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The age of AI layoffs is already here. The reckoning is just beginning


Job cuts are hitting knowledge workers from entry-level to management, from tech-forward companies to more staid corners of Corporate America

Unlike past waves of automation, these changes are happening not on factory floors but in the land of glass-walled conference rooms and standing desks, places where your brain, degree, and ability to navigate the organization count most. A 20-year tech industry veteran and senior engineering manager at GoDaddy ( GDDY), Glaberson was proud of how she had helped turn around her department, which covered payments and analytics for the web hosting and small-business services provider. Quinn now uses AI not just for work, but for every aspect of his life: optimizing travel plans, finding movies to watch and dinner recipes to make based on what’s in his fridge, even helping him come up with ideas for bedtime stories for his children.

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