Another "AI-washed" layoff, now stuck with 4x more work
Posted by therealslimshady1234@reddit | ExperiencedDevs | View on Reddit | 132 comments
So our company — a pretty famous Human Resources Management SaaS which went all in on "AI" a while ago — did a 2nd round of layoffs recently. The first round was arguably necessary because many people just didn't perform well, but last week we got another surprise invite with hidden invitee list and I immediately knew another round was about to happen. I was not disappointed, 30% of the engineers gone. I was sure I would be included as well as I am one of the more expensive engineers they have, but I was not.
Instead, they opted to just flood me with more work. Currently I am working on 1 frontend project with 1 other full stack engineer, a mobile dev, and a manager. The amount of work is pretty doable.
They fired the fullstack guy, no idea why as he was pretty good at his job and never caused issues. They also fired the mobile guy, and now expect the Web to replace the app entirely, adding even more stress on the Web app.
Then they fired most of 3 other projects and then bundled them all together under a new team. Guess who is the only frontender on that new team? Me.
So effectively I am getting 4x more work (at least, as there is a lot of tech debt in those other projects) and the only one who could help me was fired. It will just be 1 frontend engineer, 1 backend engineer, a manager and a PM.
They spammed a lot of AI buzzwords in the announcement saying that it will "fill the gap", but I work with Opus 4.7 every day and it is very lackluster. It does the easier things quite well but the harder things it just completely fumbles and becomes near useless. It will not help with the massive amounts of problems and tech debt in the other projects. Unleashing an agent on them will just make things worse. Besides, our per user limit on Claude Enterprise is like 20$ a day, so even if it could do the work I would need about 10-100x more tokens. They dont want to up this limit as they suddenly want to make a profit even though we have a ton of runway left.
Basically, it's almost as if they want our team or these products to fail, because this is completely unrealistic. AI may help a little bit but it's not anywhere near enough, especially not under these circumstances. I asked them if this is realistic and they said that of course we might have to cut some corners, but I find it hard to believe they will cut this many corners. I suspect they are trying to get me to resign to avoid paying a severance or something. Anyone else had experiences surviving a layoff like this?
Reddit_is_fascist69@reddit
Muhznit@reddit
When it comes to documenting that stuff, who do you even report it to? Like if they lay you off there ain't really appealing it...
ListenLady58@reddit
In the case they try to PIP and fire you, rather than a lay-off, you want that documentation on you during the appeal process if they try to deny your unemployment. I have been in this situation, only I wasn’t PIP’d, the dumbasses thought they could claim I spent over 4+ hours a day just chatting with coworkers as the reason for firing me. I simply requested they provide proof of it in the appeal and they had nothing but a couple clips of me talking about the quilting project I did that weekend. God forbid I talk about hobbies for 10 minutes.
They did this to three others as well in the same week only they had all sorts of different bullshit and ridiculous reasons why they were fired. All of them won their appeals.
So the next round of people they fired, they PIP’d them and then fired them a month later. With your own documentation, you can prove that the PIP was unjustified and/or if they try to fire you outside of it by throwing you under the bus, you’ll have documentation to help you with the appeal if they try to deny your unemployment.
bwmat@reddit
Why do they have to be human garbage?
If they want to fire you, they should do so.
Fuck them for lying and saying it's a performance issue
ListenLady58@reddit
There was definitely some retaliation going on, but not the illegal kind. I went to the upper management about the director because he wouldn’t change anything about how things were running despite us falling behind. People were not aligned in the work, there was no accountability and the director was half listening (at best) in meetings. The contractors were getting blamed for everything going wrong and getting pissed at us. I stepped in to help them and we got along, but they vented to me a lot about how terrible this company had been to them.
Just before I was fired, I had completed the first integrations of their web portal to their new cloud, which was more than what had been done in literal years at that place. I got an award for my performance and attitude and then the next week I was fired. I was there less than a year.
