“Staff at #WiseTech have been waiting almost three months to be told if they are among the 2,000 people the logistics software company is to cut due to advances in #AI, with #workers criticising the wait as stressful and “ridiculous”.

The comments come as its founder on Tuesday told #investors an #AIAgent could learn a human’s job in just 15 minutes, according to the #AustralianFinancialReview.

The Australian Stock Exchange-listed company announced in late February that it would #LayOff almost 30% of its #workforce across 40 countries, with 2,000 of the 7,000 jobs set to go over the next 18 months.

Some areas would be hit harder than others, with product and development and customer service teams expected to be reduced by up to 50%, the chief #executive, #ZubinAppoo, told an investor briefing in February.

“The era of manually writing #code as the core act of #engineering is over,” Appoo said.”

#ZeroHourWork / #WhiteCollar / #AIAutomation / #ASX / #Australia <https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/may/07/your-craft-is-obsolete-wisetech-staff-in-limbo-as-ai-touted-as-better-than-humans>

“Meta intends ​to conduct a first wave of sweeping layoffs planned for this year on May 20, with more ‌coming later, three sources familiar with the plans told Reuters. The #Facebook and #Instagram owner will #LayOff about 10% of its global #workforce, or close to 8,000 employees, in that initial round, one of the sources said.

The company is planning further layoffs in the second half of the ​year, the three sources said, although details of those #cuts, including date and size, were not yet settled. ​#Executives may adjust their plans as they observe developments in #ArtificialIntelligence capabilities, the sources added”

#WhiteCollar / #ZeroHourWork / #Meta <https://reuters.com/world/meta-targets-may-20-first-wave-layoffs-additional-cuts-later-2026-2026-04-17/>

I wrote a blog post! Just a quick update on what I'm up to these days, but at least I'm blogging again

https://trishagee.com/2026/04/09/there-are-only-opportunities/

#techlayoff #layoff

#Layoff

Yesterday, yes, on April Fool's Day, my day job informed me and 89 other people that our last day will be Friday, the 3rd. None of us are happy about it, and it means I am once again without steady income. I am not okay with things. I'm going to be selling off everything in the near future to try to save what little I have left. The desire and search for stability continues.

The urge to drink is pretty high right now, but I'm not giving in. I'm at my two-month mark.

If you see my sanity somewhere laying around, if you could grab it for me, that would be great.

https://mathia.zya.me/viewtopic.php?t=22 if you want to help with the survival quest.

They say they are going to try to move me to another project, but I'm not exactly holding my breath. We'll see. If you know of anyone hiring, please let me know; remote tech work is my specialty, but I'll do just about anything right now.

Thanks for listening.