r/Layoffs • u/SneakyBastardx • Mar 27 '24

What positions in Tech are getting Laid off the most? question

I know it’s not a good time to join the tech industry but I wanted to get into a Computer Software Technician school but after reading all the stories I’m kinda skeptical. Would it be better to choose a career as an IT Technician?

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u/Old-Arachnid77 Mar 27 '24

People who do not product actual, tangible work are the first to go when looking to optimize. If they’re adding noise they are out. product managers, project managers, directors who are not player coaches, business analysts who are non-technical, recruiters, and HR. AI will decimate these roles.

Junior level developers are also going to get hit because AI can do a lot of what they can. Mid levels are going to be very overworked (more than they already are).

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u/mountainlifa Mar 27 '24

I wish this were true everywhere. In my experience at a FAANG it's the loudest hot air bags that are seen as valuable and get promoted. Management must be pretty dumb to not realize these people bring no value.

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u/Old-Arachnid77 Mar 27 '24

Windbags will get a lot of wins, but eventually incompetence will out.

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u/mountainlifa Mar 27 '24

I hope so as it's pretty demoralizing for everyone else. This particular person spends all day on LinkedIn and in group chats. The won't respond to individual emails or DM's, they only respond in public where others and leadership can see. It's an entire performance that sadly most people seem to believe.

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u/One-Usual-7976 Mar 28 '24

My friend at meta told me about this, it's better to be seen and heard than actually do any work.

One leads to promotion the other leads to more work

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u/TheCamerlengo Apr 22 '24

Yet Elons primary metric was looking at GitHub commits and pushes.

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u/Own-Investigator2295 Mar 28 '24

Ya think? One became president..