Posted by PriorityLeft 22 hours ago
It does not matter if the way we work has changed, or AI adoption has increased, or aliens show up. This is a demonstrated lack of loyalty that would result in immediate termination of the situation were reversed.
The important take away for everyone else is do you trust Matthew Prince to always take the high road and do what is right, combined with the fact that they man-in-the-middle all of your websites encrypted traffic? What happens when revenues are down and the shareholders demand blood again?
This announcement is bullshit though. Banging on about transparency and then not even trying to give a reason. They didn't even try to say it's because of AI! They just say "AI is important. We're laying off 1000 people." Wtf.
Hope everyone affected land on their feet.
On the other hand "only" 20% for the foreseeable feature is good news? It means there is ceiling to productivity that AI offers.
Or perhaps I am giving Matthew Prince too much credit here, and this is just an opportunistic cost cutting measure.