I believe this situation was somewhat A-typical, but not in relation to the retaliation. These people didn’t know what was going on or what they were doing most of the time. They never micromanaged the people that worked there that also went to the same church as them, so I think it had to do with that. They would rather cater to people who did nothing to help them and then fire people who pointed it out.
bwmat@reddit
You were talking about PIPs
I assume you meant "performance improvement plan"s
Unless there were real performance issues that they were overlooking because they liked you, sounds like they invented some
ListenLady58@reddit
Yes I was talking about the “performance improvement plan”. They never once told me I was doing anything wrong, the director was actually the one that presented the award to me in front of the entire IT department. They never gave me a PIP, they never gave any write ups or warnings.
I’m in an at-will state, so this isn’t entirely unheard of. In my opinion, the director probably got angry I went to upper management. Despite the person I went to telling me that they wouldn’t tell my director, they did, and then a few weeks later I was fired. Looking back on it, I definitely flew too close to the sun. I am much more cautious in what I say now to anyone about workflows and probably won’t be trying to move up the ladder anytime soon. I honestly just want to do my job and be left alone from now on.
Muhznit@reddit
Thank you, I appreciate this
Reddit_is_fascist69@reddit
I've never been through unemployment process, forgive my ignorance.
I've been told they can try to not pay it by proving fault on the employee. So at best, they have to pay unemployment.
Anyone with a better understanding of the process please chime in.
Prestigious_Rip3717@reddit
sounds like they're setting you up to fail, classic cost-cutting move
lunacraz@reddit
but then their product wouldn't be moved forward?
dankmemer999@reddit
Leave immediately, this is doomed and nothing you can do at your level can save it. Don’t be the last guy without a chair when the music stops next round
therealslimshady1234@reddit (OP)
I think they just wanna sell the company like many here said, because there is nobody left to fire.
After it gets sold there is a 50-50 chance ill get fired anyway in the subsequent reirganization
dankmemer999@reddit
your choice. id start looking while i still have a job if i were u
dankmemer999@reddit
Btw if this is Workday, what I said goes double. Leave asap
Big-Revolution3842@reddit
Yup we've had the double whammy of reduced headcount off tech contractors from India and reduced numbers due to AI apparently...Meanwhile I've gotten three calls this week from companies looking to hire someone with my experience. This shit is truly cyclical.
thisadviceisworthles@reddit
Because he was expensive, AI is already paying off in the form of lower tech salaries for new hires. Half the scheduled data centers will never be built, AI will create more SWE work than it will eliminate, but the investment will pay off. The entire tech industry has been looking for ways to reduce the salaries of senior level employees since the post COVID bidding wars, the actual tools that will push those salaries down include massive layoffs, return to office mandates, investing in the election of a president with a personal history of union busting and not paying employees and (most importantly) monopolistic collusion. But those tools are unpopular and illegal, so they are spending billions more on AI than is financially viable to "create context" that can be pushed to the media to distract from the tools that will actually lower salaries.
BetterWhereas3245@reddit
The purpose of a system is its outcome.
ExcitementLow7207@reddit
Exactly this. And if AI does somehow manage to eliminate pesky human employees it will also be a win.
maulowski@reddit
We didn’t have layoffs at mine, but they did emphasize the use of AI. A Staff Engineer walked us through using Copilot (with Claude) to develop implementation plans, reading those through, and then having Copilot execute.
The layoffs suck because AI can be a force multiplier because it opens up a different way of working. It’s not suppose to replace humans. Anyways, sorry you gave to go through that. Do consider that whoever is running the show is just trying to get bought out by a PE.
therealslimshady1234@reddit (OP)
Thinking of our CEO, this might actually be a very real possibility. It feels like he stopped caring a long time ago. Brutal
pl487@reddit
People guessed the company name immediately and added it to the thread, making it discoverable by the PR team. Now you are shit talking the CEO.
If this stays up, they will find you and terminate you.
BetterWhereas3245@reddit
Fuck the company, fuck the CEO and fuck you. Seriously.
therealslimshady1234@reddit (OP)
What if I changed key information to hide my identity?
