Workday Axes 400 To Serve AI Gods, Claims 'Realignment' Not Robot Uprising
KEY POINTS
- •Workday announced layoffs of about 400 employees, roughly 2% of their workforce, mainly customer-service roles worldwide.
- •The company said the cuts support realigning resources while continuing to hire strategically, despite shares dropping 34% over the past year.
- •Workday also faces a class-action lawsuit alleging AI discrimination against candidates based on race, age, and disability, which they deny.
In a stunning episode of "Corporate Layoffs Meet AI Paranoia," California's payroll and expense overlords at Workday decided to fire about 400 — roughly 2% of their 20,400-strong workforce as of January 31, 2025 — mostly customer service staff who apparently generate less revenue than an overenthusiastic vending machine. This move emerged smack dab in the middle of shares tanking 34% year-over-year, thanks partly to AI newbies like Anthropic unleashing their Claude Cowork plugin, which investors love to hate more than gluten at a carb convention. Workday claims it’s just 'realigning priorities' and not scared of AI (wink), while juggling a spicy lawsuit alleging their AI discriminates against humans based on race, age, and disability. No comment from spokespeople, only the silent screams of laid-off humans and the creeping mechanical overlords lurking behind their payroll software. Next up: robots negotiating salaries while firing people? Stay tuned.
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Workday fires 400 mostly human customer servicers but swears AI isn’t why they’re scared — investors beg to differ while Claude Cowork sneers from the sidelines.
When your software company’s stock falls 34%, cutting the human help desk makes perfect sense. AI’s not the culprit, they swear on their code.
Workday is playing 'AI? What AI?' while quietly using it for layoffs and dodging a lawsuit alleging AI racism. Not suspicious at all.
Source: Businessinsider | Published: 2/5/2026 | Author: Sarah E. Needleman
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