@inari I think it’s a masto-piefed federation issue. Here it is again https://www.forbes.com/councils/forbestechcouncil/2026/05/14/the-ai-layoff-bill-is-coming-due-and-ctos-are-going-to-pay-it-twice/

@Schal330 I guess it differs case by case, but generally in IT it is a well known fact that changing jobs is a faster way to get a pay rise. Combined with the fact that rehires happen in a context of urgency, I’d make a guess that people re-enter at a better rate. Of course that’s quite optimistic and supposes that employees are good at negotiating.

@iocase it does help developers ship faster… So much faster that attention slips away from what needs to be shipped… And the story develops as we speak.

>I am not anti-AI. I build and ship AI products every day. What I object to is the pattern where a CTO wins applause in Q1 for bold AI-driven headcount cuts, and then in Q4 is quietly rehiring those same roles through an offshore agency while attributing the reversal to “integration challenges.” That is not progress. That is a career arc dressed up as transformation. And it is costing shareholders, employees and customers at the same time.
@artificial_intel

>Here is what makes this worse than a normal bad tech bet. Most of these decisions were not made by people who understood the limits of the technology. Visier’s head of research, Andrea Derler, put the problem bluntly, noting that senior executives have not taken the time to understand what AI can and cannot do, according to PeopleMatters. IBM’s CEO survey confirmed it. 64% said the fear of falling behind drives them to invest in technologies before they understand the value.

@artificial_intel