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Why are tech giants firing thousands while posting record profits?
📉 12,000 laid off at Google.
📉 11,000 cut from Meta.
📉 Amazon, Microsoft, Salesforce, and others follow with thousands more.
🧾 All this… while these companies post historic earnings and CEO compensation soars.
The message? Efficiency matters more than people.
🧠AI is replacing roles faster than we can retrain
The excuse is often the same:
“We’re shifting priorities. AI is changing everything.”
And it is.
But behind that shift:
- Customer service jobs are being replaced by chatbots
- Entry-level coding roles are vanishing as AI writes faster than junior devs
- Entire marketing and design departments are shrinking thanks to automation tools
Tech is eating tech — and the workers are the first course.
💸 The numbers don’t lie
- In Q1 2025, Big Tech posted record profits fueled by AI infrastructure, ads, and cloud services
- CEOs received multi-million dollar bonuses, while employees got emails with “restructuring plans”
- The phrase “we’re grateful for your contributions” has become a punchline — not a promise
🤔 What does this mean for the future of work?
- Is the tech industry becoming just another profit machine?
- Can innovation and job stability still coexist?
- Are we building a future where AI thrives, but humans struggle?
âś… What can we demand?
📢 Transparency: Why are layoffs happening when revenue is up?
🧠Retraining: Fund internal programs to upskill workers displaced by AI
📉 Fair exit policies: Better severance, mental health support, and job placement help
🤖 Ethical AI scaling: Implement AI where it helps humans — not replaces them
🧠Ask yourself:
- If the most profitable companies in history are cutting jobs…
What happens when the economy actually dips? - Should companies be allowed to claim innovation while gutting their workforce?
- What are we rewarding — leadership or layoffs?
👉 This isn’t just a market trend — it’s a values crisis.
It’s time to ask: What kind of future are we building? And who is it really for?
Post inspired by the latest layoff waves in Silicon Valley, Bloomberg and WSJ financial reports, and employee testimonies across the tech industry.