I'll be damned if I survive 2 layoff rounds only to have some neckbeard on Reddit doxx me.
danglotka@reddit
Sounds like they will confirm this is true then.
thenowherepark@reddit
AI's purpose is to replace humans in the workforce. Companies would not pour billions upon billions upon billions of dollars into it otherwise - humans are the most expensive asset a company has. We just tell ourselves that AI is a tool to make ourselves feel better.
Fit-Newspaper-980@reddit
It’s not there to replace but definitely there to reduce it.
maulowski@reddit
Sure, when? Everyone hypes AGI but realistically, it’s still about 15 to years away.
Companies are pouring into AI because the software market kept evolving. What we saw was rapid iteration, MVP’s, and quick launches. AI is supposed to help with that - and I think it kinda does okay with it - but it’s still not good without human intervention.
dllimport@reddit
It's failing at its purpose then
geon@reddit
Obviously.
But the back-of-the-napkin hype calculation is exactly that. Human engineers are expensive, so a phd-level superhuman AI engineer = $$$.
It doesn’t really matter that in reality, the AI is more like a lobotomized intern on adderall. If enough of the leadership believes the lies, the AI vendor gets paid.
dllimport@reddit
Yeah and it sucks in the short term but it will eventually come home to roost
thenowherepark@reddit
Good, I'm glad
jujubean67@reddit
Exactly, this is clearly an attack on white colar jobs everywhere, it’s not force multiplier. The endgoal is to completely replace people and push them into whatever the billionare class wants them to.
FauxLearningMachine@reddit
That assumes corporate leadership is perfectly rational. In reality, a massive chunk of those billions isn't a calculated master plan to replace workers - it's just FOMO and market signaling. Companies are panic-spending on AI simply so investors don't think they are falling behind.
JohnWangDoe@reddit
What is AI good at in that workflow?
WearMental2618@reddit
By what I've seen. all of it. More detailed implementation notes, faster implementation with a clear plan. better documentation after implementing
nullpotato@reddit
It makes a real good rubber duck for me to bounce design/architecture ideas off of before starting coding.
JohnWangDoe@reddit
are you letting AI have access to your code or are you using it in a sperate window?
nullpotato@reddit
Primarily using the VS Code Copilot extension.
WearMental2618@reddit
I know im gonna catch hate but if you're still manually coding at all you're probably behind other developers that are using it 100% for development and then checking the work that just aren't telling anyone
abrandis@reddit
All executives know AI is a force mutliplier which is why most cut staffing but not 100% . My suggestion just work at a slow pace and blame it on AI
maulowski@reddit
And those same companies are quietly rehiring again.
ng37779a@reddit
Until something major happens, corporates will continue to push and push.....
zshift@reddit
Don’t do 4x the work. Do what you normally do, and watch as management panics when deadlines predictably fail to be met. You are not responsible for their terrible planning skills. Do NOT work unpaid overtime, as that will set your new baseline for future work. Stick to a strict schedule for yourself, and if goals aren’t met, let the board see that it was a failure of management, not of engineering.
This push from management to deliver with higher pressure has been going on pretty much forever. I spoke to my father-in-law about dealing with management in manufacturing plants in the ‘60s, and it’s all the same bullshit. They always want less people to do more work, and take 0 consideration into what the actual work on the ground looks like. When people work overtime, then the demand becomes, “well, you delivered X last month, and we need you to show growth, so you’re expected to deliver X + 5%”.
If you show a successful result now by working overtime, then consider it a success, and future results will have the same or tighter expectations.
Dazzling-Leek-894@reddit
Basically making sure you never get that sweet sweet WLB.
brainhack3r@reddit
I think part of the problem is massive corporations.
If we have a more distributed economy with lots of smaller companies these management layers wouldn't exist. The market would just fix these problems.
This is a biproduct of taxation policy because larger companies aren't taxed so they grow like tumors.
NPPraxis@reddit
Eh, I think it’s a product of antitrust more than taxation. I can’t recommend Lina Khan’s Yale paper on the history of antitrust enough.
Smiley-Gladhand@reddit
If only there was a software developers union at the national level
read_the_manual@reddit
I feel you man. I'm in similar situation, and I've decided to just chill and work as I was working before in terms of my stress levels, not taking additional responsibilities.
