Anyone have more than their opinion that they try to pass off as fact?

Cutting roles that deal directly with clients and partners is especially short-sighted, but it won’t stop there. Even the so-called “mundane” jobs carry institutional knowledge that doesn’t show up on a spreadsheet. The idea that AI can just step in and replace people is laughable. AI can barely function without constant babysitting, and it certainly can’t replicate judgment, context, or experience. Every role has its unwritten rules, workarounds, and hard-earned skills. Throwing all of that away and hoping to replace it with cheap offshore labor, half-baked automation, or nothing at all isn’t strategy but laziness and greed. And in the long run, it’s one of the most expensive mistakes a company can make.

what do you guys think about this agentic Ai thing that coming to Hp next year ?

Will AI replace IT first? Numerous IT professionals in my office express skepticism, claiming that AI is not as effective as it is said to be. I have utilized AI to resolve various IT issues/challenges.

They haven't found a way to profit off of AI yet, given the costs. And it's a massive risk.
Remember blockchain, NFTs, and the Metaverse / VR? All giant fails.
Now, LLMs have obviously more practical / actual use cases. But they have plenty of flaws and it's not guaranteed those can all be addressed and it can be converted into a profitable, effective product.

Confirmed massive layoffs happening after the new year. Up to 40% of collab, 25% of sales, 50% of security and 20% of data center will be notified between January 7th - 10th.
G2 quote from All hands meeting: "We must capitalize on growth areas going into Q1 and Q2 26, unfortunately radical measures must be taken to accomplish our business goals with the emerging use of AI. It is not easy to make this decision, but we must let people go"

Managers have warned us to start looking for other positions.
Hardest hit will be engineers on Webex & Contact centre

https://arizonadigitalfreepress.com/wells-fargo-expects-more-job-cuts-will-roll-out-ai-gradually-in-2026/

Please post fun lowlights of staff meeting.

• AI and agentic agents. Fortunately B. didn’t talk about autonomous workspace vaporware. Dex was supposed to be competing with control up several years back. Revenue is still not able to cover Bharat’s travel.
• Guada talking about recognition slack channel to motivate everyone.
• Someone asking about valuation in 2028. Will Omnissa be around by that time?
• Suni forced laughter.
• Simzhu volume is going lower quarter after quarter due to declining revenue.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/other/microsoft-scales-back-ai-goals-because-almost-nobody-is-using-copilot/ar-AA1S5WkO

ChatGPT and Gemini are destroying the competition. Charlie is on the wrong side of this situation due to his financial ties to M$. Time to jettison him and find someone who actually knows what they are doing.

As much as Dell keeps talking about implement all aspects of AI, it is still the tribal knowledge dependent tech company I've ever worked at. It's what makes me believe that all the AI evangelicalism is mostly to push server and storage hardware.

I mean how is AI going to make suggestions when the needed information is only available in people's heads? Also with tribal knowledge there are multiple versions of the truth. AI is good at figuring out at least the most consistent version of the truth. But then again it is all tribal knowledge and not documented.

After laying off over 2000 employees in 2025, we were notified in an all hands meeting near the end of November that they were done with cuts "for the rest of the year." During an IT All Hands meeting in December, Brian announced that we should expect a 25-40% reduction in staff due to AI implementation (which they strongly pushed on everyone).

Artificial intelligence is coming for your jobs 70% reduction in manufacturing.

We all knew Murrays days were numbered when Big Al came in, but I must say I'm surprised it came out of the blue on a Thursday night the week before Christmas.

My mouse cursor suddenly disappeared on the screen and will not come back on.

This is surely a sign from God that my workday is finished.

I don't see how they are going to replace the workforce with AI when we can't even get 50 year old technology working as it should anymore...

I guess if you don’t ask a question he likes, he will tell you to fxxx off, very arrogant. Truist will be the #1 AI financial institutions and the lower task agents will not be needed, what a way to bust morale. Wow?

Beware....Certain field techs were now volunteered to test an AI program that we are being told to eliminate some inside jobs such as NTs(Network Techs)

And no, AI will not save the day. Even if it could, why would any of us, actual human beings who need jobs, be happy about that?

Not just because jobs are being shipped overseas. It’s also because AI simply isn’t delivering. They can paper over the AI flop for only so long, and we all know who will end up paying the price for the brilliant idea of throwing massive amounts of money at the latest tech fad, which is unsurprisingly turning out not to be the miracle it was sold as. Leadership seems to know only one solution to every problem imaginable, including bad judgment in spending - more layoffs.

Amazon is laying off 370 employees at its European headquarters.

These cuts represent about 8.5 percent of the workforce at that location. The layoffs primarily affect software developers as AI increasingly handles coding tasks. Amazon cited "business needs and local strategies" as the reason for these adjustments. This move follows broader company-wide workforce reductions and a deeper embrace of AI.

Here’s what I got out of it:

1) There is a new corporate strategy called Lead to One that is about focusing more on the consumer and personalization. (Every 5 years we claim we’re now going to focus on the consumer, but don’t actually make any of the necessary investments and then abandon it. So excuse me if I’m highly skeptical.)

2) Our expenses are way too high and need to be drastically reduced. (We’ve been hearing that for many years and yet the same leadership that hasn’t fixed it is still in place. Where should the blame be placed?)

3) Layoffs will definitely continue. Evanko said we’ll have fewer employees next year than this year. (No surprise there.)

4) We’re counting on AI to be our savior and are going to push as many things to AI as possible.

5) The only business that is performing well is specialty pharmacy.

6) The VillageMD investment and our attempt at creating a care delivery strategy was a failure. (Even though it’s obvious, I’m glad they actually admitted that. Interesting that the failed MDLIVE acquisition wasn’t mentioned though. I guess we just don’t talk about that.)

7) We’re going to do more lobbying and public relations to try to control the narrative about Cigna.

Did anyone hear something different? What did I miss?

Impossible to find anything on Zero. Any site keeps spinning for minutes. The much vaunted and showcase implementation of AI enabled agent zero has never worked for me... Keep getting gateway error any time I try to use it. What a joke... Emblematic of the state of technology at the company. Lots of noise and rah rah BS followed by no delivery.

Is LBT and his team planning to do that ?

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1. Give employees the gift of better focus

Perhaps the most meaningful impact of AI content management is how it changes the employee experience.

By automating repetitive work and simplifying content discovery, teams can focus on higher-value tasks, such as strategy, innovation, and customer experience. It’s a lasting gift: fewer silos, faster collaboration, and a renewed sense of control over information.

This is better than the jelly of the month club, since this is the gift that keeps giving forever, not just the whole year.