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Omaha Steve's Labor Group

getagrip_already

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7. Yup, a lot of that going on....

Reply to highplainsdem (Reply #4)

Fri Mar 21, 2025, 12:26 PM

Mar 21

Weve been interviewing a number of tech pre sales folks who were laid off when ai went live.

Interesting that the companies they came from have seen error rates skyrocketing and cust sat declining.

But profits.

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America's Top Grocery Chain Laying Off Employees Left and Right [View all] Omaha Steve Mar 21 OP

Liars atreides1 Mar 21 #1

Maybe they have learned something that most corporations do not learn. Corporate workers do not make the money LiberalArkie Mar 21 #2

Agreed MichMan Mar 21 #5

Right, that's why you couldn't find a cashier at Kroger for 2 years. louis-t Mar 21 #8

The cuts they made were described in the OP MichMan Mar 21 #12

200 out of 400,000 doesn't seem like drastic cuts MichMan Mar 21 #3

Oh, well, then it's okay! At least they aren't adding staff. AllyCat Mar 21 #11

Judging by the second paragraph there, this is almost certainly because of AI. But most companies highplainsdem Mar 21 #4

Yup, a lot of that going on.... getagrip_already Mar 21 #7

Ah yes, that old "better serve customers" routine. louis-t Mar 21 #6

MBAs are killing businesses. multigraincracker Mar 21 #9

We avoid our local Kroger store like the plague. AllyCat Mar 21 #10