I figured if higher ups made a decision that firing people will improve some results, they should bear the consequences of this decision, not me.
What also partially helped was that I interviewed for a couple months until I got another offer, though it was not much better. The understanding that I can find another job helped with my courage somewhat.
kevin074@reddit
This.
Do your time and just let things fall through.
Constantly making posts in group chat on how you are focusing on X and can’t do Y right now and managers should figure out which project get the attention.
Spend free time interview prepping :)
As employee we also have the obligation to let things fail to signal improvement is necessary.
Dazzling-Leek-894@reddit
Truer words have yet been spoken.
Ok_Persimmon612@reddit
how are you managing the tech debt with so little help?
kevin074@reddit
You don’t.
If company isn’t willing to invest in a project or tech debt, then you just don’t do it.
If said thing breaks production, attention will be diverted and maybe then proper decision making will follow
Armor_of_Inferno@reddit
Yep, this. If the company wants to "be lean" then they should expect to starve a little.
OP would never be able to keep up with that ridiculous workload, so shouldn't even try. Honestly not increasing our output in a panic is the best tool we have to train management to see the impact of making this AI layoff mistake.
brainhack3r@reddit
Agreed. Just do your job. Don't work extra hours or anything.
Just keep asking questions like (what would you like me to prioritize).
tankmode@reddit
senior management will not in fact “bear the consequences” of their decisions. they will pin any execution failures on a lower level manager and some engineers. execs will pat themselves on the back for making bold decisions and fail upward.
phoenix823@reddit
Sure they'll do that, but if the company isn't growing and making more money, there go all their bonuses.
kevin074@reddit
That’s why I advice people to talk about priority conflict in public text channels.
So it is known to everyone and someone will eventually point out there is just not enough resources.
Staying quiet just bring the target to yourself and your competency.
CodyEngel@reddit
I can't say I've ever seen that play out in a productive manner but I am happy you have.
CodyEngel@reddit
Higher ups aren't going to deal with the consequences, but that said your move is the same one I'd take as well. You can't control when your severance check shows up but you can control the journey to get there and 1,000% the less stress and WLB route is the one I'd take every time.
JimmyyyyW@reddit
Sounds like the execs are trying to maximise paper profit to angle for a sale or similar..
Either way just hang on tight, fulfil contractual obligations and look for a different job probably
therealslimshady1234@reddit (OP)
This is what I am thinking as well. There were no promotions for the gaps that have been left, no real plans on the future of many of these projects, and the obvious infeasibility of it all. It all feels so unhinged that the only logical explanation is that they are bailingl
Ok-Entertainer-1414@reddit
Do 1x the amount of work instead of the 4x they expect you to do. If they're serious about getting it done, they'll hire enough people to get it done when they realize it's understaffed. If they're not, then you weren't going to have a job for much longer there anyway
kenybz@reddit
OP mentioned that it looks like the company wants to get bought out by PE.
If that is the case, then OP definitely wasn’t going to have a job for much longer.
Kyosuke_Kiryu@reddit
I'm a solo dev too. I figured they literally can't fire me without catastrophic results, so I just chill and take it at a reasonable for me pace. Don't kill yourself for a spreadsheet.
pydry@reddit
Ive been in that situation and been let go. It wasnt about speed though, it was about disrespecting authority.
Ive also been brought in to work on projects left behind by solo devs.
In the latter cases management seemed willing to stump up 2-6x of the original dev's salary to hire more experienced people to whip the project into shape.
Ive also been brought in to work with a solo dev on their project. This was the least productive and the most unpleasant - they actively tried to mislead and sabotage me.
1_4_1_5_9_2_6_5@reddit
Hey, me too! Currently watching it play out. Number of PRs merged has dropped by over half in the last month, JUST because I stopped giving them my extra time and passion. They think they can do the hardest features themselves with vibe coding. I'm excited to see how it goes for them.
