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I think it means - we're spending more money on AI thus we don't have as much to spend on people

This will surely end well

They have been hiring like crazy year after year. Undoing 1 year of hiring is not the end of the world.

I'm sure it probably feels like the end of the world for some people.

Of course. Being laid off sucks, but that’s not relevant to this thread.

It's not relevant to a thread about a company laying off 20% of its workforce? sure man.