stumu415@lemmy.zip to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 months agoChinese Courts Rule Companies Cannot Fire Workers Simply to Replace Them With AIwww.caixinglobal.comexternal-linkmessage-square289linkfedilinkarrow-up1900arrow-down145
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minus-squarehahattpro@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up16arrow-down1·3 months agoStep 1: give unrealistic KPI, cited performance increase due to AI Step 2: put employee into PIP Step 3: fire employee due to performance Step 4: do stock buyback because you have extra budget from firing employees
minus-squareTankovayaDiviziya@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13arrow-down2·3 months agoI’m not sure about step 4. I mean, China is pretty strict with those kinds of things.
minus-squareSpacehooks@reddthat.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4arrow-down1·3 months agoStep 5: hire employee back as part of expansion plan and because AI did it poorly.
minus-squarehahattpro@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·3 months agoHire employees back as contractors instead, because those people are desperate.
minus-squareSpacehooks@reddthat.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·3 months agoTrue story. Seen it happen so many times
Step 1: give unrealistic KPI, cited performance increase due to AI Step 2: put employee into PIP Step 3: fire employee due to performance Step 4: do stock buyback because you have extra budget from firing employees
I’m not sure about step 4. I mean, China is pretty strict with those kinds of things.
Step 5: hire employee back as part of expansion plan and because AI did it poorly.
Hire employees back as contractors instead, because those people are desperate.
True story. Seen it happen so many times