Virgil_hawkinsS@reddit
I'm currently at a startup with one front end and one back end guy. Code reviews are terrifying as neither guy really knows how to review the other, and I've become way too busy to review the thousands of lines these guys are pushing. We've made a multi agent review command to help, but it definitely isn't perfect even with constant tweaks and iterations. It's an untenable situation that I'm just hoping won't bite us too hard later.
TopSwagCode@reddit
I really hate how AI turned out / being sold - I really love it as a produtivity tool, but writting code was never really the bottleneck. Theres a reason why we have planning sessions, retro, daily scrum etc. To be sure we are alligned and working in the right direction.
AI aint gonna stop you shooting your own foot. AI aint gonna stop you building the wrong feature. AI aint gonna suddenly as just fix the entire process.
It's great as a helper tool, even tool to make boilerplate code, so we can focus on the important parts. But the human brain has limits on how many projects we can work on and have overview over.
If we 100% don't care about code / secutiry / performance, AI Slop is great making something "work" (until it doesn't).
This is entirely the same as we have been through with outsourcing, cheap freelancers, etc. Suddenly companies will feel the pain when code is none maintainable or the only guy who actually knew domain leaves.
PineappleLemur@reddit
$20 in daily tokens using 4.7 is hilarious....
That's a handful of prompts at best if using Opus.
I wouldn't be going over sonnet 4.5/4.6.
Also would totally let deadlines miss, they fire you and there's no one left on their "team".
Extreme_Commercial24@reddit
Workday?
protivakid@reddit
My guess too
VictoryMotel@reddit
At least they recognized their app should be a webpage.
Ambitious-Garbage-73@reddit
this is the part leadership never models. they count the salaries they cut and not the coordination debt they dump on whoever survives. i've watched one 'leaner' org turn into five people doing cleanup and status meetings all week.
OcelotStraight9145@reddit
Puts on workday
BandicootGood5246@reddit
Judging by their plummeted share price this year guessing it's them. Funny how these cutting staff to optimize for AI always align with a company flailing
charme19@reddit
I m surprised they need PM and Manager for 2 people team.
neopointer@reddit
And brilliant execs want to solve software development with AI...
stedmangraham@reddit
We gotta unionize this industry
oVtcovOgwUP0j5sMQx2F@reddit
"no, i can't take on X" => "sure, i can take on X. I'm currently working towards Y and Z. which is X more important or urgent than?"
BeerPoweredNonsense@reddit
"Sure, I can take on X. The deadline is a bit tight though, I'll have to focus 100% on it - can you help me out and update stakeholders that Y and Z are delayed?"
therealslimshady1234@reddit (OP)
Yea I know, but this can get grim pretty quickly, depending on how malicious they decide to become.
Since I am on the Enterprise plan they can now see every single prompt of mine, when I did it, what I did, etc.
They could even argue in a dispute that since I didn't use enough tokens I was not productive enough and might fire me for just cause, even though I provide great work and have always had good review cycles.
This whole AI thing is extremely Orwellian and everyone should worried
ikariw@reddit
Bad companies could do those things before AI came along. Ultimately you can only do the work you can do - don't work extra time to get things done
atomheartother@reddit
just don't resign and work at your pace, this is absolute clown behavior from your upper mgmt, it sounds like they'll crash and burn soon enough or will have to hire talent back
HalfBurntToast@reddit
That really sucks, man. I feel like I'm losing my mind. I keep hearing about how great AI is at generating code and how it increases productivity from all angles. Every time I've used it, regardless of model, it comes up with some of the dumbest shit. Either bad architecture, hallucinated APIs, incorrect arguments, tons on unnecessary comments, etc. Everything it writes has to be manually verified to make sure it didn't lose its mind. So, what's even the point? Where's this great AI I keep hearing about that's replacing devs? I haven't seen it.
bombaytrader@reddit
Wday was such a great company. Anyways 20 per day limit is too low. I burn it in mins. Thankfully we have unlimited limit.
mavewrick@reddit
If it breaks let it break. That would be solid feedback. The only language upper management understands is $$$. Won or lost.
CarelessPackage1982@reddit
So those managers were fired right? That's a management problem unless your hiring is also incompetent.
brainhack3r@reddit
If AI works so well why couldn't it have figured out they should do ONE layout and not two?
