When Amazon announced in late October that it would cut roughly 14,000 corporate positions while leaving its warehouse workforce largely untouched, it signaled something executives have been quietly preparing for: AI’s first major casualty isn’t the factory worker. It’s the middle manager.
Good news:
https://peoplemanagingpeople.com/hr-strategy/ai-middle-management/
Wait, if they get rid of PM’s who is going to hop out during a long tense meeting and get donuts and coffee?
This seems really short sighted.
Oh, the stupidity runs deep. “The dumbest future anyone can want” or the malicious optimism of AI-first companies.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dKmAg4S2KeE