> They're always trying to replace you with either external solutions, or outsourcing. Peers at other banks have all the same impressions.

This sounds like cutthroat capitalism to me. It's what happens to every industry when the margins are thin.

I suspect it will come to the wider tech sector sooner or later when innovation slows and VC capital dries up.

Then again, maybe some large corps will figure out that company culture, mental health, incentives, innovation, and creativity can be boosted by giving people some additional sense of job security.