Are these managers using AI ?
therealslimshady1234@reddit (OP)
Yes, the middle managers. Of course not the upper management :)
szansky@reddit
Let's wait for a better economic situation, right now it's shitty so it's easier to fire people and blame everything on AI
therealslimshady1234@reddit (OP)
Any idea when that better economic situation is coming? It's been dogshit since 2021 basically and Flumpf just started a new war with our oil overlords. Looking forward to 8$ a gallon
Outside-Storage-1523@reddit
I think we need to prepare for long-term SHTF. More wars (hopefully none involves 2+ UN permanent members), worse economy, more stiff political control -- usually what happened during a crisis, plus worse weathers.
TBH, I don't think we are going to go back in my life time. It looks like the beginning of a new cycle. The "good" thing is, as long as you are physically capable, there should be a lot of work in defense, like manufacturing ammunition/weapons.
therealslimshady1234@reddit (OP)
So what youre saying is we are slowly transitioning to a Warhammer 40k universe?
JFC its so over
Outside-Storage-1523@reddit
I just think it's more like what happened after 1929.
therealslimshady1234@reddit (OP)
Ok forget the space lasers then, I'm buying an M1 Garand
Outside-Storage-1523@reddit
Good luck!
therealslimshady1234@reddit (OP)
Thanks pal, you too
obelix_dogmatix@reddit
Better as in pre 2019. Shit has been off since after 2019. The layoffs in 2024 and 2025 too were because the government tried to manipulate the economy in 2020/2021.
szansky@reddit
No one knows, but everyone is tired of it. I had a theory that mid-year would be quite chaotic, and everything is working out – I'm investing a little, but stabilization will begin in the middle of the year due to the midterm elections in the US, and Trump is likely to lose them, so he'll focus on domestic policy. It's hard to say for now. In my opinion, we have to survive the orange crisis. Then maybe things will improve, and Putin will die, and someone will come along who wants to reset things.
therealslimshady1234@reddit (OP)
Bro I appreciate your optimism, but I have been on this kind of copium ever since 2024 basically and things got worse not better. I think this just might be the new normal?
szansky@reddit
I think you're looking at it wrong from an emotional perspective rather than a factual perspective. The economic situation can be better or worse. We have various business cycles that have been described for years by economists and others - this is nothing new and not an anomaly. You have to survive this period of time. Do you think it's easy for me? it isn't, but no one cares. Go to work that you can get and develop yourself in the meantime.
Cube00@reddit
We've been waiting six years for things to get better, I'm tied boss.
szansky@reddit
I'm just laying out the rules of the game - I'm sick of it myself, but who cares?
wharausernameitwas@reddit
Did you write this with LLM also?
therealslimshady1234@reddit (OP)
No sir, not a word. For I am the AI-Free-Engineer
wharausernameitwas@reddit
I find it weird that a person uses em dash, just that.
dllimport@reddit
I had to stop using em dashes when they became synonymous with AI. I didn't use them particularly often or anything but I liked using them occasionally. Now I have to use parentheses etc. It's a bummer
modelithe@reddit
Same here (although I used minus sign instead of em-dash; not that anyone would notice the difference, though). Ive even deliberately started making small "mistakes", such as ommitting ' and other stuff, just to not come across as AI. Really sad, actually.
therealslimshady1234@reddit (OP)
Definitely LLM-influenced, but no clanker touched my beautiful post, I can assure you.
FoundationActive8290@reddit
read the entire post as we have almost the same situation except that i left after too much pressure from the company. i feel like they want me to resign to avoid the severance pay
Outside-Storage-1523@reddit
Try to chill out and wait for them to lay you off. They probably keep the more expensive ones because it is too expensive to layoff them. Record everything you do and every meeting from now on and always cc stakeholders left and right. Be very clear that you are working more than 8 hours and will not work more than that.
You can also start interviewing from now on.
Ilikeyounott@reddit
BambooHR? Is that why it was down yesterday? Sucks what people are doing to their companies and products just to follow new trends
therealslimshady1234@reddit (OP)
I think its sadly a lot more evil than that. It seems they want to maximize their own profits and screwing as many employees as they can is the sacrifice they are willing to make.
