Most of the time the companies say the layoffs are because AI is doing people jobs, but the reality is that making things that use AI is just a lot more expensive. And enabling employees to use AI more than the free tier is really expensive too. So, they need to cut cost elsewhere to balance it out.
Tens of thousands of employees and not one of them knows how to make a good error message
I was once told by Oracle engineers that it would take 18-24 months to add a drop down with auto complete to their ticketing system.
They don’t have good engineers because Oracle is a law firm pretending to be a tech company.
They don’t have good engineers because Oracle is a law firm pretending to be a tech company.
We call this the IBM business plan.
Engineer? Definitely not “neer” Oracle.
Thou shalt not make a machine in the likeness of the human mind.
Another company slowly shutting themselves down.
Oracle putting itself out of misery would be the most philanthropic act of an organization in history.
Oracle Employment Numbers Trend (Approximate) 2025: 162,000 2024: 159,000 2023: 164,000 2022: 143,000 2021: 132,000 2020: 135,000 2015: 132,000 2011: 108,000
What do AI and toilet paper have in common? I wipe my ass with both.
Fuck AI.
