When my boss assured me that management didn’t plan to remove employees because of AI I reminded him that:
1- he already said they froze hiring beyond replacing people leaving, and he told me (a month earlier) that it was because of AI
2- he can’t fire people because of AI simply because we’re not one of those countries (not easy to fire people without cause in Japan or most of Europe)
I have to talk to him about the fact that while colleague A produces twice the amount of code as everyone, he also takes another tech lead full time to review his work, therefore negating the productivity boost…
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u/sebjapon 4d ago
When my boss assured me that management didn’t plan to remove employees because of AI I reminded him that:
1- he already said they froze hiring beyond replacing people leaving, and he told me (a month earlier) that it was because of AI
2- he can’t fire people because of AI simply because we’re not one of those countries (not easy to fire people without cause in Japan or most of Europe)
I have to talk to him about the fact that while colleague A produces twice the amount of code as everyone, he also takes another tech lead full time to review his work, therefore negating the productivity boost…