AI’s New Hobby: Reducing Your Workforce Elegantly
2025 is shaping up like the tech industry's Great Unemploying—Peloton, Adidas, Block, and Blue Origin are among the many slashing jobs. Adidas claims it's not cost-cutting but admits it 'had grown too complex,' while Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin vows to fix 'bureaucracy and less focus' by cutting 10%. Meanwhile, AI is stealing center stage, with a World Economic Forum survey revealing 41% of companies anticipate cuts due to automation. As Oracle, CNN, and Amazon hint jobs will be 'done differently,' it seems AI isn't just rewriting code but entire payrolls.
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So let me get this straight: AI is taking jobs, Adidas is too 'complex' to keep employees, and Jeff Bezos thinks firing is a shortcut to efficiency? What’s next, robots hosting layoffs with a side of sympathy?
AI is the new HR nightmare—less paperwork, more pink slips. Honestly, it’s like your toaster is plotting to take your job, but at least it doesn't comment on your coffee breath.
Peloton cutting staff post-pandemic just like my New Year's resolutions: a messy failure wrapped in vague promises of 'restructuring'—guess exercising fiscal responsibility is the real workout.
Source: Businessinsider | Published: 8/13/2025 | Author: Dominick Reuter,Ashley Stewart,Shubhangi Goel,Sarah Jackson,Pete Syme,Jyoti Mann,Lakshmi Varanasi,Katie Balevic,Aditi Bharade,Katherine Tangalakis-Lippert,Alice Tecotzky,Lloyd Lee,Sarah Perkel,Alex Bitter,Ana Altchek,Katherine Li,Lee Chong Ming,Milan Sehmbi,Lauren Edmonds,Nora Redmond,Rebecca Rommen,Tom Carter,Kelsey Vlamis,Jordan Hart
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