A few folks I know or work distantly with have suddenly left in the last week or two, definitely not by choice. Are people getting quietly laid off or put on PIPs that set them up to fail? Do we no longer do the big earnings LRs?
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@q4 they need to copy other companies and have a dedicated whistleblower nontrack link. Because It takes just one scandal to ruin company stock and reputation for good. Ethics line isn't good enough.
My manager has a 2 years associates degree in basket weaving and looks like a sausage about to burst his clothes. How is this a senior manager at a tech company? He was a fry chef at McDonalds
I've seen presales to be the most aggressive in PIP. If your team thinks you are not good or even if one AM thinks you are not cut out and will hinder them reaching their goal then you are out. PIP is just a formality at that point. You are gone.
Don't kid yourself. AI is coming first for jobs that rely on structured knowledge. Think doctors, lawyers, engineers. Knowledge that is taught and can be replicated from texts, papers and books. Unstructured, undocumented tasks are harder to replace. That's where key loggers are most important. But, that's takes more time than replacing jobs that rely on structured knowledge. Most immune are jobs involving physical tasks informed by critical thinking such as plumbers, electricians, welders. Easier to replace a software engineer than a welder who knows how to lay down bead on stainless steel pipes suspended 20 feet in the air.
@ac soft skills isn't a thing for a resume. Stop trying to create reasons why admin jobs are important
@ac maybe because SW engineering is fake "engineering" to sound important.
Not real engineers. With actual engineer designations.
The jobs that AI is coming for are the ones with that have the simplest boundaries. This is why vibe coding has become a thing so rapidly. SW engineering won't exist as a profession in 5 years or less.
As the rules/boundaries for an activity or profession increase in complexity, AI's effectiveness diminishes rapidly.
AI struggles with emotional intelligence, strategy, balancing priorities, reasoning, critical thinking, communication, nuance, and more. Companies will still remove these roles, and after AI fails miserably, they'll be forced to hire humans again. But, like children, companies have to learn the hard way.
we're going to see a lot of traditional office jobs shrink massively over the next few years.
Project managers, coordinators, enablement, sales, operations, marketing, general admin
As the rumors go - non-technical office jobs
(forwarding information, updating records, preparing documents or processing requests - and chasing other people for updates)
The World Economic Forum projects substantial decline by 2030. The International Labour Organization likewise - meaning roles will be not changed but completely obsolete.
You can't say schedling, tracking projects, updating spreadsheets, putting together presentations or power points, sending reminders, reporting, passing info will still be total necessity soon
The Great Administrative Displacement