Reddit_is_fascist69@reddit
Self cannibalism. Destroy the company for short term gains
therealslimshady1234@reddit (OP)
Yea bro, like most of the people they fired were doing a good job. They were terrified after the last layoff so they stopped slacking for sure. Many of them had 3-5+ years of tenure. For a relatively young company that was quite a lot
amejin@reddit
From personal experience - sounds like they're trying to get bought. Reduce capex to show higher profits to investors.
Tail as old as time.
therealslimshady1234@reddit (OP)
We may not like it, but this is what peak capitalism looks like
WellHung67@reddit
Do not work extra to make up the time. Tell your manager the work you have, and do it at a normal pace. When some stuff doesn’t get done, say that you cannot do that much work. You’re in a good position if they fire you they’re even more fucked. So just chill, get a sick raise later, and do really good work but very very paced.
Noah_Safely@reddit
It's a bloodbath. Bolster your emergency fund, work towards getting FI, and don't be the hero trying to cover for their mistakes. They'd gladly allow you to sacrifice your own mental and physical health with stress and burnout. All while parroting HR slogans about health and wellbeing.
https://www.reddit.com/r/financialindependence/comments/16xymii/fire_flow_chart_version_43/ is a good place to start, or https://www.reddit.com/r/personalfinance/wiki/index
nrith@reddit
Also just survived two rounds in the last 3 months and I fully expect to be part of the next round. I’m so sick of devs paying the price for multibillion dollar mistakes made by the C-suite.
AssignmentMammoth696@reddit
I find myself spending just as much time reading AI outputted code and fixing them, it never gets it completely right and the areas it gets wrong is just extra time I need to spend to fix. Does it speed me up? Sure in some areas of development, but like you said the more harder/complex areas it’s not a force multiplier. I’m constantly manually fixing those parts. It definitely doesn’t turn 1 dev output into 3 devs. Maybe if all you are doing is very simple tasks then yes, you will output more. Management thinks they can just shove a bunch more points onto a dev now because of AI without knowing its strengths and weaknesses. The areas that it generates incorrect code creates a time sink that eats up any productivity gained from the simpler tickets AI was able to generate code for.
therealslimshady1234@reddit (OP)
100%
And thats for the easy to medium tasks
The real difficult tasks it just doesnt even know what direction to go in unless you tell it to step by step — which was the hard part anyway.
Minimum-Reward3264@reddit
I get it. They will not do anything until something is broken. While this is your job, and it’s brutal out there, if you make it work it’s gonna continue. You are cornered my man. At least start looking. But the issue is everyone about the same. Maybe project is gonna be more fun to survive it.
Serious-Accident8443@reddit
In the UK changing someone’s job to make them resign is known as constructive dismissal. Which is a bad idea.
Imaginary-Bat@reddit
Then just do roughly 1x work (or genuinely same amount of effort). And let them fail. If they go bankrupt then take a job at another company. What is so hard to understand?
ApeStrength@reddit
Buddy if its Bamboo HR ... yall are not 'famous'
Groove-Theory@reddit
If a lot of people were able to guess the company name... I guess that makes them famous?
ApeStrength@reddit
Sure lets run a poll
bobs_vegane_user@reddit
Is it UKG? Because I was also one of the impacted ones out of 950.
Worth_Composer_6116@reddit
sounds like the classic "fake it till you break it" strategy
ritchie70@reddit
Remember that lack of proper planning on their part does not constitute an emergency on your part.
Give reasonable achievable estimates for work. If AI can bring those estimates in, then factor it in. If the AI tools that are provided cannot, then also factor that in.
I'm an experienced developer, but only about 10% of my time is spent doing developer tasks, and that's probably high. I've found Copilot pretty good at helping me write code snippets and add a specific fairly technical feature. I'm working on a Windows-based application in C#.
I have a project that sits untouched for 18 months then gets 6 months of work, over and over again, it did a great job of looking at the code and reminding me how it works.