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Day: 15 April 2025

LayoffBot - eliminating the human in human resources

In a perfect example of gallows humour, a friend shared with me a satirical (I hope?) website about an AI service for performing bulk redundancies. Alarmingly, compared to my recent experience, it doesn't sound completely bad...
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- posted 15 April, 2025
The call is coming from inside the house

Kellie Peterson, in response to Automattic's mass layoffs and the drama that's followed, lays into Matt Mullenweg and others in company leadership.
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