Job portal fired all programmers; you no longer need them. “Either you adapt, or someone kicks you out of the market.”
O BeeBee, job search portal in Spain, is yet another company that decided to invest in Artificial intelligence. To improve productivity.
The consequences for the workers were almost immediate: the company had 11 employees, now has 2.
This is because all your 9 programmers, os code developers, they were fired. Artificial Intelligence already does what they did.
Now there are only 2 employees left, who are responsible for systems tasks and server maintenance.
He says that the dismissal decision was announced during an internal meeting at the company – which the workers thought would be to discuss the company’s goals and projects.
Laid-off workers already suspected there could be cuts because of AI; but didn’t expect this drastic cut.
The company’s idea was for AI to be a support tool for humans. But over time, AI has become an advanced system capable of running complete processes, detecting errors, and generating automated code.
Now, in two afternoons you do what programmers did in two monthsadmits a fired programmer.
The company’s director, Javier Cámara, admitted that all the processes that AI can perform are being replaced by the new tool.
The company no need for programmers now; need AI engineers.
Cámara sums up: “We are in a global revolution, and you have two options: Either you adapt or someone comes after you, competes and drives you out of the market.”
These layoffs occurred in a company that specialized… in finding jobs for the unemployed.
