"Tech Industry Layoffs Surge as AI Takes Center Stage"
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Despite healthy finances, tech companies like Grammarly and Microsoft have conducted layoffs in 2024 as a means of refocusing resources on their most pressing goals, such as adapting to the AI-enabled workplace and correcting inefficiencies. This trend reflects a shift in decision-making towards fine-tuning rather than addressing dire financial straits, with companies like Discord also making layoffs despite not being in immediate financial trouble.
- Layoffs are happening at tech firms that are doing just fine Business Insider
- AI Is Driving More Layoffs Than Companies Want to Admit Bloomberg
- Job cuts spill beyond tech sector Reuters
- Tech companies axe 34,000 jobs since start of year in pivot to AI Financial Times
- Tech layoffs in 2024: Over 34,000 employees at Google, Amazon, and more than other 100 tech companies hav Times of India
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