Are Layoffs Really Because of AI?

Podcast: DevOps Paradox · Darin Pope & Viktor Farcic

Opublikowano: 2026-10-21

#373: A company lays off 4,000 people the same day it posts record revenue, and the stock jumps. Is that really because of AI? Or just a really good press release? Layoffs used to mean a company was bleeding cash. Now they show up next to record quarters, and AI gets the credit. Doesn't matter much if you're the one who got rapidly reallocated. You still need a job. In this episode, Darin and Viktor talk about AI as the current layoff scapegoat and what to do when you end up on the wrong side of it.<...